Dept. of Physician Assistant Studies [phone]

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Dept. of Physician Assistant Studies (516)
686-3881
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Definition of Physician Assistant

• PA are licensed professionals who
• practice medicine with physician supervision
• supervision may be at a distance
• exercise significant autonomy in medical
  decision-making
• provide a broad and continuously growing
  range of diagnostic and therapeutic services
• may also perform educational, administrative or
  research activities

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NY PAs Practice Medicine

• Taking patient histories, performing physical
  exams, manage chronic and acute patient problems
  are the mainstay of many PAs daily job
  responsibilities

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NY PAs Practice Medicine

• NY Physician Assistants can prescribe medications
  in all settings
• Provide health education and patient counseling

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NY PAs Practice Medicine

• Ordering and interpreting laboratory tests,
  imaging and other diagnostic tests are part of a
  PAs typical daily routine

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NY PAs Practice Medicine

• First assisting in surgery, reducing and casting
  fractures, and suturing wounds are only some of
  the more common PA responsibilities

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National PA Statistics

• Sex
• Age (mean)
• Education
• at least a 4 year degree
• Masters
• Doctorate
• Years in practice (mean)

• 53 women, 47 men
• 41 years
• 89
• 22
• 3
• 10 years

Adapted from 1998 AAPA Annual PA Census Survey
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PAs by Specialty Nationwide
AAPA statistics 11/30/99
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PA Employers Nationwide
AAPA statistics 11/30/99
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PA Mean Total Annual Salaries
AAPA statistics 11/30/99
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Mean Total Income from Primary Employer by
Specialty
AAPA statistics 11/30/99
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Top 5 States for PA Practice
AAPA statistics 11/30/99
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PA Prescriptive Privileges

• Nationally variable depending upon State-specific
  enabling legislation
• Currently NYS permits
• Class II-V drugs inpatient
• Class III-V drugs outpatient

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PA Certification

• Most states require National Certification
• To obtain Certification
• must be a graduate of an accredited PA Program
• must pass the Physician Assistant National
  Certification Examination (PANCE) administered by
  the National Commission on the Certification of
  Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

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A word about the largest PA Professional
Organizations
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Important PA Websites

• New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
• New York State Society of Physician Assistants
  (NYSSPA)
• American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)

• www.nyit.edu
• www.nysspanet.org
• www.aapa.org

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• NYIT Physician Assistant Program
• Overview Introduction

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NYIT PA Program Structure

• Baccalaureate Degree
• Pre-professional Phase (1 1/2 years)
• Professional Phase
• (2 1/2 years)
• Didactic years
• Clinical year

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NYIT PA Program Strengths

• Affiliation with NYCOM and School of Allied
  Health and Life Sciences
• Small class sizes
• Orientation to success in careers
• Convenient campus location
• Recent institutional growth, renovations
• Advanced technology
• Cultural diversity, minority recruitment
• Commitment to service to the community

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NYIT PA Program Admission Criteria High School
Applicant to Pre-professional Phase

• Minimum GPA of 3.0 or equivalent
• Minimum combined SAT score of 1000
• C or better in all Math and/or Sciences courses
• Verification of 100 hours experience of direct
  patient care experience
• Two professional letters of recommendation
  including one from a P.A., D.O. or M.D.
• One-page type-written narrative
• An interview and approval of the PA Admission
  Committee
• Official transcripts from all schools attended
• for specifics please see current undergraduate
  catalog

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NYIT PA Program Admission Criteria Transfer
Applicant to Pre-professional Phase

• At least 30 college credits with a minimum GPA of
  at least 3.0 within the most recent 5 years of
  college study
• A minimum of C or better in all required
  Math/Science pre-requisite courses
• Verification of a minimum of 100 hours experience
  of direct patient care experience
• Two professional letters of recommendation
  including one from a P.A., D.O. or M.D.
• One-page type-written narrative
• An interview approval of the PA Admission
  Committee
• Official transcripts from all post-secondary
  schools attended
• for specifics please see current undergraduate
  catalog

