MPAS Admission Requirements
Applications are reviewed on a rolling admissions basis. GRE, PA-CAT, and CASPer are not required.
Our admission cycle opens annually in late April, with the deadline to submit all admissions materials directly to CASPA no later than October 1st.
We do not require patient care experience, healthcare experience, shadowing, or community service. However, these hours can contribute to the competitiveness of the application.
For an applicant to the MPAS program to be considered, they must meet all of the following requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree prior to matriculation
- Cumulative GPA 3.0
- Science GPA 3.0
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- Three (3) letters of recommendation are required (at least one must be from a healthcare provider, e.g., MD, DO, PA-C, NP)
- Letters must be submitted directly to CASPA.
- All materials must be submitted to CASPA by Sept. 30. DO NOT SEND any application materials to the 老虎机攻略 admissions or MPAS program.
Interview preference given to*:
- Montana residents (permanent address in MT)
- Registered members of federal/state-recognized Native American tribes.
- Graduate of high school in a rural and/or environmentally/economically underserved community
- First-generation college graduate
- Military service
- Graduates of the 老虎机攻略
- *However, all applicants will be considered.
Technical Standards
The 老虎机攻略 PA Program considers it essential for all candidates, students, and graduates to have the knowledge and skills to function in a variety of clinical settings and to provide a wide spectrum of patient care as required by the curriculum. This requires sufficient capacities and abilities in: Observation and Sensation, Communication, Motor Function, Intellectual Capability, and Behavioral/Social Proficiency. Candidates and students must possess these technical standards to achieve the required level of competency stipulated for program advancement and graduation. Candidates must demonstrate these standards upon admission and continue to present them throughout their participation in the 老虎机攻略 PA Program. Failure to do so is grounds for dismissal from the program.
Candidates, students, and graduates must be able to:
- Observation and Sensation
- Possess sufficient visual, auditory, and tactile sensation to participate in the classroom, laboratory, and other educational or clinical settings.
- Receive verbal and nonverbal communication while interviewing patients and others, and perform a complete patient physical exam that includes inspection, auscultation, and palpation techniques.
- Communication
- Speak, hear, and observe patients, family members, and other clinicians.
- Communicate clearly and effectively in English through verbal, non-verbal, and written communication.
- Receive and process communication from the healthcare team to respond in a timely manner and make appropriate decisions.
- Communicate attentively and sensitively to others while honoring the HIPPA policy.
- Motor Function
- Exhibit sufficient strength, coordination, dexterity, and equilibrium to perform the activities required of a physician associate, including but not limited to performing a physical examination utilizing diagnostic instruments and techniques required in auscultation, palpation, percussion, and diagnostic maneuvers.
- Manipulate medical equipment for basic laboratory tests and procedures such as airway management, suturing, needle placement and IV, stethoscope and ophthalmoscope, tongue blades, gynecologic speculum, and scalpel.
- Demonstrate physical stamina to sit, stand, and move within the classroom, laboratory, examination rooms, treatment rooms, and operating rooms for extended periods of time.
- Intellectual Capability
- Demonstrate clinical problem-solving and reasoning skills to think critically with sound judgment, emotional stability, maturity, and empathy.
- Collect, measure, organize, prioritize, calculate, reason, analyze, and integrate data accurately to make decisions in a timely manner.
- Comprehend medical literature to use this knowledge in problem-solving and patient care.
- Synthesize significant findings from history, physical exam, and laboratory data.
- Understand and interpret diagnostic testing and treatment regimens.
- Behavioral and Social Proficiency
- Establish and maintain professional relationships.
- Work cooperatively with other members of the healthcare team.
- Prioritize competing demands and exercise good clinical judgment.
- Respond to emergencies in a calm and reasonable manner and handle physical, mental, and emotional stress while functioning effectively.
- Develop rapport with patients and their families as well as colleagues.
- Demonstrate compassion, empathy, motivation, integrity, and flexibility while interacting with a diverse population.
- Accept criticism and modify behavior and practice as needed.
- Understand and apply ethical standards and responsibility in their daily practice.
- Demonstrate emotional stability to deliver appropriate patient care in all settings.
Candidates must be able to satisfy the above requirements with or without reasonable accommodations.
Prerequisite Course Requirements
Prerequisite courses must be passed with "C" or better letter grades. Prerequisite coursework must be completed within the past 10 years. Prerequisites may be taken at any accredited college or university, including online or distance courses. Advanced placement will not be granted. Credit by exam or pass/fail courses will not be accepted. All prerequisite credits and receipt of the bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university must be completed no later than the end of the spring semester of the year of matriculation.
Completion of the following prerequisite courses is required for applicants:
- Human Anatomy & Physiology w/ lab (8 credits)
- Microbiology w/lab (4 credits)
- Genetics (3 credits)
- General Chemistry I & II w/ labs (8 credits)
- Organic Chemistry w/ lab (4 credits)
- Biochemistry (3 credits)
- Psychology (3 credits)
- Statistics (3 credits)
- Medical Terminology (1 credit)
International Applicant Information
Only college work completed at a U.S. or Canadian college or university, fully accredited by the regional accrediting agency or its equivalent, is acceptable, and no waivers of this condition will be granted.
Deposit Required
If accepted into the program, a nonrefundable deposit of $1,000 is required to secure a position in the class and is payable at the time of acceptance. Instructions for this process will be included in the acceptance letter. The deposit will be applied to the accepted student's first-semester tuition.