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.