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Master of Physician Assistant StudiesNorcross Graduate School highpoint.edu/physicianassistant/

At High Point University,

every student receives an extraordinary education in an inspiring environment with caring people. SM

For additional information

on Norcross Graduate School programs contact 336.841.9198 or email graduate@highpoint.edu

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Accreditation

The High Point University Physician Assistant Studies Program has applied for provisional accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Pending provisional accreditation in September 2014, HPU anticipates commencing the PA program in June 2015. Provisional accreditation is an accreditation status for a new PA program that has not yet enrolled students, but at the time of its comprehensive accreditation review, has demonstrated its preparedness to initiate a program in accordance with the accreditation standards.

Program Length

The HPU Physician Assistant Studies program will begin each June and will span 27 months over 7 continuous semesters. The unique curriculum is being designed to imaginatively blend critical thinking and intellectual inquiry with a practical need for innovation, skill, and knowledge within professional disciplines. The curriculum approach will utilize small group discussion, hands-on clinical skills labs, simulated patient experiences, lecture and patient scenario discussions.Linda J. Sekhon, DHSc, PA-C

Chair, Department of

Physician Assistant Studies

Associate Professor of

Physician Assistant Studies

336.841.9504

PAprogram@highpoint.edu

www.highpoint.edu/physicianassistant/ "The Master of Physician

Assistant Studies Program

at High Point University is prepared to deliver educational experiences that enlighten, challenge, and prepare students to meet the demands of an expanding local, national, and global health care environment. At

High Point University, we

believe physician assistants are part of the solution to health care challenges, particularly for those most in need!"

Dr. Linda Sekhon

CASPA Participation

All applicants applying for the Founding Class of

2017 will apply online using the CASPA Application.

Final Deadline for completion of your CASPA

Application: November 1, 2014

Application Review

The High Point University PA program accepts

candidates for admission on a modified-rolling basis and applicants are encouraged to apply early.

Assessing Applicants for Interview Consideration

Applicants are considered for an on-campus interview based on the following aspects identified within their

CASPA application:

1.

Prerequisite Coursework

2.

Grade Point Averages (GPAs)

3.

Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Scores

4.

Health Care Experience

5. References

6. Bachelor's Degree Requirement7. Ability to perform the program-required

Technical Standards

GPA

Minimum Science GPA of 3.0 (greater than

or equal to 3.2 recommended). Minimum overall GPA of 3.0 (greater than or equal to 3.2 recommended).

Bachelor's Degree Requirement

Applicants must provide evidence of an earned

bachelor's degree from a United States regionally accredited college or university prior to enrollment. GRE

The GRE must have been taken within the

past five years. For 2014-15 admissions cycle, the GRE must have been taken after

1/1/2010,

and before 10/1/2014. The

Educational Testing

Service

only keeps scores for five years.

MASTER OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES (MPAS)

Enrolling

June 2015

Preference will be given to candidates who score

153 on verbal and

144 on quantitative sections

of GRE tests taken on or after August 1, 2011, and candidates who score

500 on verbal and 500 on

quantitative sections of GRE on tests taken prior to

August 1, 2011.

High Point University's CASPA GRE code (7291)

should be used to report scores.

Health Care Experience

Minimum of 200 hours volunteer or work experience

in a health care setting with at least 15 of these hours spent working with or observing a physician assistant.

The minimum health care experience hours must be

attained prior to an application being reviewed by the admissions committee for interview consideration.

Preference will

be given to applicants having significantly greater than 200 hours of volunteer or work experience and to those applicants having experience that requires a period of training and results in direct (hands-on) patient care.

High Point University Alumni

All High Point University graduates who meet

the admission requirements will be invited for an interview.

Required Courses

Required attributes of approved prerequisite

courses:

Prerequisite courses must be completed with a

grade of "C" or above.

For prerequisite courses with separate grades assigned for lecture and lab sections, a minimum grade of "C" is required in both sections.

No prerequisite course may be taken on a "pass/fail", "credit/non-credit" basis unless specifically noted (i.e., Medical Terminology)

One course cannot be used to satisfy multiple

prerequisites.

All courses must be completed by the end of the

Fall semester of the year in which you apply. At

least twelve (12) prerequisite courses must be completed before the Fall semester begins (i.e., only one (1) may be in progress during the Fall semester.)

All prerequisite courses must be taken at a U.S.

regionally accredited college or university:• The Program will accept credits completed at community colleges

The Program will accept non-laboratory course credits completed online.

The Program will not accept laboratory

course credits completed online.

AP coursework: AP coursework will be accepted

as long as the class appears on a college transcript with assigned credits based on AP Exam score of 4 or higher.

Prerequisite science courses must be completed

within 10 years prior to enrollment.

References

A total of 3 references submitted on the official

CASPA reference form are required.

• At least one reference should attest to the applicant's academic preparedness for the program based on direct experience in a teacher-student relationship.

At least one reference should attest to the applicant's intrapersonal attributes and interpersonal communication abilities based on direct observation as supervisor of the applicant's volunteer or work experience.

• The third reference is of the applicant's choice.

