Lewitt Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Based on the locked thread I made a bunch of phonecalls. This is what I came up with: Tufts University will be starting to accept applications in the summer of 2012 for a class begining in 2013. This program will grant an MS. The curriculum is very early on in development. The gentleman I spoke with was actually very surprised I had even heard of it. No word yet on prereqs or CASPA as far as he knows. Tufts has a medical school and a DDM school as well, and have their own hospital (Tufts Medical Center, formerly New England Medical Center). Tufts is well known for their transplant and pediatric medicine (i take my son there). Not so much for Emed, though there are plenty of great ER's in the area. They make great utilization of PA's in the hospital. One of my friends (also pre-pa) has several friends who work there in CardioThoracic Surgery and they love it. I'm sure the rotations would be great. Tufts is a busy hospital located right in Bostons Chinatown. I hope this helps. Lewitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankea4 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Thanks so much for looking into this! I was intrigued intially when emedpa broke the news. Also searched and found the pdf online about the planning of it: http://www.tufts.edu/med/docs/news/AcademicSymposium.pdf. Out of curiosity, did this gentleman give you any indication about when they would go "public" with this info? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewitt Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 He said they are literlally less than 6 months into exploring this avenue. I personally think it would be a great addition to the Boston educational landscape and would offer PA applicants an excellent opportunity for education based the reasons in my first post. Boston is one of the centers of medical education and research in the country and the fact that we only seat 60 or so PA cantidates a year is kindof sad. Boston has like 7 or 8 NP programs that I came name off the top of my head. There may be more. If I am not in a program by next summer you bet I'll be sending an application their way. Lewitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 This belongs in the PrePA section... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewitt Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 I agree but since the Tufts thread was started here I wanted to put it where the people who read and responded to it would see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I agree but since the Tufts thread was started here I wanted to put it where the people who read and responded to it would see it. So you admit you knowingly put it in the wrong section??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewitt Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 Yup. I did. Hopefully I won't lose my liscense for it..... Feel free to put it wherever you think it will do the most good since, afterall, internet forums are about sharing information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Yes it is about sharing AND about rules...if you read them you would know that!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewitt Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 And about getting the last word in, evidently. If it needs to be moved please by all means do so. I hope that since 3 days of google searches, pm's and phonecalls finally yielded some information that the previous thread had not, it will be of benefit to the membership. Thanks for your concern and your help. I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Many of the PA-Cs here have been out of school for over 10yrs...since other PrePAs would know this info that's why it's in THAT section. It's not rocket science... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planteater Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Thanks for looking into this Lewitt. I was wondering what the story was since I got sucked into reading the locked thread that ran way off-topic! I am sure others appreciated seeing the info near where they were looking before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jts Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Very cool information, Lewitt. Thanks for keeping us updated. And hey, someone has to break the rules for the good of mankind sometimes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewitt Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 :-D My pelasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankea4 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Quick update: Tufts will begin accepting applications starting this May, for their 1st class matriculating Jan 2013. http://publichealth.tufts.edu/Academics/Physician-Assistant-Program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankea4 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Quick update: Tufts will begin accepting applications starting this May, for their 1st class matriculating Jan 2013. http://publichealth.tufts.edu/Academics/Physician-Assistant-Program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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