Greenwood Genetic Center APP Genetics Fellowship

PA Postgraduate Program at a Glance

• Specialty: Genetics
• Location: Greenwood, SC
• Accreditation: Not ARC-PA Accredited
• Program length: 12 months
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• Eligibility: Open to PAs and NPs. Verbatim: “…a 12-month training program designed to prepare an APP (Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner) to evaluate and treat genetic disorders in individuals of all ages. Applicants should have a degree from an accredited graduate program and either PA or FNP certification.” Programme director is himself a PA: Wesley G. Patterson, PhD, MSPA, PA-C, CAQ-Peds.
• Application deadline: Verbatim: “Applications open on October 1 and are due by January 31 each year.”
• How to apply: No online form. Verbatim: “Applicants must email Leta Tribble, PhD for the MGGAPP application.” Application, CV, statement of intent and three letters of recommendation are submitted by email. Interview invitations mid-February, interviews in March, selection notified by April 30.
• Start date: Verbatim: “The start date is June 30 each year.” (This is a cohort START date, not a deadline — the deadline is January 31.)
• Setting & rotations: Medical genetics & genomics; multi-site SC clinics

Not ARC-PA accredited. Active member program of APPAP (Association of Postgraduate PA Programs); most PA postgraduate programs are not ARC-PA accredited, and APPAP membership indicates a recognized, active program.

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