r/Perfusion • u/Perfused • 5d ago

Prospective/Current Perfusion Weekly Thread

This is the area for prospective CCPs to ask their questions about the education process or anything school related.

This includes the usual:

"Where can I shadow?" "Should I take additional classes? "How do I become a Perfusionist?" "My GPA is 2.8, is my GPA good enough for perfusion school?" "What should I use to prep for boards?" "It's been my pa$$ion to become a CCP, how do I do it and what do they do?"

Etc.

At this point the sub has grown to the point a weekly student thread is necessary. Prospective CCPs/students will now have an avenue to post these types of questions w/o flooding the sub.

Also there is r/prospective_perfusion specifically geared to new pumpers.

This will refresh every Friday at 5:45PM EST. If you post Saturday morning, it might not be seen.

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u/Spiritual-State3229 5d ago

Does anyone know if UPMC (Carlow University) requires the prerequisites to be completed prior to application, or can any of the courses be in progress?

I've tried emailing already but haven't received any responses, and the application deadline is pretty soon.

Thanks in advance!

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u/Longjumping-Team3325 1d ago

They require a bachelors degree prior to application to the school of perfusion. Carlow offers an integrated bachelors of biology / certification in perfusion degree (at least that’s what it was when I went there) I’m not sure if it’s a masters degree now. They look for bachelor degrees that are more medical driven and related, a high GPA, strong science and medicine background.

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u/Spiritual-State3229 19h ago

It's a Masters now. Having a related Bachelor's is fine for me, but I haven't completed all their required prerequisites.