• There are written technical standards that all PA students must meet in order to complete professional phase training. Please review these standards before making application to the program.
• Undergraduate students enrolled in the PA major must meet minimum academic standards to advance through the pre-professional phase of the program. Refer to "Applicants Entering as Freshmen."
• Once an application is completed, members of the PA selection committee review and evaluate each applicant’s academic transcripts, work experience record, and any other prerequisites.
• Candidates who satisfactorily fulfill requirements are selected for an interview.
• Upon completion of all interviews, the committee, at their sole discretion, recommends to the program director the applicants selected for admission to the professional phase.
• The Professional Phase of the Physician Assistant Program does not allow for exemption from courses, clinical skills, laboratories or clinical education regardless of prior experience, degree or credential.  All students must matriculate through all aspects of the professional phase of the program and successfully complete the requirements for graduation.
• All students must have documented vaccinations or titers as follows: DPT series, polio series, MMR (2), varicella (provider documented illness or vaccine (2) or positive titer), TB test or negative chest x-ray, Hepatitis B vaccine or positive titer. These requirements are due to mandates of our clinical sites and for patient safety.

   Meningitis and yearly influenza vaccination are recommended though these are not required for admission to the professional phase of program.
   

• FBI Background Checks and Child Abuse Security Clearance
      All PA students are required to have a federal background check prior to starting the professional phase of the PA Program.  All Physician Assistant students must be fingerprinted for FBI Background Clearance, at the student's expense, prior to the first day of classes.
      Students must complete and submit, at the student's expense, a Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance Form prior to starting the program. The program will supply the student with this form which must be filed and cleared with the Childline and Abuse Registry, Department of Public Welfare, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
       A student who does not have a clear check may be denied access to hospitals and or clinical rotations. This may affect their ability to complete the Program. A check which is not clear may also affect one’s ability to sit for the PANCE exam, obtain professional licenses or institutional privileges. FBI background checks and The Child Abuse History Clearance Form check must be maintained on a yearly basis.  In an attempt to schedule clinical rotations, any information found on these checks will be disclosed to clinical facilities and preceptors. Background checks which reveal a felony offense may result in denial of admission and/ or dismissal from the Program. 

*Questions can be addressed at the PA office by calling (570) 208-5853 or contact the program secretary at sharonkaminski@kings.edu