January 24, 2007:
- Welcome and pizza
- Introductions
- Meetings: will most likely be on Wednesday evening around 7 or 8. There will be at least a weeks notice before every meeting. Meetings will not be held every week, but probably once or twice a month.
- Activities: We are going to try to get guest speakers from St. Francis College and possibly some practicing PA from around the area.
- What can you as a Pre-PA student be doing now? Get experience with patient care by volunteering or working as an EMT or CNA
- Elections: Will be held in the middle of the semester
- Questions/Comments: Please try to think of a volunteering activity to do as a club.
February 28, 2007:
- We had a member talk to us about the Timmy Foundation. Timmy Foundation is a free clinic for children up to 18 years old and volunteers are in high demand! For more information go to www.purdue.edu/timmy
- We also had a PA, Sara Dininger and the doctor she works with, Dr. Granger, come talk to us about the kind of work they do. If anyone has any questions you can email Sara at sdininger@hotmail.com
March 28, 2007:
- James Cashdollar from St. Francis came to talk to us about their PA program and the application process. Applications are accepted from Jun1 through December 1 for classes beginning the following May. Applications should be done through CASPA (www.caspaonline.org). You should start working on the CASPA application in May before the year that you are wanting acceptance. You do not have to have all of your requirements completed at the time of application submission, but provide proof that you are taking the required classes and will have them completed before your admission date. Qualified applicants are given an interview on the campus which includes an orientation of the campus and an interview with the admissions committee members.
- Some general requirements include:
- Bachelors Degree (3.33 average GPA)
- Scores from the GRE
- 15 semester hours of Biology including anatomy/physiology and microbiology
- 12 semester hours of Chemistry including organic and biochemistry
- 6 semester hours of psychology
- Have direct patient care experience (300-500 hours)
- On the CASPA website, you will need to have all classes and grades, an essay, references (supervisors and a shadowed PA are a great start), and patient care hours.
- The program is 27 months with the first 15 being classroom and problem based learning and the last 12 of clinical rotations. The program only accepts 25 students each year, so getting your application in and getting one of the first interviews is key!
- If you have any further questions, you may contact James at jcashdollar@sf.edu or visit the St. Francis website, www.sf.edu
- At our next meeting, we will be electing officers for next semester.
April 25, 2007:
- New officers were elected
- President: Amanda Crawford
- Vice-President: Bill Bodine
- Secretary/Treasurer: Erin Granger
August 22, 2007
- Welcome and pizza
- Introduction of officers
- Goals for year: Try to get PAs from area to come and talk to us and to get the Advisor from St. Francis to come back again. We will also try to become involved in community service through a local center.
- Announcement about the Purdue PA website and the information that can be found on it.
- Talked about gaining patient care experience and volunteering hours. A great way to gain patient care experience is to become a CNA or an EMT. Amanda will put up contact information about both of those programs shortly.
- Meetings for the semester will probably be held on Wednesdays at 7 PM and probably once a month.
- Election of officers for next school year will be held at the end of the Spring semester.
- If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of the officers and we will try to help you out in any way we can. If you have any suggestions about volunteer opportunities, please contact Amanda.
October 24, 2007
- Welcome and introduction of Dr. Granger and his PA Sara
- Sara had a PowerPoint Presentation about the PA Profession
- Sara and Dr. Granger showed pictures of their daily routine
- Talked about next meeting date
- Dr. Granger passed out information packets:
Information on the PA Profession.docx Information on the PA Profession.doc
The Physician-PA Team.docx The Physician-PA Team.doc
November 13, 2007
- Welcome and introduction of Jill Reisman (jill.reisman@ssfhs.org)
- Jill talked about how she became interested in the PA profession. She also talked about her schooling and classes that she would suggest taking now.
- This was our last meeting for the semester. Our next meeting will be held sometime in January.
- Amanda talked about gaining recognition from the AAPA for college Pre-PA Clubs.
- Good luck on finals and have a great break.
January 23, 2008
- We talked about the application process to PA schools
- Highlights from the meeting:
- Apply early
- Start working on CASPA application during summer after Junior year
- Gain a lot of patient care experience (preferably paid because that shows more responsibility)
- Obtain volunteer experience
- Take GREs early
- I have posted the PowerPoint presentation that I used during the meeting in both 2007 and 2003 versions
- If you have any questions, please e-mail me and I will try to help.
- Next meeting is on Wednesday, February 20th at 7 PM in CIVL 1113 (same room as last time)
PA Admissions Process 2003.ppt
February 20, 2008
- Mr. James Cashdollar for the University of St. Francis came and spoke to us about their PA program
- Highlights from this meeting can be found in the Word Document
- St. Francis is having their Spring Open House for Health Sciences on Saturday, February 23, 2008 from 9-Noon. There will be a mock-Problem Based Learning Session and a chance to meet some of the Faculty.
February 27, 2008
- Ms. Sharon Sharpe from Midwestern University came and spoke to us about their PA program
- GPA average is 3.6
- GRE in 57th Percentile
- Accepted 80 students this past year
- Want Patient care experience
- Look at outside experience
- CASPA application
- Interview on campus. Interviews start in October
- Classes begin in June
- Rolling admissions
April 15, 2008
- Officer elections were held today. Thank you to those who showed up.
- New officers are as followed:
- President: Bill Bodine
- Vice-President: Rachel Larmor
- Secretary/Treasurer: Sarah Savage
- Service/Publicity: Noelle Scrafton
- Good luck on finals and have a great summer.
- If you have any questions, please contact one of the officers.
- An announcement for the first meeting for the Fall semester will be sent out via e-mail. Thanks.