Admissions Requirements and Application Procedures

Note: Advanced placement is not accepted in lieu of any prerequisite. Advanced standing or credit for experiential learning or courses completed as part of a professional degree is not available for any course required as part of the PA curriculum.

Candidates for admission to the class entering August 2011 must meet the following criteria:

General Criteria

a. The candidate must submit an application to CASPA (https://portal.caspaonline.org/ ) and a supplemental application to RRCC (see below) and pay all associated application fees.

b. The candidate must appear for a personal interview if selected.

c. The candidate cannot have been convicted of a felony criminal offense or of any riminal offense, regardless of its designation, which involved a crime of moral turpitude or crime against children.

d. The candidate, prior to matriculation, must:

1. Hold current BLS (CPR) certification.

2. Provide evidence of compliance with CDC guidelines for healthcare workers regarding immunizations and freedom from communicable diseases.

3. Pay for and provide a current background check as required by program policy.

Academic Criteria

a. The candidate must hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
b. The candidate must have completed the following prerequisites at a regionally accredited United States institution prior to September 1, 2010:

Math (6 semester hours)

Biological Sciences (12 semester hours)

Chemistry (10 semester hours)

* 200 level course or above is necessary to meet the requirement

Prerequisite courses should be taken in their respective departments (for example, cell biology should be taken in the biology department). Courses taken in other departments (for example nursing or kinesiology) do not provide sufficient foundational knowledge to fulfill the needs of the PA program.

Please note that these pre-requisites represent the minimum requirements to be considered for admission.  Successful applicants (admitted to the program) usually have significant additional science coursework at or above the 200 level.

Clinical Criteria

a. The candidate must have completed and documented at least 2000 hours of paid direct patient contact in a health care setting between September 1, 2005 and September 1, 2010.

International applicants

a. The candidate whose primary language is not English is required to take the TOEFL test of English proficiency.  A paper-based score of at least 600 (or the computer-based test equivalent) is required for admission to the program.

b. The candidate who has completed any course work at an institution outside of the United States will be required to submit transcripts to a professional transcript evaluation service acceptable to the program. Click here for a list of acceptable services.

c. All pre-requisites for admission must have been completed at a regionally accredited United States institution.

Application Deadlines

CASPA will begin accepting applications April 14, 2010.

a. The candidate must submit a completed application to CASPA by September 1, 2010.

b. The candidate must submit a completed supplemental application by September 1, 2010.

Supplemental Application

In addition to the application submitted to CASPA, the applicant must complete and submit directly to RRCC PA Program a supplemental application and a $25 supplemental application fee.  Do not submit a supplemental application without first completing a CASPA application. Click here to complete the supplemental application.

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Pre-Application Information
Session

Prospective students can learn more about the unique Physician Assistant Program at Red Rocks Community College at an informational meeting.

The next info session for the PA Program will be held March 2, 2010, 5:30 p.m. It will be held in the PA Program classroom Room 1529. Contact

Red Rocks Community College
P.A. Department
Box 38
13300 West Sixth Avenue
Lakewood, Colorado 80228

303.914.6386

pa.program@rrcc.edu

The P.A. department is located at the Lakewood campus, 1st floor, Room 1535. We are open Monday through Friday,
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.