waky02 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 "Has completed not less than sixty (60) hours of didactic instruction in pharmacology for physician assistant practice in an accredited physician assistant education program or a post-graduate program for physician assistant practice." Hi all I am considering moving up to Connecticut, and I stumbled across this quote. Anyone know what it means. Does the pharm I had in school qualify? or is this in addition or post graduation? Also what is the work environment in Connecticut job availability? Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktheshark89 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 The pharm you had in school should suffice as long as it was 60 hours of instruction or more. The work environment is good, CT is a favorable state for PAs. Schedule II prescribing authority. Only limitation is that one doc can supervise only 6 PAs at a time (this is rarely ever an issue). Relatively high pay, also high cost of living and taxes though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted December 25, 2014 Administrator Share Posted December 25, 2014 60 clock hours is a bit less than 4 semester hours, if I recall the conversion correctly. You should be fine, you just may need a statement from your program that you had >60 hours if your pharmacology is integrated into modules, rather than broken out in a separate class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waky02 Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 It was 4 semester credits/hours I can't seem to find a conversion table online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator LT_Oneal_PAC Posted December 25, 2014 Moderator Share Posted December 25, 2014 Pretty sure 4 credit hours is sixty. I've had to use the conversion before for my CME in nursing and a 3 credit hour course was 45 hours. Could be wrong or a different calculation. I had the same thing for Penn, but they didn't ask for specific proof. I'm assuming they just look at your transcript. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waky02 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Pretty sure 4 credit hours is sixty. I've had to use the conversion before for my CME in nursing and a 3 credit hour course was 45 hours. Could be wrong or a different calculation. I had the same thing for Penn, but they didn't ask for specific proof. I'm assuming they just look at your transcript. from what I have found from scouring the interwebs, a college credit is a "semester credit hour" From what I have gleaned from the link below "Most lecture and seminar courses are awarded 3 credit hours. Over an entire semester, this formula represents at least 45 hours of class time and 90 hours of student preparation." i.e. 3=45. 4=60 (don't know about 4 credits = 120 hours of student prep, I think PA school was much more then that) :) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CEAQFjAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.ed.gov%2Fabout%2Foffices%2Flist%2Fous%2Finternational%2Fusnei%2Fus%2Fcredits.doc&ei=r6CcVKyiJarnsAST1oHwAw&usg=AFQjCNEBXS1Nu59iAhXwg4bz-KGueDN99w&sig2=Jqw30_Q0wj7ibl6viQb1Pg&bvm=bv.82001339,d.cWc&cad=rja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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