Program description
Master of Physician Assistant Science (MPAS) is a professional graduate program in the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Science, which prepares individuals for licensure and entry into the physician assistant profession. PAs diagnose illness, develop and manage treatment plans, prescribe medications, and often serve as a patient’s principal healthcare provider. The PA profession is committed to improving healthcare access and quality.
Admission fall 2024
The MPAS application opens on May 1, 2023, and will remain open until January 15, 2024. The application can be found on the MPAS website at https://oakland.edu/shs/clinical-and-diagnostic-sciences/master-of-physician-assistant-science/ or directly at this link https://gradapply.oakland.edu/apply/
Applications will be reviewed following closure of the application with interviews anticipated in Spring of 2024. Pending accreditation, the MPAS program with matriculate its inaugural class in October 2024.
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Oakland University has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Oakland University anticipates matriculating its first class in October 2024, pending achieving Accreditation-Provisional status at the June 2024 ARC-PA meeting. Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding accreditation-provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.