Good morning and welcome to this week's edition of Encompass Live. I am your host, Krista Porter, here at the Nebraska Library Commission. Well, from the Nebraska Library Commission. Encompass Live is the Commission's weekly webinar series where we cover a variety of topics that may be of interest to libraries. We broadcast the show live every Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. central time, but if you're unable to join us on Wednesdays, that's fine. We do record the show as we are doing today, and you can watch it later at your convenience. And I'll show you at the end of today's show where you can access all of our archived recordings. Both the live show and the recordings are free and open to anyone to watch, so please do share with your friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, anyone you think might be interested in any of the topics we have on the show. At the Nebraska Library Commission, we are the state agency for libraries in Nebraska, so we have shows that would be for all types of libraries. We provide services to all types of libraries in the state, so for public, academic, K-12, museums, corrections, archives, historical societies, anything that's got a library, it's really our only criteria. We have book reviews, interviews, mini training sessions, demos of services and products. We bring in guest speakers from across Nebraska and across the country sometimes. And we have a Nebraska Library Commission staff do presentations for us for things that are Nebraska Library Commission specific, and that's what we have today. Today with us is Debra Dracos and Alana Novotny and Susan Nisley, who are all from our technology and access services department here at the Nebraska Library Commission. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Good morning. And they are going to tell us about all the new things happening with Nebraska Access. So I will just hand it over to you to explain what's going on and reintroduce what we're doing here. Okay, thanks, Krista. And we're glad everybody's here with us this morning. And we're going to be talking about working with our new Nebraska Access website. So I am, as Krista said, Debra Dracos, and I'm the director of technology and access services here at the Library Commission. Susan Nisley is our online services librarian, and she provides training, documentation and support for Nebraska Access, among many other things. Alana Novotny is our technology and access services librarian. And in addition to also helping with the training and documentation for Nebraska Access, she's our main tech person. So if you have access questions, Alana is the first person to ask for help. So our new Nebraska Access site. Because we added new statewide database subscriptions this fiscal year, and we now have enough content to address different levels of audiences, we decided it was time to just totally revamp our complete Nebraska Access website and to add access pages to help direct users to the most useful resources. So on our main Nebraska Access page, just as a reminder, Nebraska Access was originally designed to be our portal to resources for the public's use, not the librarians, of course, can use these resources. But this was our main way to reach out to the public and say, Okay, here are the things that are for you. And here's an easy way to access them. So you'll notice the main page is redesigned. We have links to the four main resources that we want to highlight for people's use. Of course, we have the statewide databases available through the databases for Nebraska in this link. We have our websites selected by librarians, Nebraska memories and our state publications that are online. And I'm just going to highlight the websites selected by librarians first. Because if you remember the old website, all the categories were listed right there up front and center. Those are all now on a separate page. So you notice we basically have the same categories. Looks just a little bit different. But these are sites pages that have been either created or selected by our reference staff to point people to good resources on Nebraska related topics. So for example, if you clicked on books and writing, it would take you into a list of sites pages that are related to Nebraska and books and writing. So for example, you can find bookstores in Nebraska, you can find book club resources, you can find movies based on books by Nebraska authors, a wide variety of information. Okay, you'll also notice that at the top of each of the pages, there is a search box. Now this search box is limited to the resources within the websites that have been selected. It does not search the databases. It does not search Google. Okay, so say you have a student who wants to know what the state symbols of Nebraska are, they could just come in here and type in the state symbols. And they would get several results. The top one is the best one. Our librarians have put together pages for frequently asked questions, FAQs. Okay. This is a very frequently asked question. So they put a page together that simply lists all of the different state symbols for Nebraska. Okay. If somebody wants to know the, I'll go back to our websites page. If somebody wanted to know the property value, the taxes on a piece of property out in say, Terry County, they could type in property value, value or values. There's a link to where can I look up properties, property values. And you'll see again, our reference staff have put together a list of links to all of the tax assessors websites in every single county across Nebraska. Okay, so that's the type of information you can find in the websites page. And I'll go back to the main page. Okay, so databases for Nebraskans is probably where some of the biggest changes have been made. You'll notice that we do have three database access pages now. Okay, we wanted to be able to help direct users to the best research resources for their needs. Okay. Each of these access pages does have a separate password. So each library has received three different passwords. We just as a reminder, we do ask that you do not post any of those passwords to a publicly, publicly accessible webpage. Okay, if you accidentally do, we will be sending you new passwords to replace the ones that you currently have. Okay. From this page, a patron can start out just by simply entering a password. And that will take them to the page that is directly linked to that particular password, or they can choose one of the three access pages. Okay. So we're just going, yes. Can I mention that you, while we don't state it that you can into your driver's license yet also? Oh, yeah, we're gonna, yes. And we'll point that out later too. Yeah. Okay. So we'll start on the elementary middle school databases page. Now, one thing I did want to note on this page is that most of the databases, most of the EPSCO databases on this page are curated versions of the databases. For curation, EPSCO is used proprietary processes and tools to ensure that content is relevant and the best fit for the students, which means that content from within some publications has been withheld. Okay. But no system is perfect. So if there are any concerns ever raised about any particular articles, we do ask that you please let us know. Okay. So Alana is going to talk about the new content on this page, and some of the other options. And I just want to mention, I can start to hear the construction noise, so. Oh, sorry, I'll hold my mic in a little closer or block it. I want to talk today about the Middle Search Plus and Explorer for elementary schools. And I'm going to be telling Debra where to drive and click. So please bear with us as one of us is backseat driving. I'm not sure who. Middle Search Plus is one of the new databases that we have added to the collection. And Debra's kind of highlighting it