Admission Requirements

To be eligible for the PA Fellow pathway, individuals must meet the DMSc admission requirements (see Admission) and are either currently enrolled in, or within the past two (2) years, have graduated from, an eligible PA fellowship program (also referred to as a clinical postgraduate PA program or a PA residency).

An “eligible PA fellowship program” means either:

• A program accredited by the ARC-PA; or
• A program that meets all of the following criteria:
  • Program Length: A minimum of six (6) months of full-time training (incorporating both clinical and didactic instruction).
  • Clinical Skills and Practice Experiences: A minimum of 1,000 hours of instruction in clinical skills and practice experiences, including appropriately progressive direct patient care.
  • Program Didactic Instruction:
    • A minimum of 52 hours of didactic instruction, including but not limited to grand rounds, workshops, coursework, and research/scholarly activities; and
    • Instruction in at least four (4) of the following topics:
      • Biomedical and clinical science;
      • Quality improvement;
      • Patient safety;
      • Interprofessional teamwork;
      • Performance improvement;
      • Care of diverse patient populations;
      • Healthcare disparities; and/or
      • How to search, interpret and evaluate medical literature.