hopefullyaPA2017 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Got an interview invitation via email this afternoon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillipians46 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Congrats! Did you receive the email invite via the OhioU email address that they provided? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefullyaPA2017 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 11 hours ago, Phillipians46 said: Congrats! Did you receive the email invite via the OhioU email address that they provided? No it went to my main email that I received the supplemental invite on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillipians46 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 On 10/7/2017 at 8:23 PM, hopefullyaPA2017 said: No it went to my main email that I received the supplemental invite on! Thanks! Has anyone else heard back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamscantfeel Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 18 hours ago, Phillipians46 said: Thanks! Has anyone else heard back? Nothing on my end :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillipians46 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 I wonder if they are sending out interview invites in batches? Does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortc15 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 On 10/10/2017 at 8:41 AM, clamscantfeel said: Nothing on my end :-( I just received my interview offer today with dates of November 14th, 17th, 28th to choose from. Does anyone have any idea how the interview will be set up and how many people we will interview with? Groups? Writing? Given only a 2 hour block for the interview and tour, it's a little different than what I've been at before where the total time was 4-5 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefullyaPA2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 11 hours ago, mortc15 said: I just received my interview offer today with dates of November 14th, 17th, 28th to choose from. Does anyone have any idea how the interview will be set up and how many people we will interview with? Groups? Writing? Given only a 2 hour block for the interview and tour, it's a little different than what I've been at before where the total time was 4-5 hours. It's 3 separate interviews: one with 2 faculty members, one with the program director, and one with the director of admissions. No writing, and interviews (I believe) are one on one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octane83 Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 Has anyone heard anything since the accreditation status change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillipians46 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 55 minutes ago, octane83 said: Has anyone heard anything since the accreditation status change? What do you mean? What happened to their accreditation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamscantfeel Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 23 minutes ago, Phillipians46 said: What do you mean? What happened to their accreditation? https://www.ohio.edu/chsp/rcs/pa/about/accreditations.cfm "At its September 2017 meeting, the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) placed the Ohio University Physician Assistant program sponsored by Ohio University on Accreditation-Probation status until its next review in March 2019. Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s)." Seems odd, since their latest PANCE pass rate is 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillipians46 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 5 minutes ago, clamscantfeel said: https://www.ohio.edu/chsp/rcs/pa/about/accreditations.cfm "At its September 2017 meeting, the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) placed the Ohio University Physician Assistant program sponsored by Ohio University on Accreditation-Probation status until its next review in March 2019. Probation is a temporary status of accreditation conferred when a program does not meet the Standards and when the capability of the program to provide an acceptable educational experience for its students is threatened. Once placed on probation, programs that still fail to comply with accreditation requirements in a timely manner, as specified by the ARC-PA, may be scheduled for a focused site visit and/or risk having their accreditation withdrawn. Specific questions regarding the Program and its plans should be directed to the Program Director and/or the appropriate institutional official(s)." Seems odd, since their latest PANCE pass rate is 100%. That's interesting. It makes me wonder what was going wrong on their end for them to be on probation. For them to be such a new program, that's not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamscantfeel Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Phillipians46 said: That's interesting. It makes me wonder what was going wrong on their end for them to be on probation. For them to be such a new program, that's not good. Same. I do know one student who graduated this year and he loved the program. I am really curious as to what is going on now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillipians46 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 35 minutes ago, clamscantfeel said: Same. I do know one student who graduated this year and he loved the program. I am really curious as to what is going on now. :/ exactly. I did email the admissions director today to see if they were sending out anymore interview invites though. The accreditation status shouldn't impact when or how many interview invites are sent out. But I'm sure it will make people think twice about their program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHPA2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 The program was put on probation for a couple of reasons: the number of clinical sites especially in