ARKprePA Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hi all, I'm in Junior year w/ 4.0 GPA - I'm an older student - spent 2011-2017 working for the DOD as a civilian contractor in PTSD research. Gained a lot of one on one patient/subject time during those years (3000+) which several PA schools have told me will count toward applications (USC/Duke/LLU/UCD etc). Issue is I've been a full time student since mid 2017 and won't realistically be applying until 2020/2021. Will my patient hours be too long ago/expire? (I can go back to full time work, but it would delay my graduation time and possibly impact grades. I have a child and an active duty spouse about to deploy so significant unpaid volunteer hours aren't an option. Have to be able to cover childcare). TL:DR is there a limit in time between when you got your patient hours and when you apply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGoLong Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I have never heard of patient care hours expiring.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadapter Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I have seen some programs say that the PCE hours must have been prior to "X" amount of years, but that was only a handful of programs. I think it is pretty rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted January 6, 2019 Administrator Share Posted January 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Cadapter said: I have seen some programs say that the PCE hours must have been prior to "X" amount of years, but that was only a handful of programs. I think it is pretty rare. I have heard of this as well, specifically from programs that want a lot of HCE/PCE. They seem to want at least some portion of it to be current-ish (within the last year or two) but never stop counting older HCE/PCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HopeToBePAC Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I will be applying to a school that wants the PCE to be prior to 2 years from the submission of your application, meaning anything older than 2 years from the day you submit the app wouldn't count. However, the MAJORITY of schools will accept PCE no matter how long ago the experience(s) were. So, I wouldn't worry about it, just double-check the schools' websites to make sure they don't have any specific criteria; if they do, it should be stated under their requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caligal Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I have never heard of this happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARKprePA Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Thanks for the replies everyone, I'll double check the schools individual criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMBPA Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 21 hours ago, ARKprePA said: Thanks for the replies everyone, I'll double check the schools individual criteria. I was just accepted to PA school and most of my PCE is from 10-12 years ago. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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