Physician Assistant - CUNY City College

Physician Assistant from CUNY City College is a Campus Bachelor Health Aide degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Our Mission The CCNY Physician Assistant Program at Harlem Hospital Center recruits, educates, and mentors a diverse group of students from under-served communities to become physician assistants providing quality health care. The Program emphasizes primary health care and preventive medicine, and seeks to interest students in working in medically under-served areas. The program uses didactic and clinical training, fosters an appreciation for research, and empowers faculty and students to be advocates for the Physician Assistant profession, and for the delivery of primary health care. The CCNY Physician Assistant Program at Harlem Hospital is committed to providing: 1. A rigorous curriculum in clinically oriented basic sciences; a comprehensive presentation of medicine, surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology; 2. Clinical education and exposure to a variety of health care settings within health manpower shortage communities and institutions serving multi-ethnic organizations; 3. Professional development which involves participation in a variety of community and professional organizations; 4. Research skills which enable students to compile, analyze, and synthesize data, and which utilize that information to improve health care services in the communities served and; Instructional skills enabling graduates to provide education to both patients and colleagues. The Program is as intellectually demanding as graduate school and requires a full time commitment. Classes are scheduled for an average of 35 hours per week with each hour of class requiring at least 1.5 hours of additional study per day. Because of these academic demands students should not plan to work while in the program. Historically, of the 49 physician assistant programs in the northeast and east, the Harlem PA Program has produced more than half of the underrepresented minority (African American, Latino, Asian) practitioners trained in the region. Moreover, of all minority faculty on staff and programs nationwide, the Harlem program has trained over half. To date, this program has graduated over 700 physician assistants. Ninety-five (95%) of our students are from the New York metropolitan region and practice there after graduation. Over 90 percent of our graduates have taken their first position in the public sector in such diverse positions as school health, prison health, drug treatment programs, Neighborhood Health Centers and inner city emergency rooms. Nearly two-thirds of all graduates are currently employed in the public sector. View more details on CUNY City College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Aide courses.