there. And you'll notice on all of the different databases we have listed on the screen here, you'll see there is a question mark and a colored box that is followed following the description of the database. If you click on that, you'll be taken to the About page for the corresponding database. And here's where you will find information about that particular database. And I will have to confess right now, the two new databases for like the Middle Search Plus one, this page is pretty slim yet on information. I don't know about Susan, but my goal is to get some more information on these pages. We just haven't had time yet. So we haven't made any new content for him, but it is on my to-do list. As for Middle Search Plus, hey, go back Debra. Sorry. I was getting ahead of myself. Well, you're getting ahead of me at least. I just wanted to point out here under contents, as you can see, this particular database has 175 magazines that are designed for middle school students. There's also 55,000 full text primary source documents. And while I don't want Debra to click on these links, I do want to point out here, we do have links to the title lists available. So I always recommend when the first time you encounter a new database, you do take the time to browse and see what magazines are available. So take a look at the Excel or HTML list. And best way to figure out what's in the database is just to look to see what contents in there. There are things such as US News and World Report, Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, there are a number of scholastic titles, including a couple that are in French and in Spanish. So that could be useful to certain schools or libraries in the state. And then I also wanted to mention, under the other sources, in there, I actually was taking a look at it the other day, and there's over 1000 different biographies and listed there. So if your students have to do reports on different people, this is a good source for that type of information. Okay, Debra, now you can back up. Would you just click on the middle search plus link, please? We're not actually going to do any searching today, but I just wanted to show you it is in the Epsco E-host interface. So you're familiar with this interface already from master file, primary search. So it works just like the interface you used in the past. Okay, Debra, now go back, please. And the other database listed here that I want to mention is Explorer, no clicking at Debra, Explorer Elementary Middle School. While I just did call this a database, technically, Explorer is an interface, not a database. And now if Debra would click on the little question mark for Explorer Elementary Middle Schools, you missed the question mark. Oh, I did. Sorry. The whole box is basically a link. So you have to click really carefully on the whole question mark to get there. So on this about page for the Explorer Elementary Middle School, you can see here it tells you the contents. And when you search this data, yeah, I call it a database again, when you search this interface, you're searching actually the Funkin' Wagnos New World Encyclopedia primary search. I'll come back, come back to eBooks in a second here, middle search plus, and then topic overviews. Well, I won't have Debra click on the link to the PDF there. With some of these different databases such as primary search and middle search, we did get a small collection of full text reference books included. And so those are included in the Explorer interface. And so when you do a search, those will come up. It's a wide variety of topics. There's about 600 of them in there. I was just giving a list yesterday. There's some here's just a few titles I ran across Stan Lee, how Marvel changed the world, the real art, the real Leonardo DaVinci, Trapped Door Spiders and another other amazing predators.  And there's also maker projects for kids who love animation. So it's a wide variety of topics. And then the last thing on the page here is the topic overviews k5. This is just a collection of resources that are obviously as a name implies overviews of different topics and they are aimed at the k5 audience. And I'll show you an example of those in a minute. So Debra, if you would go back, please. And then please go into the database. And this is the new Explorer interface. So not only do we have new databases and new layout for Nebraska Access, we also have the new Explorer interface on top of everything. And I must admit, I'm still learning this interface. But I just want to just show you a couple things nice about the Explorer interfaces. Debra, if you scroll down a little, you can see there's Explorer topics. So that way the students don't have to type in a search, they can just click and browse. So please go to science and health. And now I have another alphabetical list of additional topics. And let's click on fossils, please. So at the top of the screen, actually, about the middle of the screen, you can see Debra, can you highlight the topic overviews, please there? So that is a topic overview that I mentioned, you can see it's from the Salem Press primary encyclopedia. If we wanted to read more, we could do that. But that's okay, we will click on Read More right now. And if you can just scroll down a little bit, please, you can see then the next item is a reference. Whoops, she's a little fast. Go up just to tag. There we go. It's a reference entry from Funkin' Wagnose is the next entry on the page. And then the third one on the page is actually a ebook. So these are one of those ebooks that I mentioned. And if you go back towards the top right into the search box, you can see online full text is listed there. By default, the Explorer interface does limit your search results to full text. And the last thing I wanted to point out is if you would click on the all filters, Debra, please, just to the left. And then over on the right hand side, now you can see you have different filters available. And if you are in a school or library that does work with Lexile ranges, if you can expand the Lexile, Debra, you can limit your results by a Lexile level. So if you're working with a student and you know what their Lexile reading level is, that is a limiter that's available. And there's other limiters here available. But we'll let you explore those on your own at another time. So that was just a basic overview of the new middle search plus database and the Explorer for elementary and middle schools. I will turn it back over to Debra now to continue unless Debra or anything I missed. I don't think so. Okay. Oops. Okay. There we go. So we're going to just click on databases up at the top now. And we will go to the high school databases and Susan is going to talk about new content and provide an overview here. Okay. I muted myself because of all of the construction. So hopefully that will be not intrusive. MAS complete is the EBSCO database designed specifically for marketed to high school libraries. So they have developed this database with the intention of providing content that would be useful and that would support high school curriculum and that would be appropriate reading levels for students in high school. They do talk about the fact that they work with education consultants and focus groups. So there's a variety of ways that go about trying to identify content that would be appropriate for this database. And Debra you don't have to click on the question mark but this is where you can go to find the sort of thumbnail information that I'm going to give you. The database is provides abstracting and indexing for about 700 magazines or periodicals of those 540 are full text provide full text content. And if you look at the marketing page that EBSCOs put up about MAS complete, they say 540 full text popular high school magazines. Well, when I tell you some of the magazine titles, you'll