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Physician Assistant Program

The Physician Assistant Program at the Center for Health Science recruits, educates, and mentors a diverse group of students to increase competent and compassionate health care emphasizing increased access in rural and underserved Oklahoma. The Program is 28 months in duration consisting of 13 months of didactic training followed by 15 months of clinical rotations. At the end of the Program, students earn a Master of Science degree in Physician Assistant Studies. 

Curriculum

The Oklahoma State University Physician Assistant Program is a 28-month program which consists of 124 total credit hours including 13 months of didactic training and 15 months of clinical training. 

 

The didactic curriculum consists of in-class lectures and hands-on experiences that will prepare the PA student for clinical rotations. The clinical curriculum includes seven required rotations as well as medical and/or surgery electives.

 

Faculty

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The goal of the Physician Assistant Program is to educate students to become competent clinicians who make a positive impact on their patients as well as their surrounding community.

Meet our Departmental Faculty

 

Admissions

The PA Program selects a class of 26 students annually.

 

Learn more about admission into the PA Program

Learn more about PA Program pre-requirements

 

Cost & Assistance

Oklahoma resident and non-resident tuition rates are applicable to students in the Physician Assistant program.

 

Cost of Attendance

 

Physician Assistant Program Accreditation

The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Provisional status to the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Physician Assistant Program sponsored by the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

 

Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding Accreditation-Provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.

 

Accreditation-Provisional does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class.

 

The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at http://www.arc-pa.org/accreditation-history-ok-state-university-center-for-hs/.

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