Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Number of students: Around 40
Application Cycle: CASPA due by August 1
Interview dates: January/February
Start date: May/June
Length of Program: 24 months
Public/Private: Public
HCE: Minimum 1000 hour requirement starting in 2018 cycle
GPA: Minimum 3.20 GPA overall and science starting in the 2018 cycle
Shadowing: No specific requirement
The Good Stuff:
- There's the option of setting up an appointment with a Pre-PA Advisor or attending an information session. These information sessions are available online to watch as well.
- Human Physiology must have been taken within the last 3 years
- GRE is NOT required
- Distance education option - Very unique, but not an option for all states (Excluded states - AL, AR, CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, KS, KY, LA, MD, NC, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, WA, WV). It's a 36 month, part-time program where 80% is done from your home state. You still have to visit the campus for 10 weeks the first summer, and then a few times throughout the semesters of didactic year, and after each clinical.
- Option for Masters of Public Health joint program
- wisPACT option for Northern Wisconsin residents
- Interview - 2 individual 15 minute interviews with faculty/staff
- Opportunity for International electives in Belize
Program Link: University of Wisconsin - Madison Website
For the most up to date information on PA programs in one place, check out The Applicant’s Manual of Physician Assistant Programs. (Affiliate link)
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