see that not all of them are what we would consider high school magazines, but they are magazines that have been deemed potentially useful for high school students. There are also 55,000 full text primary source documents and some associated press videos that will show up in response to searches. So to give you an idea of some of the kinds of content that's included, it really does range from general interest publications. So you have Time Magazine, you have sports illustrated, you have Newsweek. So you have those general magazines that are going to cover a wide variety of topics, current events, etc. You're also going to have some specialty magazines that are aimed at lay people. So Scientific American is an example, maybe history today. You're also going to have some scholarly peer reviewed journal content. So you've got American Indian Quarterly, Early American Literature, World Affairs, those are all peer reviewed scholarly journals. And you actually have some content that is a little bit lower level of cobblestone as an example. So I'm pretty sure it's going to also be included in the Middle Search Plus database that Alana talked about, but they've also included some content like that in MAS complete. So as you can see, they're trying to hit basically the standard high school student, but they also want some content in there that's going to be available for students that are more advanced. And then they're also going to have some content in there for students that maybe need a little bit lower reading level content and simpler content. So there's obviously a range of grades in high school and also a range of student ability. So they're trying to sort of bridge that gap. MAS complete uses the e host interface just like Middle Search Plus. So it's a very familiar interface. There's also, as you can see at the top of this page and explore interface just for high schools. And in this case, I'm going to have Debra click on the question mark. We always have to click on the question mark in order to remember all the specific databases that are included in the different Explorer interfaces. So for the high school Explorer, if you look down the list, you'll see almost all of the databases that are included on the high school page are included in Explorer. There are a couple that are missing. Explorer for high school also includes topic overviews just like the Middle Search Plus, but these topic overviews are written specifically for students in grades six through 12. So for example, if you went into Middle Search Plus and did a search for dust bowl, the first result you would get in I'm sorry, in the Explorer for primary and middle search middle school. You would get a topic overview on the dust bowl, but it would be written for K through five students. If you were in Explorer for high school and did a search for dust bowl, you would get a contact topic overview, but it would be written at a slightly higher level, more advanced level. So if you want to go ahead and go back to the main database page for high school, just a couple more comments about Explorer. One nice thing about Explorer, but it's something to keep in mind. When you do a search in Explorer, it's going to search across all of those databases that we just looked at when we went to the question mark about page. The default search is going to be limited to full text content. So you're only going to get details. You're only going to get records for articles that are available in full text. Then if you need to expand that search to all the content in order to get the abstract and index records, you can do that. But that's one thing to keep in mind. You are going to get by default limited to full text. Just a reminder of why you might not want to rely 100% on the Explorer interface, even though it does capture a lot of content. If you scroll down the page, you can see all the different databases that are available for high school. Several of those are not included in Explorer. One example is my Heritage Library Edition, which is a genealogy database, and it is structured in a way that it's not going to be workable within the Explorer interface. Novelist Plus is another database that's not going to be included in the Explorer interface. Actually, wow, that's noisy. Maybe, I don't know, Debra, can you put your mute on? I don't know if that's going to help. Yeah, that's coming through the clip. Yeah, Debra, can you mute your microphone on your webinar, right underneath the orange arrow? I muted my mic otherwise. In any event, the other database that I want to mention is Points of View Reference Center. Points of View Reference Center is included in Explorer, so when you do a search and explore, you will pull content from the Points of View Reference Center. But that's a database where the design of the database is such that it is designed specifically for the content. If you are working with students in speech or debate, for instance, or if you are working with students on writing or if you are working with students on writing persuasive paper how do you write a persuasive paper on a controversial topic the database is really designed to support the process of doing that research endeavor if you want to just click on points of view I'm sorry I could be here you what did you ask me to click on points of view reference center and so if you you'll see there is a search option at the top but if you scroll down a little bit the database is designed to give you an overview article article an icon whatever that's not something you're going to get the structure of the Explorer interface isn't going to support that you're just going to get articles mixed in with articles from other databases so again explorers got some wonderful features and functionality but there's also time when you're going to want to search the databases directly of the other database that's not included I think in Explorer is small business reference center so again just be aware that not everything is covered in Explorer that's it for what I had planned if there's any questions or if you guys think I missed something just let me know if anybody does have any questions go ahead and type into the question section of your go-to-webinar interface I can grab them for you from read them off from there I don't see any questions just yet though okay they're quiet for this for a second so maybe I should talk fast okay so we're going to go back to databases again and I'm going to just briefly talk about the all Nebraska access databases access page so on this page it is truly all of these statewide databases that we do provide for Nebraskans and while there are databases on this page that you will see find on the elementary middle school page and on the high school page they're aimed at that audience from this page they are not curated so I hear myself sometimes okay as I scroll down you'll see we have the databases that you're used to legal information reference center I highly recommend I used it myself you can find legal information from not only Nebraska but also from all the other states my heritage was mentioned on one of the other pages it's very it's a very useful tool for those people who want to do genealogy or that fourth grader who is you know researching their family history or anything like that so we have all the variety of databases here and I'll just talk to you in case anybody's wondering why there the boxes are different colors that was just sort of up okay do we want to be boring or do we want to come up with some kind of a color scheme the yellow relates to books the green relates to people so you'll notice my heritage and the biography databases have a green box around them the darker blue relates to articles and the lighter blue are the explorers so that's just a little bit of why there's a vice different boxes or different colors for the databases