Looking for recommendations on P.A. Schools that emphasis healthcare experience

[davemarco]

Hello all. I'm in the process of finishing up my CASPA application, and I'm at the point where I need to enter the schools that I wish to apply to. I have already identified 10 or so schools that I feel that I might have a decent shot at getting into, particularly those that only emphasize the last 45 credits of coursework (which is just barely a 3.0 for me). The real strengths of my application though are my Healthcare and Research experiences: 2 years, 4000+ hours as an Exercise Physiologist, and 3 years, ~4000 hours (full and part time) working for a private clinical research company (Micro lab tech and Regulatory Affairs). I'd like to add some schools to my list that really emphasize these types of experiences in their applicants, and I was hoping that some of you nice folks might have a few recommendations on this. A fairly involved Google search for this didn't yield any direct results, although my perusing of these and other forums did point me towards a school called "Medex".

 

Are there any others that anyone might recommend for this?

[EMEDPA]

medex is the university of washington pa program.

3.0 might be a long shot there. they are fairly competitive these days but take a look.

avg accepted applicant last yr had 8000+ hrs of hce and a good gpa.

[davemarco]

Ah, yes upon a deeper look it would appear that they require no less than a B- in all prereqs. I'm planning on retaking 2 or 3 classes this fall, but A's in those would likely only push my Science GPA up to maybe a 3.0. Any others that you might know of that seem to emphasize H.C.E?

[cinntsp]

Just start going down the list of PA schools and check their websites.

 

https://portal.caspaonline.org/applicants2013/faq/ins_programs.htm

 

http://www.paeaonline.org/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/25515/pid/25515