Quirkson Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 Hi, I'm a second year student at UofT and I just found out about this program. I was wondering if someone could give me suggestions on where to get more hands on/ " clinical" experience. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxingbath Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 Hi quirkson, I am a 2nd year UofT PA student, here is my observation. In my year as that is what i can speak with some authority, we have nurses, radiology techs, pharmacy assistants, EMS, IMG, research assistants and many other backgrounds. The hands on experience should mean that you are physically interacting with patients the research assistants that are in the program where completing physical assessments for biometric data. If you where working in a lab or just handing out surveys to patients then it would be difficult to show that you had direct patient interactions. For those in my year that got in direct from undergrad, 1 worked as patient transfer and first responder on campus, some others did volunteer work with handicapped children. It is possible to get experience and there is no gold standard you make sure you are actually dealing with patients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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