View Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Pre-Anesthesiologist Assistant Studies

View Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Pre-Anesthesiologist Assistant Studies is a Diploma program taught at Nova Southeastern University, USA. Intake: fall entry term. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (Two semesters) options.

The Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Pre-Anesthesiologist Assistant Studies at Nova Southeastern University is a two-semester certificate designed for prospective Anesthesiologist Assistant students. It prepares students to strengthen their application and science background, and to demonstrate academic qualities and gain skills needed for admission to the Anesthesiologist Assistant program. The curriculum totals 18 credits.

Coursework is delivered in a hybrid format. Courses with labs are held at the Palm Beach campus for one weekend during the Winter semester. The rest of the coursework is delivered via distance learning technologies. The program includes introductions to the Anesthesiologist Assistant profession, cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, medical equipment, ventilation, and patient monitoring and assessment, each with listed credits.

Admission eligibility is based on overall applicant quality, including academic achievement and personal motivation, and applicants must meet all admissions criteria for the Anesthesiologist Assistant program. Admission is limited to 20 students, and reviews are done on a rolling basis. The certificate is intended to help students strengthen their application and science background for the Anesthesiologist Assistant program.

Modules

• RCP 5081 Introduction to Anesthesiologist Assistant Profession
• RCP 4011 Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology
• RCP 5462 Introduction to Pharmacology
• RCP 5012 Basics of Medical Equipment with lab
• RCP 5013 Basics of Ventilation with lab
• RCP 5014 Patient Monitoring & Assessment with lab

The minimum requirements for admission in View Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Pre-Anesthesiologist Assistant Studies at Nova Southeastern University for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Nova Southeastern University.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Nova Southeastern University as pre-requiste for admission in View Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Pre-Anesthesiologist Assistant Studies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

• Applicants must have previously applied to the prior CASAA application cycle of the Anesthesiologist Assistant program and must have a verified CASAA application on file from the prior CASAA cycle, received by the prior year application deadline.
• Baccalaureate degree from a nationally recognized and regionally accredited college or university, including above average performance in courses required in a premed curriculum (required courses cannot be survey courses).
• Prerequisite requirements: English (3 semester hours); Anatomy and Physiology I and II with labs OR Human Anatomy with lab and Human Physiology with lab (8 semester hours); General Chemistry I and II with labs (8 semester hours); Organic Chemistry I with lab (4 semester hours); Biochemistry (3 semester hours); Physics I and II with labs (8 semester hours); Calculus (3 semester hours); Preferred but not required: Biology I and II with labs (8 semester hours); Cell and Molecular Biology (3 semester hours); Biochemistry Lab (1 semester hour); Organic Chemistry II with lab (4 semester hours); Microbiology with lab (4 semester hours).
• Requirement note: a "C" or better is required in all prerequisite classes. Introductory, survey, or business courses will not satisfy the requirements.
• Official transcripts of all undergraduate, graduate, and professional course work, including foreign evaluations submitted to CASAA.
• Minimum verified cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 grading scale (minimum GPA of 3.2 preferred).
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) scores.
• GRE/MCAT must have been taken within the past five years and must be taken early enough for official scores to be received by admissions office.
• Competitive scores for both the GRE and MCAT must be in the 50th percentile or higher.
• At least eight (8) hours of documented anesthesia exposure by observation in the operating room.
• Summary of an article published in a current anesthesia journal.
• Resume and/or copy of national or professional certificate or license (if applicable).
• Personal interview.
• Applicants who have graduated from a college or university of a country in which English is not the primary language must take the computerized Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL-cBT).
• All applicants must show evidence of computer skills through coursework or self-study prior to the end of the first semester.

TOEFL-cBT (computerized Test of English as Foreign Language). Score requirements: null

Please check detail of study units at https://md.nova.edu/degrees/certificate/pre-anesthesiologist-assistant-studies.html

TOEFL-cBT (computerized Test of English as Foreign Language). Score requirements: null

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