okay so beyond the database access pages libraries may choose I'm just going to go back to the main databases page libraries can choose how they want to direct their patrons to the Nebraska they can point to this main page they can point to any of the individual pages they can point to individual databases it's totally up to them but we were just trying to find an easy way for small libraries especially to point to the resources that are most appropriate for their particular patrons okay also on this page we do have a help screen and from here this address is not just it addresses both the library staff and the patrons who are using the Nebraska access database so as Milana mentioned we have some Nebraska access login options help here so we do talk about the three different passwords that get you into the different sets of databases and as mentioned people can still use their driver's license or a state identification number okay IP addresses can also be used from any any type of library your school we have we also have the capability to hopefully and a lot of my correct me in a number of cases we can set up for example a particular school building if you haven't if you're at an elementary school and you want your students to just when they first log in just be put immediately into the elementary level databases we can set your IP addresses up to do that you can still use for example of the teacher deans one of the other databases they need all access they can still use an all password to override that IP recognition but then that way your students don't have to have a password at school they can just get into the applicable databases okay also from the help pages is who to contact with questions so remember Nebraska access is not just simply the databases it's also the websites recommended by our staff it's Nebraska memories the state pubs online so if the general public do have a question something in general they can contact our reference staff we do direct people who need access to the databases to contact the local library for a password if necessary for librarians we do provide links to our email addresses and phone numbers there i want to point out though we also have additional information under this librarians toolbox link okay so from here this is back on the Nebraska library commission website which is meant for librarians and professional staff more than the general public we do provide a page that talks about linking and authentication so we provide information about each of the database pages and the links and then at the very bottom Alana has come up with different types of scenarios say your particular type of library and you do have static ip's or you don't have static ip's you can read through those scenarios just try to decide which might work best for you and you can always contact Alana with further questions on how to set your library up in the best way to serve your patrons okay also from this page i'll just go down the list this way um if you're interested in getting information from us updates about Nebraska access you can sign up for a Nebraska access mailing list if you have not already you can also find promotional materials from here so if you're handing out passwords for people to use the databases from home because the database is the only part you need a password for we do provide templates for business cards there are a variety of templates there so depending on the type of library you are or the type of password you're passing out you have several different options there for creating those business cards there are also some Nebraska access logos that you can use on your web page and then finally here on the page is again another contact us and here we are aiming it specifically at the librarians so we provide the reference step contact as well as contact information for Alana and Susan and for myself so if you do have any questions about Nebraska access please do let us know if you have any ideas of how to improve things please let us know we we put things together the best way we thought made sense but we're open to suggestions there could be some other possibilities of how we might arrange things so this is a test I guess you can say we did our best we put it out there so now we would appreciate some feedback if you have it Kristen have any questions come in or comments um okay um yes we do have a question and if anyone does have any questions yes go ahead and type them into your question section of your go-to webinar interface uh the question is I'm not I'll just read it it says which database I think it says is which database am I now using for ILL searches that would still be let me go back here that would still be the world cat database which is at the very bottom of the all list yep that has not changed yep and your library alone is still done through OCLC through world cat so yeah right so especially if you're placing requests through the library commission I know they do appreciate it if you find it in world cat give them the specific information so that they know exactly what you are asking for right so you get the right the right title that you mean yeah Susan Alana did you have anything else to add that I might have forgotten in my speed talking so any other comments or questions Christa uh nothing that I've seen come in um anybody have any other questions go ahead and um ask them of uh uh Debra Susan or Alana about anything that they've shown you today any databases you want to know more about um anything that you're confused about or um unsure where something is now um I think it's a I like the reorganization definitely it was always so much all at once and I like that you've got like the pages like if you're actually in this kind of situation go here for what you really need um because I mean we offer a lot which is great but it can be a little overwhelming when there's just so many yeah and we rewrote most of the descriptions for the databases too to try to give you a little bit better idea of what it contains or what you can do with it so yeah um do you have a question about um the a couple things here the uh title lists that some of the databases have for the articles and they give the titles of the journals uh is there and I don't know if one big list of everything or like of everything that we have in one gigantic list or do you go to each database and see what their specific titles are you have to go to each database to see what titles are available in that particular database we have not compiled all of the different lists from all the different databases is that even something that could be done I mean because we've got things coming from so many different places that way well that one the downside of doing that is what we're actually doing is linking out to the list that Epsco provides so they're updated continuously by Epsco if we were trying to ever combine them into one then we would lose that um automatic updating it would have to turn to a manual process and if we'd always be behind so it's much better to have them separated out and do you get to have them automatically updated absolutely that's all I get um oh the person asked about ILL can um okay here we go here again um oh okay uh question about the passwords are we allowed to leave these passwords with the elementary or high school media specialists don't they get sent one I don't know Elena yeah passwords are sent to the director of every library that we have on record that is signed up for Nebraska access and that includes schools public libraries academic libraries some special libraries they would have already been sent it themselves you're at the public library you're not responsible for getting that to the school right well we do that yeah right yeah Lana sends out passwords to what a little over a thousand different directors oh and that's one of the other