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Eligibility and Selection Criteria for PA Students
who will begin clinical rotations in 2009.
A. Residency Requirement
Applicant must provide documentation of West Virginia
residency or documentation proving current attendance
in a West Virginia Physician Assistant Program.
B. Physician Assistant Program Requirement
Applicant must provide documentation that final clinical
year will be entered in the same calendar year the scholarship
award is made.
C. Scholastic Requirement
Applicant must provide program documentation of scholastic
achievement either in form of cumulative grade point
average (GPA) or percentile score.
D. Student Academy Involvement
Applicant must provide copies of membership card or
other documentation of involvement in PA organizations:
1. Membership in the local, state or national student
societies of the Academy of Physician Assistants (local
school chapter, WVAPA, SAAPA, etc.).
2. Documents stating offices held, committee assignments,
etc., in PA student organizations including dates and
particulars.
E. Financial Requirement
Applicant must provide documentation of:
1. Financial need as defined by being eligible for federally
financed financial aid. Documentation must be signed
by financial aid officer.
2. Applicant must submit a signed statement acknowledging
their responsibility to report the award to their financial
aid officer.
F. Personal Requirement
1. Applicant must complete scholarship application providing
an appropriate response to each inquiry.
2. Applicant must complete an essay of 600 words or
less (typed) to include a biographical sketch and a
description of why the applicant decided to attend PA
School and what they foresee themselves doing in their
future employment as a Physician Assistant.
G. Non-Discrimination Statement
Eligibility and selection shall not be denied, abridged
or affected because of sex, color, creed, race, religion,
ethnic origin or physical impairment. Neither will the
student director and/or any student participating in
the WVAPA be denied, abridged nor affected.
Apply now if you are enrolled in a WV PA Program. Scholarship Application
Print complete list of eligibility requirements
For further information, call WVAPA at (888) 903-2272.
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