Question about direct patient contact experience

[Keith_086]

I plan on finishing whatever prerequisite courses I need to apply and I have already began shadowing a PA. My question revolves around direct patient contact. I graduated from a tech program where I had to do 825 hours of clinical experience in a cardiac cath lab and another 188 hours in echocardiography and vascular scanning. I decided after to continue my education and really go after my dream and become a PA. My question is if I can use that clinical time as my direct patient contact hours considering I can get the documentation for it and it was with an allied health fully accredited program. Any help would be really appreciated :)

[Sabrina92]

Nope. U need direct patient contact 200 hrs