things as far as passwords go we used to change passwords twice a year and now it's just once a year and it will it's will be August first from now on oh but no more changing passwords in the middle of a school year yay oh the question about the ILL she wants to show you can you show again how from like from the main and like when you first get in Nebraska access how did you get to world cat okay so if you're coming in through the main Nebraska access page you go to the databases for Nebraskans then you go to the all Nebraska access databases and then because Alana wanted to be a medical on this page all the way at the bottom looks good all right any other questions anybody has anything other databases you want to see anything else anything else you want to know you all do know how to get in touch with or as you said through the help on the Nebraska access website if you do have any questions issues concerns anything that's going on with it gonna wait and see if anybody does type anything and I can't see when you're typing after wait for the message to come up so if there's anything coming in um anything last go ahead well this was basically a very quick overview and we may have some new staff out there who are not familiar with um using Nebraska at our search is specific databases so we're willing to do training or I will volunteer Susan Alana to do training uh so just let us know you know and do you say you can work with the systems too to come bring something to the different areas in the state too yeah well I don't see any other uh less any other questions that came in so I think we may have uh answered everything I don't know any uh last words final words you want to share about about Nebraska access Susan will I know where to ever to wrap up um please do use it recommend it to your to your patrons try it out yourselves though just so that you're familiar with the different content that's there that will really help you promote it to the to your users one I guess I'll throw this in as a final comment for the new content that's there this year the middle search plus and the mas complete we did sort of repurpose some funding to pay for that for this year we have put the funds in for um our next budget request so we're crossing our fingers that we can continue all of the different databases database subscriptions in the future yeah and definitely having the showing having the use and statistics that showing their use that helps us to keep right advocating for that funding and showing the legislature yes this is we need to keep funding it and our citizens are using it yeah right google is great to find out where you know maybe the best restaurant is in a town that you're visiting but if you want need to do real research a part date of research we recommend the databases absolutely all right well thank you very much then this was great I'm glad to see the new interface I know it's been up for a little bit now um and the news the new Nebraska access and hopefully this will get even more libraries using it more more people across the state using it the new setups I think that will wrap up today's show thank you everybody thank you everybody for being here I am going to pull back present your control to my screen now there it goes waiting for to switch there we go and uh so that will wrap it up for today's show and I said um this is our main encompass live page uh if you just use your search engine of choice speaking of google as there is it and type in encompass live we're the only thing on the internet called this and nobody else is allowed to use the name you will get our page here this is our upcoming shows but I did want to show you where our archives are there there's a link right here underneath the upcoming shows for archived encompass live shows most recent ones at the top of the list so today's will be here should be done and up deleted by the end of the day tomorrow I got as long as uh go to webinar and YouTube cooperate with me there will be a link 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we will be doing another uh session with the Nebraska library commission staff my department library development will be talking about our grants for the next year grants the Nebraska library commission grants being available for 2023 these are grants for um Nebraska libraries um we will be making all of our grants available library improvement youth internship and ce in training the grants actually opened up for applications last month and they are all due december 16th all of the grants but we'll have a webinar next week that we'll talk about um all the details and the application process and anything so if you're interested in applying for any of our grants definitely sign up for that show other than that that wraps up for today's show thank you everyone oh we have some thank yous coming in thank you coming into you all uh thank you for the information all your work creating this at the the new nebraska access thanks christa yeah all right thank you and we'll see you uh in our 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Alright, so this is an example of how the MacBook Pro keyboard does not work even after having the entire top case replaced once by Apple. So the first faulty part is the spacebar, and you might see here if I press the right side of the spacebar, I have a nice, clear clicking sound, and as you can see on the screen the cursor also advances, so it reacts every time. Let's try that again. I can press the Q every second time, and I'm going to get nice sequences of Qs in spaces. On the left side, on the other hand, it's completely quiet. Actually, the first time we got a bit of a click, but if you just rest your finger on it, the spacebar doesn't really back, and as you can see on the screen, it kind of reacts 50% of the time or so. Let's try that again with a key combination, say Q in space, as you can see here that plenty of double Qs and everything, and occasionally a double space even. So the whole point is that the point where the spacebar clicks, and the point where I actually get a space, are not the same. Try that again. Okay, now it doesn't react at all. So it seems that if you just rest your finger on it, the returning force is weak enough that it doesn't really go back to the place where it says to do it again. The second key that's problematic is the P. Same thing here. The right-hand side of the P works great, and the lower left-hand side of the P works great. The upper left-hand side, on the other hand, as you can see on the screen, you can hear the clicking. I'm pressing the key and I'm getting a clicking response, and I'm not getting a single P on the screen, which makes this $2,500 computer completely useless for touch typing. And just for fun, we can combine the P's and the spaces. No reaction at all.  You can probably hear the clicks and the recording. So much for high-quality Apple hardware.


