aprillh Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110726/NEWS02/307269957/-1/newssitemap LECOM launches new program By SARA WARD, Erie Times-News sara.ward@timesnews.com Lisa Lanning has always dreamed of becoming a physician. Lanning, 37, and five others will finally have the chance to accomplish that lifelong dream through the Accelerated Physician Assistant Pathway at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, starting this fall on the school's Erie campus. The program, the first of its kind in the country, allows certified physician assistants to attend medical school and complete their doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees in three years instead of four. "It's an opportunity to bring highly qualified candidates to Erie," said Mark Kauffman, D.O., director of the Accelerated Physician Assistant Pathway. "The program keeps the didactic material the same, but accelerates the clinical training." The physician assistants enrolled have been working for about five years, Kauffman said. "There are cost savings," Kauffman said, referring to the expenses of the medical school. "They can return to clinical practice one year earlier." Normally, tuition alone costs $116,940. With only three years, that cost drops to $87,705. Lanning chose LECOM and its program partly because of the lower tuition. Experience outside the classroom is also an advantage for the Accelerated Physician Assistant Pathway students. "They can handle the curriculum," Kauffman said. "Other students can look to them as resources." Lanning worked in South Carolina as a physician assistant and has been teaching as an assistant professor at the Medical College of Georgia since 2006. "I've wanted to be a physician since I was 14," Lanning said. "I will be when I'm 40." Lanning said she's wanted to become a physician for years, and even applied to several schools in 2008, but never enrolled. "It was never quite the right time," Lanning said. Until now. On Monday, she was attending orientation at LECOM with about 250 other first-year medical students. Her program is a bit different from what most of those students will experience. She said that when she heard about the new program at LECOM, she knew she was ready to become a physician. "It will be really worthwhile," Lanning said. SARA WARD can be reached at 870-1880 or by e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aprillh Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110726/NEWS02/307269957/-1/newssitemap LECOM launches new program By SARA WARD, Erie Times-News sara.ward@timesnews.com Lisa Lanning has always dreamed of becoming a physician. Lanning, 37, and five others will finally have the chance to accomplish that lifelong dream through the Accelerated Physician Assistant Pathway at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, starting this fall on the school's Erie campus. The program, the first of its kind in the country, allows certified physician assistants to attend medical school and complete their doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees in three years instead of four. "It's an opportunity to bring highly qualified candidates to Erie," said Mark Kauffman, D.O., director of the Accelerated Physician Assistant Pathway. "The program keeps the didactic material the same, but accelerates the clinical training." The physician assistants enrolled have been working for about five years, Kauffman said. "There are cost savings," Kauffman said, referring to the expenses of the medical school. "They can return to clinical practice one year earlier." Normally, tuition alone costs $116,940. With only three years, that cost drops to $87,705. Lanning chose LECOM and its program partly because of the lower tuition. Experience outside the classroom is also an advantage for the Accelerated Physician Assistant Pathway students. "They can handle the curriculum," Kauffman said. "Other students can look to them as resources." Lanning worked in South Carolina as a physician assistant and has been teaching as an assistant professor at the Medical College of Georgia since 2006. "I've wanted to be a physician since I was 14," Lanning said. "I will be when I'm 40." Lanning said she's wanted to become a physician for years, and even applied to several schools in 2008, but never enrolled. "It was never quite the right time," Lanning said. Until now. On Monday, she was attending orientation at LECOM with about 250 other first-year medical students. Her program is a bit different from what most of those students will experience. She said that when she heard about the new program at LECOM, she knew she was ready to become a physician. "It will be really worthwhile," Lanning said. SARA WARD can be reached at 870-1880 or by e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradtPA Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Go Lisa! I still bet you will miss teaching, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradtPA Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Go Lisa! I still bet you will miss teaching, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersenpa Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Go get em, Lisa!............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersenpa Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Go get em, Lisa!............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primadonna22274 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Oh geez, well there's the writeup I was pulled out of class for...I didn't even see it! They didn't get too many facts wrong. I taught at MCG from 2009-2010 actually and practiced in Oregon also. :) Guess I will have to correct her. THanks guys...having fun! L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primadonna22274 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Oh geez, well there's the writeup I was pulled out of class for...I didn't even see it! They didn't get too many facts wrong. I taught at MCG from 2009-2010 actually and practiced in Oregon also. :) Guess I will have to correct her. THanks guys...having fun! L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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