Program Spotlight: Dominican University of California

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** updated March 2020 **

Location: San Rafael, CA

Accreditation Status: Provisional

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Number of students: 30

Application Deadline: November 1

Admissions: Rolling

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Start date: August

Interviews: September-November

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Length of Program: 28 months

Public/Private: Private

Tuition: $107,154 (including fees)

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HCE: 500 Hours

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GPA: Overall: 3.0, Science: 3.0 (last 30 hours)

Required Standardized Testing: None

Shadowing: 8 hours

LOR: Three required, one from a PA or NP, MD or DO, or PhD, One from an employer/supervisor and one from a professor

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The Good Stuff:

  • Anatomy and Physiology must be taken in the last 5 years

  • The program boasts extensive use of high fidelity medical simulation technology throughout the curriculum

  • Students start seeing patients in clinic in the 2nd semester of didactic year

Program Link: https://www.dominican.edu/academics/graduate-programs/physician-assistant-studies

 

 

** All information is from The Applicant’s Manual of Physician Assistant Programs 2020 and the Program’s website. For corrections and comments, please fill out this form.

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