Pre-PA Paramedic Degree?

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Parawhata?

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Greetings, I am currently an advanced EMT and I am working towards my paramedic AAS degree. I will finish in August. I now realize that I would like to be a PA. my question is in August after my associates should I do a bachelors in paramedic care degree? The paramedic care degree would only take 2 additional years. Or should I go back and do a BS in Biology to get into school? Would the paramedic degree allow me to be competitive I have well over 3k Clinical hours and I would really like to get into the PA program at Duke. What do you guys think?
 
I think the biggest concern is making sure your degree has all the required prerequisites. If some of the prerequisites are taught by the paramedic faculty and not the math/bio/chem/physics departments, then they may not count. I got into med school with a paramedic degree. It took some planning and extra classes outside the degree plan, but I made it happen.
 
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