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Dec 26, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Pre-Physician Assistant Studies
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A PA is a medical professional who is nationally certified and state-licensed to practice medicine. By design, physicians and PAs work together as a team. The pre-Physician Assistant program is designed to prepare students for admission to the USD Master’s degree program in Physician Assistant Studies. A Bachelor’s degree is required for admission. Applications for the USD Physician Assistant Studies program are due by September 1 each year and are submitted through the Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA).
Students are selected for admission based on the evaluation of their academic potential; potential for primary care practice; motivation, maturity, and ability to work with others; health care or other work experience; letters of recommendation; and personal interviews.
Additional information regarding the USD Physician Assistant Studies program is available by contacting: Department of Physician Assistant Studies, 658-5926 (https://www.usd.edu/Academics/Colleges-and-Schools/school-of-health-sciences/physician-assistant-program); Academic & Career Planning Center, 605-658-3600; Health Professions Advisors, 605-658-6326 or 658-6334 or by visiting the following web site: http://www.usd.edu/admissions/graduate-admissions.
Wade Nilson
Department Chair & Professor
Department of Physician Assistant Studies
605-658-5926
USDPA2@usd.edu
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RECOMMENDED CURRICULUM
The USD Physician Assistant Studies program requires that the pre-PA student fulfill the following academic areas. Examples of USD courses fulfilling the prerequisite areas are noted: Human Anatomy/Physiology (8 hours)
The following academic courses are encouraged though not required:
Courses not required for USD’s PA program but required for most other programs
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