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SHS: Bay Shore Campus PA Program

TOURO COLLEGE’S PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAMS

Touro College School of Health Sciences offers two different PA programs that are administratively independent of one another, each having a unique focus and curriculum design. The Bay Shore Campus Physician Assistant Program is based at the School of Health Sciences’ campus in Bay Shore, Long Island, and has an extension center at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola. It is a 24-month, 6-semester, dual-degree graduate program culminating in a BS in Health Sciences and MS in Physician Assistant Studies. The Manhattan Campus Physician Assistant Program, based at the midtown Manhattan campus, is a 32-month, dual-degree, graduate program also culminating in a BS in Health Sciences and MS in Physician Assistant Studies. Click here to link to the Manhattan program

BAY SHORE CAMPUS & WINTHROP EXTENSION CENTER PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM

Program Director
Joseph Faiella- Tommasino, RPA-C, Ph.D

Medical Director
Salvatore Trazzera, M.D.

THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

Click here for more information on the Bay Shore Undergraduate Program and contact the Administrative Assistant, Jennifer Christie directly at 631-665-1600 ext. 6254.

Please be advised, the last class to complete this program at the Winthrop Extension Center is the Class of 2011, which was admitted in Spring 2009.

THE BS/MS PROGRAM

The Bay Shore Campus/Winthrop Extension Center Physician Assistant Program has received approval from the New York State Department of Education to register a multiple-award physician assistant program. The new graduate-level curriculum leads to a dual Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (BS/MS) and replaces the current Bachelor of Science in Physician assistant program.

The BS/MS PA Program supports the Touro College institutional mission to provide educational and professional opportunities, to foster access to underserved populations, and to contribute to the building of a better society for all through these educational opportunities. In addition, the BS/MS PA Program supports the institutional mission and goals of promoting academic and scholarly achievement, while fostering the ethical and humanistic values of the Judaic tradition.

The BS/MS PA Program will develop skilled clinicians who value critical inquiry and lifelong learning, and who can meet the demands of an ever-changing health care environment. The Program will foster the development of compassionate practitioners with high ethical standards and the skills to build productive collaborative relationships. By accomplishing these objectives, graduates of the program will provide vital services to the community as integral members of the health care team.

BS/MS PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The new Bay Shore Campus / Winthrop Extension Center Physician Assistant Program is an intense 24-month, 6-semester program offered at the Bay Shore Campus beginning each Fall (August) and the Winthrop Extension Center beginning each Spring (January). The curriculum is organized to afford each student an understanding of the medical sciences and their application to clinical practice. The first 12 months are devoted to didactic work in the basic sciences, medicine, behavioral sciences, and research methodologies. The next 12 months constitute the clinical phase and entail rotations in clinical sites such as hospitals, clinics, and private practices, in a traditional full-time format. During this phase students also complete didactic graduate coursework and a required Master’s research project.

ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION

The Bay Shore/ Winthrop Extension Center Physician Assistant Program is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). The program is registered by the New York State Education Department, Division of Professional Education.