Yale Physician Associate Program
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The Yale Physician Associate program accepted its first class in 1971. The mission of the program is to educate individuals to become outstanding clinicians and to foster leaders who will serve their communities and advance the physician associate
Physician assistant
A physician assistant/associate ' is a healthcare professional trained and licensed to practice medicine with limited supervision by a physician.-General description:...

 profession.
The programs founder, Dr Alfred M. Sadler Jr, served as its first director in 1970. Dr. Sadler will return to Cedar Street to deliver the programs commencement address for 2008.

Academics

Completion of the rigorous 28 month curriculum results in award of a master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

. The education is divided into two portions (a didactic and clinical phase). The faculty of the Yale School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
The Yale School of Medicine at Yale University is a private medical school located in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. It was founded in 1810 as The Medical Institution of Yale College, and formally opened its doors in 1813....

 provides the education, which is coordinated by the Physician Associate program core faculty. The didactic year includes clinical and basic sciences as well as courses in research methods, ethics and physical examination. The clinical phase is fifteen months in duration with thirteen one month rotations and two months for research. Yale University requires all graduates to complete an original thesis under the mentorship of the School of Medicine faculty. Many graduates have pursued this research topic through a Yale Downs fellowship. This fellowship provides the student with an opportunity to act out his/her ideas in an international underserved setting.

With the class of 2010 the PA program will begin offering a joint degree (MMSc/MPH
Master of Public Health
The Master of Public Health and the Doctor of Public Health are multi-disciplinary professional degrees awarded for studies in areas related to public health....

) with the Yale School of Public Health.

International

The PA program keeps with the Yale University global focus and encourages students to study internationally. The program currently has clinical sites in Uganda, Peru, Central America, and the UK.

Admissions

Acceptance is extremely selective. The common application for PA schools
CASPA
The CASPA or Central Application Service for Physician Assistants is an application service for PAs similar to the Common Application used for some undergraduate students, and the American Medical College Application Service used when applying to medical schools...

is used by Yale. For the entering class of 2013, 700 applicants applied for 36 spots, yielding an acceptance rate of approximately 5%. The average overall GPA was 3.62 and the average science GPA was 3.54. Many of the selected students had accomplished graduate work in other areas.

Alumni

Alumni have found their way into influential positions within the healthcare system. Many graduates are in leadership positions in the American Academy of Physician Assistants and Physician Assistant Academics.

Notable Alumni

George S. Bottomley DVM, PA

Cynthia Booth Lord MHS, PA (Director of Quinnipiac University PA Program, President Elect AAPA)

John Cavenagh Ph.D, PA-C (Chairman Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine PA Department)


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