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NYIT PA Program Curriculum
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NYIT PA Program CurriculumPre-Professional Phase

• First Year - Spring
• Pre-professional Phase
• English Composition II
• Bio-Organic Chemistry
• Speech
• Physics
• History or Political Science

• First Year - Fall
• Pre-professional Phase
• English Composition I
• Applied Chemistry
• College Algebra/Trig or Calculus I
• Economics
• Ethics Social Philosophy

for specifics please see Undergraduate Catalogue
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NYIT PA Program Curriculum

• Second Year - Fall
• Pre-professional Phase
• Human Physiology
• Medical Microbiology
• Technical Writing or Group B English
• Psychology
• English

• Second Year - Spring
• Professional Phase
• Gross Anatomy/Embryology
• Anatomy Case Studies
• Clinical Pathophysiology
• Behavioral Medicine
• Epidemiology/Interpretation of the Medical
  Literature
• The PA Profession

for specifics please see Undergraduate Catalogue
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NYIT PA Program Curriculum

• Third Year - Fall
• Professional Phase
• Clinical Medicine I
• Clinical Pathology II
• Clinical Skills I
• Clinical Laboratory Medicine
• Pharmacology I

• Third Year - Spring
• Professional Phase
• Clinical Medicine II
• Clinical Pathology III
• Pharmacology II
• Clinical Skills II
• Outpatient Medicine

for specifics please see Undergraduate Catalogue
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NYIT PA Program CurriculumFinal Professional
Year

• Fourth Year - Summer
• Disease Prevention Health Promotion
• Emergency Medicine
• Critical Thought Processes in Medicine
• Clinical Skills III
• Clinical OPP

• Fourth Yr.-Fall/Spring
• Internal Medicine
• General Surgery
• Family Practice
• Ob/Gyn
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Emergency Medicine
• Preceptorship/Elective

for specifics please see Undergraduate Catalogue
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NYIT PA Program Estimated Tuition Costs
NYIT historically provides significant
scholarship monies Tuition is increased
historically annually
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NYIT Financial Aid

• Scholarships
• 2,020 student recipients
• Average 1,634 per student per year
• Totaling 3,302,474

• NYIT Grants
• 1,975 student recipients
• Average 1,381 per student per year
• Totaling 2,729,013

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NYIT Financial Aid

• Combined NYIT Scholarships and Grants average
• 3,015 per student per year

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NYIT PA Students Are..Gender
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NYIT PA Students Are..Ethnicity
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NYIT PA Students Are..Prior Medical Experience
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NYIT PA Students Are..Prior Education
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NYIT PA Program

• Clinical Clerkships
• NYCOM affiliations
• 130 office-based practices
• many major teaching medical centers on Long
  Island, the New York City environs as well as
  more distant rural practices

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Strong Clinical Affiliations

• Nassau County Medical Center
• St. Barnabas Medical Center
• Winthrop University Hospital
• North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
• Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
• St. Vincents/Catholic Medical Center

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48 Weeks of Clinical ClerkshipsRequired (all)
- Electives (any 2)

• Family Practice (8)
• Internal Medicine (8)
• General Surgery (8)
• Emergency Medicine (4)
• Pediatrics (4)
• Psychiatry (4)

• Orthopaedics
• Cardiovascular Surgery
• Critical Care Intensivist
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Rural Medicine
• Occupational Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Forensics

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NYIT PA Program

• Professional Phase Entry Requirements
• Completion of all pre-requisite courses with a
  minimum 3.0 GPA
• A minimum of C or better in all required
  prerequisite math and/or sciences courses
• Approval of PA Program Chair
• Recommendation by Academic Review Committee

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NYIT PA Program

• Graduation Requirements
• successful completion of all didactic course
• successful completion of all required clinical
  rotations
• satisfactory standard of professional conduct
• satisfaction of all NYIT financial obligations

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• Questions?
• Mr. James Lawrence
• PA Program Specialist
• Admissions Office
• [phone]
• or
• NYIT PA Program
• [phone]