Physician Assistant Programs for Out of Field Applicants?

[eggfish]

I have been studying Speech Pathology & Audiology and will earn a bachelor's in the field.  I'm applying to graduate school, but I'm starting to realize I would prefer to do something more medical.  I have tons of biology credit and some physics, but I have never taken a chemistry class.  This disqualifies me from applying to every program I've researched.  I'm also afraid that my GRE scores aren't high enough.  They're good enough for my field, but I haven't taken a math class since junior year of high school so I'm at a disadvantage there.  Does anyone have any recommendations for me?

Edited December 7, 2015 by eggfish

[Aslan12]

You need to get plenty of hospital experience interacting with patients. Most people who apply for physical assistant are nurses

[Cookie Hall]

I am in the same boat! I did my undergrad in Speech Pathology but I want to do PA for my Master's but then that means another year or two of taking classes and getting direct clinical contact hours! I am not sure what to do! On top of that, I doubt I will even get into graduate school for speech sighhhhh

[Allegro8032]

You might want to talk to some of the people on the Physician Assistant forum, they offer good advice for applicants coming from different backgrounds:

http://www.physicianassistantforum.com/index.php?/forum/441-pre-pa-general-discussion/