We attempt to keep the incoming class at no more than 10 students. Forty students in all are enrolled in the Health Sciences major. This provides for a student to faculty ratio of 2 to 1. This allows close contact with your faculty, excellent opportunity to study with small peer groups, intense immersion into the various disciplines of health care and health care delivery from many perspectives ranging from Biomedical Ethics to Forensic Sciences, a great way to make life long friends, all within a small-school climate that encourages students to succeed. Finally, as a partner with the Legacy Portland Health System, we share campus facilities with Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center.
Students study and learn in a health care enriched environment.
We look forward to hearing from you. To become a P.A. generally requires from 21 to 27 additional months of study after completion of your B.S. degree. P.A.s practice up to 80 percent of what a primary care physician is trained trained to do, including physical examinations, diagnostic tests, prescriptions, hospitalization, minor surgery, urgent care, and so forth. According to the American AAP, there were 7-8 jobs available for each new P.A. graduate in 1998. Most Physician Assistant schools require between 800 to 1000 hours of patient contact hours prior to admission.