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The University of Florida PA Program had their First Annual Membership Drive for 2008! Read 2009 Student Rep Maria Kyllonen's report on this successful event HERE.

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NSU–Orlando, the PA Program of Nova Southeastern University in the Central Florida area, seized the opportunity to assist the Florida Citrus Sports Foundation in its annual free physical exams to assist the uninsured kids of the Central Florida area. Read more in this article below

NSU-Orlando Reaching Out To Children in Central Florida

NSU-Orlando Campus Having An Exciting 2008!
The Nova Southeastern-Orlando PA students have been having a great 2008 so far! Take a look at more of their recent updates, submitted by PA-2 Anne Baylis:

NSU Orlando Reaching Out at the "Reach Fair" 2008
Nova Southeastern University Making Waves in Washington
NSU Orlando at the 2008 AAPA Student Challenge Bowl Competition
Nova Southeastern University Students Making Their Voices Heard in Central Florida

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NSU-Naples Students Involved in Local Health and Career Fairs
Nova Naples students have recently been involved in both meeting the needs of healthcare in the community and in exposing high school students to the profession. You can read more and see pictures of their recent events HERE.

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Physician Assistant Foundation Community-Based Projects Program
The AAPA Foundation will provide up to $2,500 in one-time seed money to new and expanding community-based projects. This program supports projects that will focus on community-based initiatives through service, education, and/or research. Applications will be considered for projects organized by practicing PAs or PA students in cooperation with faculty sponsors. All applicants must be members of AAPA. Learn more about these opportunities HERE.

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Miami-Dade PA Program Finishes 2nd in AAPA Challenge Bowl in San Antonio
In an exciting AAPA Challenge Bowl involving several school teams in San Antonio on May 26th, the PA Students representing Miami-Dade College (Victor Quinones, Jeffrey Abrucay, and Oswaldo Franco) reached the Final Round of the competition and managed to finish 2nd place. The competition was won by the PA student team from DeSales University. Miami-Dade's students, who were fresh off winning the 2nd Annual FAPA Challenge Bowl this past February, showed great chemistry on the stage, playing remarkably well as a team when under pressure to come up with answers to some very challenging questions. CONGRATULATIONS MIAMI-DADE!!!

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NSU-Naples Students Get Media Exposure on Local TV Station

Students from the Nova Southeastern-Naples Campus were featured on a local TV broadcast.
Read their campus news update HERE.

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Miami-Dade Class of 2008 Team Wins FAPA 2nd Annual Challenge Bowl.
The 2008 FAPA Challenge Bowl was a big highlight of the 2008 FAPA Winter CME & Recertification Symposium.
Read entire story HERE.

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Walda Lora, PA-S writes this article ( Click here ) on the Nova-Naples PA class of 2009 Projects that took place over the 2007 Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

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Congratulations!

Congratulations to the Barry University- St. Petersburg Campus for obtaining the highest student membership percentage of all the Florida PA Programs. Representatives from the Barry-St. Pete Class of 2009 were recognized at the 2007 FAPA Leadership Conference on November 3rd for having the largest program membership percentage at 87.5%, and an award plaque was presented to the class by South Region Director Greg Burns on behalf of FAPA. WAY TO GO BARRY- ST.PETE!!!

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Walda Lora, a Nova Naples 1st Year student who is a member of the FAPA cultural diversity committee, attended a health panel at FSU as part of the MAPS (Minority Association of Pre-Health Students) on October 18th, 2007.
Go to the MAPS Event Summary to read Walda's article. And way to go Walda for representing your school, FAPA, and the profession so well!!!

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The Nova Southeastern University Naples Campus Class of 2009 has put together a Newsletter!!!
Go to the NSU Naples Class of 2009 Newsletter to check out what is going on these days with the Class of 2009!

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Take a look at this article (below) as Summer Bardia PA-S writes about the successful PA Day 2007 Events that helped raise awareness and funds for Breast Cancer.
PAs Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Profession by Raising Breast Cancer Awareness

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Check out the Barry University (St. Pete Campus) PA Day photos , taken October 6, 2007 at the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness "Race for the Cure."

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Check out the Nova Southeastern University (Naples Campus) PA Day photos , taken October 6, 2007 at the American Cancer Society Walk/Run.


Barry University (St. Petersburg Campus) Classes of 2007 & 2008


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PA PROGRAMS IN FLORIDA

Below are links to the websites for four PA programs in Florida. Each site is unique to its' school, but all contain vast amounts of invaluable information about the program and student life at that school. Visit each and learn about them. We know there are more programs in Florida now and this page will be updated in the future to include information on all PA training programs in Florida.

Miami - Dade College

Nova Southeastern University- Ft. Lauderdale

Nova Southeastern University- Orlando Campus

Nova Southeastern University- Naples Campus

Barry University (Campuses in Miami and St. Petersburg)

University of Florida



Below is an article comparing a physician assistant to a nurse practitioner. We did not include any specific program curriculum contents since they may change from year to year as they are updated by each program. We suggest you visit the website for the individual program in which you are interested to get the current curriculum specifics.

The second article is a curriculum comparison completed in September 2006 for your review.

Comparison of PA vs NP Professions (PDF)

Comparison of PA vs NP Curriculum (PDF)

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