Do you know the difference between DTF and sublimation? We do and we'll show you what we know right now. What is up? Welcome back. Do you like to do a builder to make it? So do we. And we have a new video each week. This week we're doing a versus challenge, a little head-to-head competition. We're doing direct to film printing versus sublimation. Since we've gotten our DTF printer we've had lots of questions about what's the difference between DTF and sublimation.  A little challenge, a little one-to-one. And tell you the differences. I'm going to take the role of sublimation. And I'll be playing the role of direct to film printing. So what is it? For sublimation we're using a converted inkjet printer with sublimation inks onto sublimation paper. We use a heat press to transfer that ink to your substrate, your fabric. And it takes that ink and makes it from a solid to a gas instantly. And it bonds at a molecular level to the fabric. What is direct to film printing? We are also using a converted inkjet printer and an oven for curing the adhesive. Direct to film printing is also CMYK but with white. And it prints to a PET film, a polytriceratops type of film. It's a polyethylene terephilate. Yep, it prints face down on the film. The ink is similar to the ink that they use in direct to garment printing. Where you add an adhesive powder to the back, you bake the powder in to meld it with the ink. And then you also heat press it down to a substrate. So what's it take to set up these tools? For the sublimation printer the Epson Eco Tank 2760 was very easy. All I had to do was pull it out of the box. Instead of putting regular printer ink in it, I filled the CMYK wells with sublimation ink. And I didn't have any special software to install. It installed the software that came with the printer when I plugged it in. After that I could print from any program. So the DTF was a little more to set up. First I had to uncrate it. And then I set it up like a regular printer. But I had to add the inks to the well. And then I had to pull each of the inks through to the nozzle head or the print head. And then I had to install some special software, the RIP software. This will allow me to print the white and print the white behind it. I think it took me about 90 minutes to set the whole thing up and get my first print going. Not too bad. Not too bad. So what are we printing on? For sublimation, I'm printing on these A-sub sublimation paper transfers. These are coming a box of $110 for about $20. I'm printing on that PET film. It's like a dusty transfer. I get 100 of these for about $80. Then I'll also need the adhesive powder, which is about $25 for 17 ounces. That'll also do about 100 prints. And then these will last for about a year. I can store these. Same with the sublimation. You can print your prints and then store them in a cool dark place for about a year. Same. So what can I print on? So here's where some of the big changes come in. For sublimation, we're restricted to some of those synthetic fabrics like the polycrylics and the nylons. You can print on wood, metal, cotton, but those items must be pre-treated before you can print on them with sublimation. Now for a DTF, I can use that like Frank's Red Hot. I put it on everything. It works great on cotton, canvas, linen, fleece. It will do wood, metal, plastic, acrylic. The only thing I've had trouble with so far are metal tumblers. That's what I was going to say. Will it do that tumbly? Yeah, it will. I'll figure it out. So let's talk about the texture. What do they feel like once they're printed? This is also where some of the changes come in. For sublimation, because that ink bonds to the material and to the fabric, you don't feel anything. It just feels like the texture of the t-shirt. And this will last the lifetime of the t-shirt because it has bonded at a molecular level to the fabric. So DTF doesn't feel as nice as sublimation. Sublimation has no feel. But the DTF feels like a thin vinyl. And it's a little more stretchy than vinyl also. And it'll last about 50 washes. You shouldn't be wearing a t-shirt more than 50 times anyway. So let's talk about the colors. They're both print and colored ink. Now with sublimation, the colors aren't quite as vibrant. But they're there. It's colored. They still look good. But once you have that DTF dialed in, it's like a fine finicky Ferrari. Once it's dialed in, those colors are very vibrant. And you got some really great detail. And again, it works on light and dark fabrics. You can put it on anything. The challenge with sublimation though, is because it doesn't use that white ink, you have to print it on light colored fabric.  So but it's great when it prints. Maintenance. LOL for sublimation. What maintenance? We put that ink in that printer. Let it sit for three months. Can print tomorrow? No maintenance. Maybe a print head cleaning at some point. But so far for our printer, we've had it a year. I haven't had to do a print head cleaning yet. So DTF is a little more involved. It's like a fine finicky Ferrari, like I said.  So you have to stay on it. But once you do that daily head cleaning and that nozzle flush, it prints like a champ. It works swimmingly. Let's talk volume. So for the sublimation printer, I can print prints from any program, just like you would print on any standard printer. But my press times might change a little, depending upon what I'm pressing it on, anywhere from one minute to five minutes. And I'm limited with this printer by that eight and a half by 11 print size. With DTF, again, it takes a little bit longer per print. I have a couple of more steps. I have to add the adhesive and I have to bake it. So it does take a little bit more time. But my press time is 10 seconds at 300 degrees, no matter what. I have very quick press time and I have a good print size of 11 by 17, so I can hit larger areas. So what is the cost of entry? So for the sublimation printer, at least for our 2760, it was pretty cheap to get into the sublimation game at, what, about $250, less than $300. We did have to buy the inks and the printer.  So all in for the oven, the inks and the printer, it was about $2,800. I did have to buy the adhesive separately. Oh, and it did come with 100 of those pet films to begin with. So for sublimation, our prints are about $0.60 per print. And it's a little more expensive if you're looking for that higher level thing. So mine is about $1.50 per print for a DTF. So who won the battle? Well, it was like a tie. It was like a little Rocky and Creed. They knocked each other out. They're great depending on the business purpose. If you want to do koozies and tumblers, then you'll want to stick with that sublimation printer. I think that's the way to go. But we want to be able to print on untreated wood, make our own t-shirts, and have prints available for our customers. So a DTF was the way to go for us. So all in all, I think it's great to have both jewels. Again, it depends on your business purpose. And I'm glad that we have both so that we can choose which one we need for the project that we have. You got to keep your options open. And a big thanks to all of our patrons. We love you guys. Thank you so much. We enjoy talking to you. We enjoy hanging out with you. And we know who you are when you see us on the Tuesday Live during test cuts. So I got my eye on you. Well, we are about out of time. So if you're not going to join us for the patron after show, we will see you next week where we'll do a building and make it again. And don't forget to stop by on Tuesdays where we do a test cut Tuesdays live. That's where I take a new design. I cut it and we find out if it worked or not live. We paint it and see how it looks. 