Apply now for Fall 2023
Submit your application by April 1, 2023 through CASPA . All applicants to Carlow’s Physician Assistant program must hold a bachelor’s degree and meet prerequisites.
You, a Physician Assistant.
Physician Assistants play a vital role in primary and specialty care — diagnosing illness, prescribing medications, and often serving as a patient’s first and most frequent point of contact.
Program At-A-Glance
- 6 semesters
- Full-time
- Pittsburgh (Oakland) Campus
- State-of-the-art Simulation Medicine Lab
- Nationwide clinical opportunities
Rewarding and Meaningful
Your Future
Source: American Academy of PAs
Where does a PA work?
53.3% - Outpatient Office/Clinic36.5% - Hospital
5.9% - Urgent Care Center
4.3% - Schools, Nursing Homes, Universities
Where does a PA specialize?
28.8% - Psychiatry, Public Health, Dermatology, Hospice27.4% - Surgical Subspecialties
20.8% - Primary Care
12.2% - Internal Medicine Subspecialties
9.4% - Emergency Medicine
1.4% - Pediatric Subspecialties
Your Carlow Advantage
Carlow University offers the region’s newest and most innovative physician assistant program. The program, set to enroll its first class for Fall 2022, is designed for adult learners and advances Carlow’s Sisters of Mercy values.
Pittsburgh: Medical Innovation Center
Pittsburgh offers world-class medical research, dozens of medical startup companies, and several large health care systems in the region. Breakthroughs in breast cancer diagnosis, organ transplantation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), drug discovery, and the first successful polio vaccine all began here.
Phase 1: Classroom and lab
Phase 2: Clinical experience
Phase 3: Transition to practice
Your Community
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Phase 1: Classroom and lab
Core knowledge and skills (Anatomy and Physiology; Clinical Pharmacology; Patient Assessment, etc.)
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Phase 2: Clinical experience
Supervised, experiential learning (8 clinical rotations across family practice, internal medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, behavioral health, women’s health, pediatrics, etc.).
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Phase 3: Transition to practice
Masters project and final professional training.
Your Learning Environment
In addition to classroom and clinical training, you’ll master skills in Carlow’s state-of-the-art medical simulation lab. Features include:
- High-fidelity patient simulators
- Skills lab and skills refinement room
- Interactive telehealth systems
- Medication delivery systems
- Digital patient records
- Hospital and exam patient rooms
Ready to learn more?
Apply now for Fall 2023
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The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Provisional status to the Carlow University Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Carlow University .
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.
The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at http://www.arc-pa.org/accreditation-history-carlow-university/ .
Students who graduate from a program with provisional accreditation or continuing accreditation status are eligible for certification and licensure after successfully passing the PANCE.