Technical Standards

The enrolled student must possess the mental,

physical, and emotional capabilities essential to attaining the competencies required to function as a Physician Assistant. All PA students will be expected to have abilities to meet the Technical Standards that define these essential capacities in five major categories: observation, communication, motor, intellectual and social. These abilities enable the student to perform tasks required to meet graduation and professional requirements as measured by national certification, state licensure and registration processes.

Transfer Credit or Credit for Experiential

Learning (Advanced Placement)

All courses within the curriculum are required.

No transfer credit is accepted. No credit is granted for pre-admission experiential learning, prior coursework, degrees, certifications, or advanced training.

Prerequisite Courses

Semester Comments

for Admission Hours

Human or Vertebrate Anatomy*

4 Includes one-credit laboratory

Human or Vertebrate Physiology*

4 Includes one-credit laboratory

Biology

8 Includes two one-credit laboratories

Upper Level Biology

3

Microbiology

4 Includes one-credit laboratory

General Chemistry

8 Includes two one-credit laboratories

Medical Terminology

Can be credit-derived or a certi?cate

Statistics

3

Psychology

3

Humanities and Social Sciences

9 Must include one upper-level course that focuses on developing a deeper understanding of the human condition including, but not limited to: anthropology, economics, ethics, history, political science, psychology, public health, religion, or sociology.

April 17, 2014: Fall 2014: November 2014-February 2015: Spring 2015: June 2015:

Application

Opens (CASPA)Applicant ReviewCandidate InterviewsFinal Admission

DecisionsInaugural Class

Enrolls

The Proposed Physician Assistant Studies Program Development Timeline * The Anatomy and Physiology requirements may be met by taking either one semester of Anatomy and one semester of Physiology, or two semesters of Anatomy and Physiology combined.

Recommended Courses

These courses are not required, however they provide a good foundation for the study of medicine.

Additional Upper-level Biology Courses, Organic Chemistry, Medical Ethics, Cultural Diversity, and/or Physics.

Linda Sekhon, DHSc, PA-C

Dr. Linda Sekhon is

the founding chair for the Master of Physician

Assistant Studies (MPAS)

program. She has been a physician assistant educator since 1996. Her educational interest is experiential learning through clinical simulation. She has presented at several national conferences on how to incorporate clinical simulation technology into a PA curriculum. During her academic career,

Dr. Sekhon served as a member of the Site

Development Committee for the Area Health

Education Center (AHEC) to encourage and

support student involvement in medically underserved areas. She is a Health Resources and Services Administration grant reviewer and has been involved with several grants during her academic tenure. Dr. Sekhon is well respected in the Physician Assistant community and has been honored as the Keynote Speaker at multiple Physician Assistant Program ceremonies. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her professional leadership.

FACULTY DIRECTORY

Stephen Meyers, MD

Dr. Stephen Meyers graduated

from medical school at the

University of Louisville. He

completed a residency in

Family Medicine at Moses

Cone, and has been in clinical

practice for 17 years. His practice has included the supervision and training of practicing physician assistants, as well as student physician assistants.

He brings to the MPAS program numerous

professional contacts and resources that are essential to the development of the program. Beyond his clinical background, he has added interest and experience in areas that contribute to a curriculum that is practical and innovative in preparing students for future trends in health care. These areas include coding, documentation, electronic medical records, eHealth, social media in health care, legal aspects of medicine and health care costs.

David Pitonzo, PhD, PA-C

Dr. Pitonzo holds a doctorate

(PhD) in Integrative

Biomedical Sciences and

Molecular Medicine from

Oregon Health and Sciences

University where his research

focus was on understanding the biogenesis of membrane proteins involved in disease processes such as cystic fibrosis, diabetes insipidus, traumatic brain injury and other central nervous system insults. Dr. Pitonzo received his

Master's degree as a physician assistant from the

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center with a concentration in Pediatric Infectious Disease. He began his Physician Assistant career in Pediatric

Adolescent Medicine followed by clinical work

in Otolaryngology. He served as the Academic

Coordinator for the University of New Mexico

(UNM) Physician Assistant Program and brings with him recent experience with the ARC-PA accreditation process. While at UNM he focused on the development of a remediation program to proactively help students succeed in their coursework. His basic educational philosophy is to provide a strongly integrative approach through all aspects of education while engaging the students in active learning.

What Makes the HPU PA Program Unique?

We share these key program features that make

us unique to help you make an informed decision regarding joining the HPU team!

Students First

We believe students are active stakeholders in the

HPU PA Program and benefit from: innovative

and stimulating learning experiences; mentoring relationships with accessible and responsive faculty; small student-to-faculty ratios; and feedback and support for professional development. Putting students first means that the PA faculty's first goal is to provide support in maximizing the students' educational experience through modeling the role of compassionate health care providers dedicated to lifelong learning. Students and faculty partner in a lifelong-learning process by sharing different levels of knowledge, skills and life experiences thus equipping students with the attributes required of successful health care providers.

Experiential Learning

Experiential learning opportunities occur within

an organ system-based, integrated curriculum that supports student assimilation and mastery of the skills necessary to care for patients and improve patient outcomes within their practices and communities.

Our program promotes adult learning through

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