Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Number of students: 36
Application Cycle: April – October 1st through CASPA with supplemental application (rolling admissions)
Interview dates: Mid-October through November
Start date: August
Length of Program: 28 months
Public/Private: Private
HCE: No specific requirement, recommended to have minimum 6 months or 1,000 hours
GPA: Minimum science GPA of 3.0
Shadowing: Encouraged
The Good Stuff:
- Suture practice in live animal labs
- Full anatomy cadaver dissection lab
- Options for electives abroad in either Peru, Spain, or Uganda
- Elective option of Spanish for Health Care Professionals
- PA/MPH program can be done in 39 months
- There’s a required thesis paper
- Check out the “Virtual Fair” on their website if you are interested in the program
- Can only have 1 prerequisite course in progress at time of application
- They do not accept applications from physicians who have finished medical school but will accept students who were unable to finish medical school
- They have already assumed the name of “physician associate” for the program
Program Link: Yale PA Program
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