Bachelor of Sciences (Physician Assistant)
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BScPA Program, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
500 University Avenue, 5th Floor
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UofT PA Program At-a-GlanceLocation: Toronto, ON
Degree: Bachelor of Science Physician Assistant degree (BScPA)
Length: 24 consecutive months (6 semesters)
Format: Combination of in-person, distributed, and online learning
Status: Full-time
Class Size: 53 students for the 2025/2026 admission cycle
Start Date: September
Tuition: $11,500
* For the 2025/2026 school year, Plus $13600 student fees, and $2500 for incidental fees (books, supplies)
PA ConsortiumAdmissions
- One full course equivalent (one full-year course, or two-semester courses) of Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Recent health care experience (within the last 5 years))
- Direct hands-on patient care experience in a clinical setting
- Paid positions as a health care provider
- Current Ontario resident
- Have been a resident, as an adult, in a northern or rural community. (For Ontario, "rural" = Rurality index of 40 or more; outside of Ontario, "rural" = population of <15,000)
Invitations sent 2 weeks prior to MMI date.
PA CONSORTIUMAbout the Program
- Completion of 15 courses in total online with synchronous and asynchronous learning and online proctoring of assessments
- 2 Mandatory In-Person Campus Blocks will occur: a 3 week block in September, and a 7 day block in June.
- Rotations: 12 weeks of Primary Care, plus 4 week core rotations in General Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Hospitalist/Internal Medicine, Mental Health and Paediatrics. The remaining weeks are spent in electives.
- alf of the clinical practicum will be assigned in Southern Ontario, half in Northern Ontario.
- Mandatory In-Person Campus Block in Toronto will also occur - 1 week in March.
PA consortiumAccepted PA Student Stats
PA CONSORTIUMHear from UofT PA Students & Alumni
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