Physician Assistant - Texas Hybrid
Our Mission
Degree Awarded
Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS)
Program Delivery
Hybrid
Locations Available
Round Rock, Texas
The Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) Hybrid Program in Texas is designed to prepare PAs to provide compassionate care with the highest level of clinical excellence and ethical standards. We develop PAs who are patient advocates, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. We nurture the development of culturally sensitive leaders who embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion to serve patients within their communities. Explore a technology-rich environment where you will attend classes virtually. Your clinical training will include rotations in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, behavioral medicine, pediatrics, women’s health, and two elective rotations. Develop hands-on, practical skills during scheduled immersion weeks on the Round Rock, Texas campus. In addition to online instruction, local clinical experience is a vital component to the program. Full-time courses are designed for program completion in 24 months.
Apply to This Program NowHealth care providers are more in-demand than ever, and physician assistants will continue to be an important part of the medical team.
Develop hands-on, practical skills during scheduled immersion weeks throughout the program at the Round Rock, Texas campus.
Franklin Pierce Hybrid PA students have the benefit of completing the program in 24 months without having to relocate during the preclinical year.
Accreditation
Franklin Pierce University Texas has applied for Accreditation - Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Franklin Pierce University Texas anticipates matriculating its first class in March 2024, pending achieving Accreditation - Provisional status at the September 2023 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation - Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation-provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.
Accreditation-Provisional does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class. However, Accreditation-Provisional is an active accreditation status. PA program graduates will be deemed to have graduated from an accredited program if their PA degree program was accredited at the time of their matriculation. In the event that the program is not granted Accreditation-Provisional status by the ARC-PA, students accepted into the Texas MPAS hybrid program will receive a full refund of their deposit and the program will not matriculate in March 2024.
Admissions Requirements
Applications are accepted only through the Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA). All applications must be verified by CASPA before December 1st and include 3 letters of recommendation to be considered for the 2024 cohort. All applications will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis.
The admissions cycle opens June 1, 2023, and closes December 1, 2023.
Pre-requisites
Required (33):
- Anatomy & Physiology I w/ lab (4)
- Anatomy & Physiology II w/ lab (4)
- General chemistry I w/ lab (4)
- General chemistry II w/ lab (4)
- Organic chemistry OR Biochemistry (3)
- Microbiology w/lab (4)
- Statistics (3)
- Biological science w/ lab (4)
- Medical Terminology (1)
Recommended (15):
- Psychology (3)
- Genetics (3)
- Immunology (3)
- Nutrition (3)
- Cell biology (3)
We strongly recommend that coursework be recent, at least within the last 10 years.
All prerequisite courses must be passed with a grade of "C" or better and be completed
prior to matriculation. Applicants must have an overall science GPA of at least 3.0
and an overall GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Applications are ranked for interview according to GPA, personal statement, letters of recommendation, clinical experience(s), and/or other experiences which may include life experience (e.g. challenges, achievements), shadowing, volunteerism, experience with rural and/or underserved communities, and/or socioeconomically disadvantaged populations; and research, teaching, and/or publications authored. Selected candidates will be notified by the admissions coordinator for a virtual interview.
Advanced placement is not granted to prospective students.
All applicants who were born outside of the United States and who did not graduate from a United States high school will be required to submit internet-based TOEFL (iBT) scores with their application. There are no exceptions to this requirement, including having attained upper-level education in the United States. A minimum total score of 100 (with at least 25 in each section) is required. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) code for submitting your score to CASPA is D360.
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CONTACT
Texas master of physician assistant studies hybrid program
Nancy Vasquez
Administrative Assistant
Texas MPAS Hybrid Program
301 Seton Pkwy
Round Rock, Texas, 78665
InfoTXPAProgram@Franklinpierce.edu