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All right, so I wanted to do More Houses, PA's program because I saw that you guys asked me a lot of questions on that particular school. And there are a lot of schools that you guys have listed. So if you are interested again, please leave those schools that you're interested in in the comment section below. Like I stated, there are so many schools and programs over 300 PA programs. And so what I'm gonna do is continue to do some of those programs live through the Get That See University website. So if there's a school that you're interested in that I'm not doing on my channel, it's likely because I did it on Get That See University, okay? And so you'd have to join to be a part of that. Apart from that, I think what I'm also gonna do is go ahead and start doing these lives later on in the evening around like four or five, still on Tuesday, but a little bit later, just so that more people that wanna be live and interact with me and ask me questions can do so. And Ayanna, I hear you, I saw your comment on one of the other YouTube videos that I did and I will be doing their PA program. And by University of Baltimore, I'm assuming that you're talking about Anne Arundel Community College, their dual PA program. If that is correct, please comment and say yes, okay? Cause I researched and looked up University of Baltimore cause I'd never heard of it specifically called that and it brought me to Anne Arundel. So if that is the one that you're interested in, let me know. If not, just send it specifically in the comment or through an email on what you wanna see, okay? All right, so let me take you guys over to Morehouse's PA program. I will share my screen with you so that you can see exactly what I am talking about and okay, great. Yes, you said yes. All right, so I will for sure do that. I'm gonna just share the Chrome tab. Actually, let me actually go to their program first. And so I literally just typed in Morehouse College PA program in Google and that's what popped up. As usual, you guys can always go to CASPA that is our central application site and it will have all the participating programs in the various different states and the deadline dates. So if you are not aware of that website, please be sure that you go over there and check it out. Let me share my screen now that I'm actually on Morehouse's web page. All right, so here we are. It says Morehouse School of Medicine. Wow. I'm like super, super impressed and like about to shed a tear, I feel you guys. Honestly, like this is dope. So Morehouse is an HBCU and like it shows, you know, I've heard of their, like there are some HBCUs and it doesn't show. Like we don't see, you know, that there are like a majority of minority, black and brown students. And so I am really, really, really excited. Just by the first page, I probably would have been like, yes, sign me up for this school had they had a program when I was applying to schools. So that's pretty cool. I think that you guys, if you're interested in attending a school that has a majority of black and brown students, this might be for you, but clearly there still is some other, some other options there. And let me make this a little bit larger so that you guys can see exactly what I'm talking about. Okay. So very diverse in terms of lots of different skin tones. Nice, right? Still black and brown, but you have like diversity here, here, here, here, cool stuff. So excited about that. From the program director, it says these are exciting times at Morehouse School of Medicine. We are on the brink of making history yet again as we continue to develop the newest master's degree in physician assistant studies. I welcome you to explore this website and learn more about the requirements to become part of one of the fastest growing and highly regarded professions in the country. Well, why thank you program director. I will absolutely research this for my subscribers. So let's get into it. So it gives you like just some information on the program director, the PA profession, mission and goals and learning objectives. So let's go to the mission and goals. And I always tell you guys, especially when we're doing like mock interviews, go and research the school, look at their mission, their goal, their vision, what they stand for.  So have an answer for that, okay? All right, so mission, the mission of Morehouse School of Medicine's PA program is to lead and create the creation and advancement of health equity by empowering and educating the next generation of physician assistants to achieve academic, personal and professional success. Okay, it's kind of pretty generic. Urban and rural underserved populations. That's typically what most people say. So much of the same, okay? The values of Morehouse School of Medicine, our integrity, wisdom, knowledge, goals, foster an environment that ensures our education research and service initiatives address the primary health care needs of the underserved rural and urban, okay? So this is important and it says across Georgia. So I don't know just offhand what the majority of, what should I say? What the majority of the makeup of the students are if most of them are from Georgia or in that Georgia area, but their goal is for primary care in the underserved rural and urban areas and communities of Georgia, okay? And so if you are in Georgia, you wanna stay in Georgia, then this might be the school for you because it looks like they're really interested in fostering the ability for the underserved community in these areas to get primary health care, okay? So that's something that you should absolutely pay attention to and be mindful of if you are interested in attending Morehouse. Let's get into their accreditation. I love to see where they're at. So accreditation provisional, okay, cool. So this is a fairly new program, all right? Because they are under provisional status, meaning that it's new and they're still, they have accreditation, but they're working towards continued accreditation. How many years in existence? Maybe it might be one or two years. I'm not really sure. I'd have to see if there's an area where I could find that out for you guys, but because of that, that means that what you're gonna have to, they're gonna be like on their Ps and Qs essentially because they're gonna be getting checks throughout like the first three or so years of their existence before they can get continued accreditation. All right, admission. So there's an application checklist that they have here for you all. Talks about the CASPA applications and fees.  Look, you guys, look at this. Another school either recommending or requiring PA CAT. So it says the PA CAT, Ensure Morehouse School of Medicine PA program is selected as an institution to receive your score report to select Morehouse. You go. They accept GRE, PA CAT or MCAT scores, okay? And this is good for students who are kind of like myself that decided, you know what? I don't wanna do medicine in the traditional route and becoming a physician anymore because I just don't wanna dedicate my life and my time to that. I want more time with just life in general, my family going out, whatever the case may be. And so I wanna go this route and get a master's degree and become a PA and you may have already taken the MCAT so you can use those scores to actually apply. I don't know how that works in terms of what their threshold is because I'm pretty sure that not many people use MCAT scores. So that would be interesting to find out and to see like what is a good MCAT score for a PA school? Cause you know, it's not the norm. All right, so they're asking for letters of recommendation of course, which again is part of your CASPA application and then healthcare experience. So you have to complete a minimum of 500 hours of direct patient care experience. And that can be EMT paramedic.  