FYI

 

 

Mercer University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Atlanta is currently developing a Physician Assistant program in conjunction with its educational partnership - Piedmont Healthcare of Atlanta. The graduate program is set to matriculate its inaugural class in January 2008 following successful provisional accreditation by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc.

Applications for the inaugural class are currently being accepted. Twenty-six students will enroll in a 28-month program that will lead to the Master of Medical Science degree. In addition to the graduate program, Mercer will have a bachelor's degree pre-physician assistant program in the College of Liberal Arts. Undergraduate students successfully completing a minimum of 90 hours of pre-requisite course work in the program, including all CLA general education requirements and the designated number of hours of direct patient care experience, will be considered for admission into the highly competitive master's program in Atlanta.

For more information about the program, please check out the web site at http://www.mercer.edu/pharmacy/pa.htm, or contact the COPHS Student Affairs and Admissions Office by calling (678) 547-6232 or e-mail [log in to unmask].

An information session for prospective students is scheduled for next Wednesday, May 23rd at 2:00 p.m. on our Atlanta campus.  Please ask anyone interested in attending to call or email in order to make a reservation.