All applicant experiences are subject to verification hours. The program may contact supervisors to confirm reported hours. Falsification of reported experiences could disqualify the applicant from the UVU PA Program admissions review process.
A minimum of 2,000 hours of patient care or health-related experience is required.
Applicants are required to complete 2,000 hours of patient care or health-related experience before submission of application to CASPA. Hours that will be counted toward patient care and health-related experience may include, but is not limited to, taking histories, physical exam, taking vitals, bathing patients, transporting patients, helping patients transfer from bed to bedpan or toilet, walking patients, drawing blood, performing diagnostic lab or imaging tests, laboratory bench work, filling prescribed patient medications, assisting with or administering prescribed therapy or treatments, patient education, and counseling.
Unpaid student training experience will not count for the patient care experience hours.
Applicants are encouraged to appropriately describe, within the CASPA application, the type of experience accumulated and support why the healthcare experience is relevant. The quantity and quality of reported healthcare hours will be considered and scored as part of the applicant screening process.
You will be asked to list job title, role, name of institution, name and title of supervisor, and to provide a detailed description of tasks, number of hours worked per week, and total number of weeks worked. Please break down jobs/clinical experiences that combine direct and related healthcare exposure, such that direct patient care and health-related experience hours are listed under the respective direct patient care and health-related experience CASPA sections.
CASPA applications request lists of responsibilities and total time spent in direct patient care and health-related experience. Shadowing experiences are to be listed in the shadowing experience section on the CASPA application.
Applicants are encouraged to document the variety of ways that leadership experience was demonstrated in the applicant’s life via college athletics, leadership, or extracurricular roles in a university setting or within the community or other examples of personal leadership. The hours an applicant engages in these activities will be considered during the screening process.
Three professional letters of recommendation
Letters of recommendation (CASPA Evaluation) submitted by professionals that speak to the strengths of the applicants will be reviewed by the UVU PA Admissions Committee. It is strongly recommended that applicants submit three letters of recommendation from professionals who have observed the applicant in a work, academic, and/or clinical environment. Letters from a healthcare source, supervisor, and/or academic source are preferred. Letters from personal friends and family will be discarded.
Document experience and hours related to volunteering, community service or work experience
Applicants are encouraged to document the variety of ways that volunteering, community service, and/or work experience has played a role in personal growth and wisdom via religious or service missions, military service, or other opportunities. Share how a pattern of consistent community service has helped to develop the characteristics that contribute to becoming a compassionate provider. The type of experience and the hours an applicant engages in these activities will be considered during the screening process.
We do NOT require shadowing
