MAS Physician Assistant Education Program at University of California, San Diego

Programme overview

The Master of Advanced Study in Physician Assistant Studies (MAS-PAS) is offered by the Atkinson Physician Assistant Education Program in the UC San Diego School of Medicine, established in 2024. It is a full-time, lockstep, in-person programme with a focus on primary care.

Faculty: School of Medicine | Department: Atkinson Physician Assistant Education Program | Duration: 29 months (15 months didactic, 14 months clinical); 136 quarter credits | Intake: June cohort each year | Study mode: full-time | Location: La Jolla, CA, United States

What you will study

The didactic phase earns 88 quarter credits over 15 months, followed by a clinical phase of 48 quarter credits across regional clinics and hospitals. Graduation requires an end-of-didactic and end-of-curriculum practical assessment (SP-OSCE), an end-of-curriculum examination and a master's Capstone Project, with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

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Application information

Entry requirements

University admission (graduate level): a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or the equivalent and a minimum B (3.0/4.0) average in upper-division or prior graduate work. Programme page (catalog): Applicants must satisfy both the minimum and prerequisite course work requirements by the stated application deadlines. Applicants must satisfy both the minimum and prerequisite course work requirements by the application deadlines.

UC San Diego enrolls for Fall term only.

The graduate application fee is $135.

Apply through the official page: https://connect.grad.ucsd.edu/apply/

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