women's health and pediatrics (which is a reason why a few other schools in Ohio are on probation as well), graduation requirements needing to be updated, ARC-PA saying that the students were not getting taught billing and coding (which there was more than one lecture on that topic for the first class), and ARC-PA saying that the self study measures weren't detailed enough. The program had been working on fixing these things since the beginning. Ohio is tough to find clinical sites especially because the state is not as PA friendly as others, but no one in my class ever did not have a site during rotations. It is not unusual to be on probation in the first year as a brand new program per talking to other students on rotations with programs that are only in their 3rd or 4th year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillipians46 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 43 minutes ago, OHPA2017 said: The program was put on probation for a couple of reasons: the number of clinical sites especially in women's health and pediatrics (which is a reason why a few other schools in Ohio are on probation as well), graduation requirements needing to be updated, ARC-PA saying that the students were not getting taught billing and coding (which there was more than one lecture on that topic for the first class), and ARC-PA saying that the self study measures weren't detailed enough. The program had been working on fixing these things since the beginning. Ohio is tough to find clinical sites especially because the state is not as PA friendly as others, but no one in my class ever did not have a site during rotations. It is not unusual to be on probation in the first year as a brand new program per talking to other students on rotations with programs that are only in their 3rd or 4th year. Thanks for your insight! That's not my first time hearing that Ohio isn't PA friendly. Do you plan on staying in Ohio or moving elsewhere for a job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortc15 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 On 10/19/2017 at 4:36 PM, Phillipians46 said: Thanks for your insight! That's not my first time hearing that Ohio isn't PA friendly. Do you plan on staying in Ohio or moving elsewhere for a job? That is very interesting. I'm not sure about other areas of the state, but I live in northwest/ west central Ohio near Lima and PAs seem to abundant both in primary care and multiple specialties around this area. This is only a 90 minute drive from Dublin, which doesn't seem too bad. It was actually the abundance of PAs in this area that jumpstarted my interest in the profession years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatrinaTrinePAS20 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Just received an interview invite for mid-December! So excited!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamscantfeel Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 14 hours ago, klynn646 said: Just received an interview invite for mid-December! So excited!! Just got one for mid-December as well! It looks like they have three days that week to do interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatrinaTrinePAS20 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 2 hours ago, clamscantfeel said: Just got one for mid-December as well! It looks like they have three days that week to do interviews. Yes I’m doing Friday the 15th! How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamscantfeel Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 5 minutes ago, klynn646 said: Yes I’m doing Friday the 15th! How about you? 14th for me. Message me if you have any questions with arrangements. I live in Columbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHPA2017 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 On 10/24/2017 at 2:16 AM, mortc15 said: That is very interesting. I'm not sure about other areas of the state, but I live in northwest/ west central Ohio near Lima and PAs seem to abundant both in primary care and multiple specialties around this area. This is only a 90 minute drive from Dublin, which doesn't seem too bad. It was actually the abundance of PAs in this area that jumpstarted my interest in the profession years ago. My finance's family is from this area too and I hear about how awesome the PAs are in that area. I actually have some classmates going up there to work in ER and family medicine. With having several PA schools in Ohio and trying to have placements for every student with class sizes ranging from 20ish to 50 ish, the number of spots gets limited. I meant that Ohio is not as PA friendly in terms of the laws and getting to practice at the full extent of our scope of practice. Ohio was one of the last states to allow for writing prescriptions for certain scheduled drugs, for instance. The program director of OU is the president-elect for Ohio's Physician Assistant Association and is very passionate about working to expand how PA's practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHPA2017 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 On 10/19/2017 at 4:36 PM, Phillipians46 said: Thanks for your insight! That's not my first time hearing that Ohio isn't PA friendly. Do you plan on staying in Ohio or moving elsewhere for a job? I got a job in West Virginia midway through clinicals and it is on the border of Ohio and WV (and 10 minutes from where I grew up in Ohio). I am getting both my WV and Ohio license to practice though because I hope to return to Ohio at some point and also do some PRN work over there in ER. :) Thanks for asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swvd1 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Interviewing December 14th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefullyaPA2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Accepted to the program last Friday, 10/27! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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