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03

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-03

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19

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01

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Jul
11

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Sep
19

Preparation for the PA Profession

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If you are someone who has decided to become a Physician Assistant what can you do to enhance your path into PA School and make you a better student?

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First, make sure you have completed all the necessary prerequisites.  I have seen some careers delayed a year while the student finished up some courses they did not realize they needed.  Check the syllabus of your preferred schools carefully and regularly.  Entrance requirements change and you Read More→

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Jul
26

George Washington University PA Program

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The GW PA Program is located on 23rd street in Washington D.C. It began as an experiment with men trained as military medics and corpsman in 1969. By 1972 the University authorized the organization of a degree granting Physician Assistant Program and to date have graduated over 1200 physician assistants.

The George Washington U. program grants two degrees, a Master of Science in Health Science and a combined PA/Master of Public Health. The first degree Read More→

May
14

The University of Iowa PA Program

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The 2008 edition of the USNews graduate school rating edition gave the PA program at the University of Iowa a 4.3 out of 5. This rating brought it to the top of the list as the number one PA program. Duke rated 4.2 and Emory 4.1.

Iowa admits only 25 students each fall into it’s non-thesis masters level graduate course. They use the CASPA system for applications.

For the class admitted in 2007, the successful Read More→

Apr
07

What is a PA – video

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Feb
22

Podcast Ideas

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Hello to all who follow The PA Path.

We have had some technical difficulties and hopesnowpath.jpg to have them solved soon.

We (Bruce and Elizabeth) recently did a podcast interview with James (who did the asking, we did the answering). James is thinking of changing careers to become a Physician Assistant. The interview is 52 minutes long (about 21MB) and is located on talkshoe.com .

I think anyone interested in becoming a PA would be Read More→

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