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Since this thread has popped back up, I'll update people on what I've heard wrt the PA programs here in BC.
University of Washington approached the JIBC about a joint PA program, meeting both CAPA and Washington State PA licensing requirements in spring 2005. For whatever reason, this partnership never materialized. I will speculate that due to the nature of the JI, their current curriculum and their relationship with various other health care centers in BC, as well as not training any health care providers other then paramedics, it made them a less-then-stellar match for the partnership. UW then approached UBC about a program. As UBC is in the midst of setting up med schools (or satellite campuses) at UVIC and UNBC, they declined for the moment, but didn't totally discount the possibility of a program some time down the road.
As a result, starting in September 2006, UW will be accepting BC students into a jointly accredited PA program, taught in Seattle, Tacoma, and (shudder) Yakima.
As far as the CF is concerned a question that needs an answer, discussed here before, becomes what does the CF do when a licensed and practicing PA walks into a recruiting center and says he'd like to be in the CF.
Instant Sgts? Commissions all around? I'll tell you, they're not going to sign up as privates, and they'll be a lot cheaper then growing our own. We'll need a policy on this.
DF
University of Washington approached the JIBC about a joint PA program, meeting both CAPA and Washington State PA licensing requirements in spring 2005. For whatever reason, this partnership never materialized. I will speculate that due to the nature of the JI, their current curriculum and their relationship with various other health care centers in BC, as well as not training any health care providers other then paramedics, it made them a less-then-stellar match for the partnership. UW then approached UBC about a program. As UBC is in the midst of setting up med schools (or satellite campuses) at UVIC and UNBC, they declined for the moment, but didn't totally discount the possibility of a program some time down the road.
As a result, starting in September 2006, UW will be accepting BC students into a jointly accredited PA program, taught in Seattle, Tacoma, and (shudder) Yakima.
As far as the CF is concerned a question that needs an answer, discussed here before, becomes what does the CF do when a licensed and practicing PA walks into a recruiting center and says he'd like to be in the CF.
Instant Sgts? Commissions all around? I'll tell you, they're not going to sign up as privates, and they'll be a lot cheaper then growing our own. We'll need a policy on this.
DF