admissions requirements for pa school

[jessica222]

I have been looking at the admissions requirements for a bunch of different PA schools, and some of them require 1000-2000 hours of hands-on patient care, and volunteering/shadowing does not count towards these hours. I'm thinking the schools prefer you to already be working the medical field as a nurse, CNA, EMT, etc, and that will give you the patient care hours required. Does anyone know if being a clinical research coordinator might fulfill the requirement and help make me competitive? You do work with patients, however you aren't placing IV's or giving injections etc. Any advice is appreciated!

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[deleted6669]

many quality schools will not accept research experience as hce.