Mission | Vision | Values

The Idaho State University PA program cultivates caring, collaborative PAs with a passion to serve and improve the health and well-being of patients and their communities. 

We strive to create a culture conducive to optimal teaching and learning that is responsive to emerging healthcare challenges and inspires leadership in the profession. 

Our core values center on being compassionate, inclusive, collaborative, service-oriented, and on upholding integrity and intellectual curiosity.

3 Campus Locations - connected synchronously through technology

Pocatello, Idaho - 24 seats

Meridian, Idaho  - 36 seats

Caldwell, Idaho  - 12 seats

Curriculum

The ISU PA Program Graduate Curriculum is 24 months in length, divided into 12 months of didactic (3 semesters) and 12 months of clinical education (3 semesters).

The Didactic Curriculum is comprised of foundation courses in the fall semester, followed in the spring and summer semesters by modules that provide an immersive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases commonly encountered in primary care medicine.

Clinical Year Rotation goals are designed to meet the needs of the student and to address the ARC-PA accreditation standards. The Clinical Year staff places students in eight rotations which best address PA student educational objectives and at sites which promote continued, quality, preceptor relations with the ISU PA Program.

There are seven required content areas: Internal Medicine, Outpatient Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry.

One rotation will be an elective. Students are expected to travel during the clinical year and will pay for the expenses incurred for this travel.

Additional Opportunities

Latino Health Track: developing a bilingual/bicultural PA workforce

Rural Health Track: developing a primary care PA workforce to meet the needs of rural communities

Ability to pursue a Graduate Certificate in 

• Spanish for Health Professions
• Geriatric Care
• Rural Health
• Lifestyle Medicine (Fall 2023)

Service learning trips with faculty

Live and study with the wilderness as your backyard

Admission Requirements

• Baccalaureate degree from a U.S. regionally accredited institution (by June 30 of year starting)
• Prerequisites: Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Statistics, Abnormal Psychology or Developmental Psychology through the lifespan 
  • Courses must be 10 years of age or younger, have a grade of C, and cumulative prerequisite GPA must be 3.0 or higher
  • First-time applicants can have up to 2 courses in progress when applying
• CASPA application with 3 letters of recommendation (due November 1)
• GRE scores (due November 1)
• ISU Graduate School Application (due November 1)
• Meet technical standards and immunization requirements

Tuition and Fees

Faculty

Scholarly Activity