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Program Requirements

The following courses are required for admission with a grade of C or better. All must be completed through a regionally or nationally accredited institution with a grade 鈥楥鈥� or higher within 10 years of the application deadline. Applicants are allowed to have up to two outstanding prerequisites (no more than 8 semester hours or 12 quarter hours total) at the time of application. However, all prerequisites must be satisfactorily completed by June 15 of the enrollment year:

• Human anatomy and physiology with lab (two courses)
• Microbiology
• Medical terminology
• General or inorganic chemistry with lab
• Organic or biochemistry
• Statistics

1,000 hours direct patient care experience completed in the past five years is required at the time of application. Examples of direct patient care experiences include:

Unacceptable patient care experiences include: hours obtained in optometry, podiatry, veterinary, or dental settings; administrative roles in hospital or office settings; and those hours obtained as a lifeguard, aesthetician, in home care services, caregiving/taking, or in non-clinical research (i.e., laboratory setting only).

Hours obtained during volunteer, shadowing, or training programs are not counted towards patient care hours (e.g., certified nurse assistant, medical assistant, medical school, or PA school). Those hours attained after graduation are accepted, such as residency hours.

Direct patient care experience hours must be completed in the United States, U.S territories, or as part of U.S. organizations such as the military, peace corps, etc. Acceptance of U.S. organization-based patient care hours is at the discretion of KGI.

The program will determine which hours are counted towards the PCE based on what the applicant writes as a description of duties. If duties are unclear, the program reserves the right to determine how many hours will be accepted based on the description.

For a complete list of admissions requirements and procedures, please review the PDF document below.

How to Apply

• Completed online CASPA application, including the KGI-specific supplemental application questions in CASPA.
• Minimum overall GPA of 3.0
• Minimum science GPA of 3.0
• 1,000 hours of paid, hands-on patient care experience
• 3 letters of recommendation (One letter must be from a healthcare provider who is a PA, Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), or Nurse Practitioner (NP). The second letter must come from one of three types of individuals: 1) a second healthcare reference that can be another provider or any other person who works with patients such as a Registered Nurse (RN), Respiratory Therapist (RT), etc.; 2) an academic reference from a professor with whom you took a course or an academic advisor from your college/university; or 3) a research reference from one of your supervisors/leads for a research project on which you had significant participation. The third letter is your choice. You may choose another one of the above or select another type of reference, such as from volunteer experiences. Please note that we will not accept any letters written by a personal friend, family friend, or relative. All three required letters must have been requested through CASPA at the time of application submission to CASPA and must be completed by your references no later than December 31 of the application year. We do not accept reference letters sent directly to our program.
• Admission interview (Online by invitation only)
• English language proficiency required for international students only. Please see the international student page.

Admitted students are required to submit two separate non-refundable deposits of $750 and $750 to hold their spot in the program.