And I like when schools give you like specifics on what they're considering healthcare experience because then there's no guessing game. Like you're leaving nothing up to chance. One of my like favorite Bible stories is when the like God like writes it on the wall and I always like when things are unclear to me I'm always like God, like write it on the wall make it clear for me. And they are making it clear that, you know it's 500 hours, that's the minimum. And these are some examples of that. Obviously it's not limited to this but here are some examples for you. So that's great. Frequently, let me see actually did I go into so that was accreditation. Let's go into admissions. I went into the application checklist. Let's do prerequisite coursework. And good morning, David. I see you and Dianca PCOM, okay. There's quite a few different PCOMs. So maybe I can do like two on my channel or one on my channel and then the rest on get that's the university. So I'll try to see what I can do with that. All right, so prerequisite coursework completion of a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university. It says prerequisite coursework must be taken from a regionally accredited college or university. Okay, it's saying the same thing again. Pre-requisites must be completed with a grade of C or better a minimum science cumulative GPA of 3.0. Must be achieved a 3.0 GPA for last 60 hours of undergraduate coursework will be considered for candidates with less than a 3.0 cumulative GPA. Oh, I like that. So that is cool, you guys. I don't know if you heard that, I will read it again. So overall a cumulative GPA of 3.0 is what they are requesting. However, if like they understand that, you know what? Sometimes you go into college and in your first, like your freshman and sophomore year, you don't do that well, you know? Or in your freshman year, you don't really do that well because typically you, I would say like 20, you do like maybe 20 or so semester credits a year sometimes a semester, maybe 16. So last two years of college maybe somewhat into your sophomore year, you didn't do that well. And because of that, they get that, okay? Like they see you, you know? We see each other more house. And so because of that, they are allowing or it's gonna be taken into consideration the last 60 hours of your undergraduate coursework if it's meeting that 3.0 undergraduate GPA, which is actually pretty cool. And this also goes to, you know, towards like post-bac degrees as well. If at least 20 credit hours are completed. So for all of my, you know, older, more seasoned pre-PA students or those that have already gotten a degree or for my pre-PA students that wanna do a post-bac because, you know, your GPA is not where you want it to be. This might be a school for you because they take some of those things into consideration that, hey, you know, this may not have been your first career, might be a second or third career, or you didn't do that well freshman year, but you like picked it up. You got yourself together. This is it, okay? All right, biology is one of their prerequisite courseworks obviously two semesters cause it's eight credit hours. Micro, organic chem, one and two, anatomy and physiology, statistics and psych. Which is pretty cool. It doesn't have like general chemistry, but obviously to get from, to get to organic chemistry, you need general chemistry, but it's not considered one of your prerequisite coursework. So I think that that's actually, that's okay. Please note that 200 level equivalence courses or above is necessary to meet the requirements. These usually require a freshman level, 100 level equivalent prerequisite course. Okay, makes sense. All right, so that's that for the prerequisite coursework admissions process. Let's look at that and let's look at what some of you have said. Okay, so George said, I'm still praying for God to make the writing clear on the wall for me to obtain a PhD in political science. All right, keep praying, you know, he's listening, he's there, man. Sometimes he's not always going to answer it how you want it or in the time that you want it. And sometimes no answer is an answer, you know. So you just got to keep all of that into consideration. And he also said Howard University. So is that, I just want to clarify, is that a PhD in political science at Howard that you're looking at or are you actually trying to become a PA? What is it? Let me know. Okay, so the application submission obviously has to go through CASPA. They are CASPA participating program. It says MSM Office of Admissions will screen applications submitted through the, again CASPA with all of your prerequisites of coursework and admissions requirements. Did I do admission requirements? Let me see. Let me just click here to see if this takes me somewhere that I wasn't before. Okay, like your GRE and all of that stuff. Okay. So let's go back to the admissions process. So admissions requirements, meaning like your hours, your experience in terms of your healthcare experience, your GRE or PA CAD or MCAT score, all of that stuff. Applications are scored and applicants are invited for interviews upon agreement of two separate reviewers who evaluate applications utilizing the program's defined selection criteria. Okay. In no case will prerequisites be waived, okay? So you have to complete your prerequisites and all prerequisites must be completed within the last seven years. So I think this is one of the first programs that I have actually researched thus far that gives you a deadline on when those prerequisite courses needed to have been completed. So I know in my last video, I was talking about that particular program. I think it was Yale's didn't have, did not have like a cutoff mark on the prerequisite requirements, but this does and it's seven years, okay? So keep that in mind, you know, depending on when you've graduated, depending on if you wanna take a gap year or two, like you need to have all of that information together. Okay. Applicants selected for campus interviews are notified. Applicants advancing in the admissions process will be invited in an onsite campus or potentially virtual due to COVID interview consisting of a PA program orientation, modified multi-mini interviews, which is what I had in my interview and a tour of a campus lunch and group collaborative project. Okay. All right. So this sounds a lot like my interview process, which was cool. I really liked the fact that I was able to like get to know the school, see like the area that I was gonna be in, kind of learn all of that. Obviously COVID has kind of adjusted how all of that looks. And so a lot of schools are moving to the online virtual interview, which I'm also super on board for because again, that releases you from spending a whole lot of money to do all of these various different interviews. Because imagine if you had like three interviews that you have to go to or five interviews, like you're traveling all of these different places and that's money that you have to spend. So I like that. Class selection notification. So again, it's scored. So depending on your cumulative scores, you will get an acceptance or rejection letter from the program. Selection criteria. So obviously it's looking at your academic background, quality and quantity of your direct patient care experience. And so the examples that they gave you, obviously there are some that are a little bit more acute like your EMT versus maybe what you're, you may be doing as a CNA or versus what a CNA does or a home health aid. Like whatever the case may be, like the quality of that experience will play a role. So just keep that in mind. And it also talks about, my camera goes off after a while. So it also talks about your mentorship and shadowing experience. So they do have like shadowing experience as like something that they look at and your community service hours. Okay. Okay. This is what we wanna see as well. It says residents of Georgia or applicants with Georgia heritage. Georgia heritage is defined as an applicant with one or more parents still residing in Georgia at the time of application. An applicant who graduated from a high school in Georgia within the last two years or graduated from a higher education within the last two years. And rural residents, veterans, disadvantaged. So I'm saying obviously this is what they have a little bit of a preference to because again, when you went to the mission statement and we looked at that before, it said for primary healthcare in the rural and underserved areas within the state of Georgia. And so obviously if you're interested in staying within Georgia, if you're from Georgia, if you live in Georgia, there will be a preference to that because they each school obviously wants to better their community and their community being their surrounding areas. And so this makes sense. Okay. And this is not anything that is new. This is actually kind of like the standard norm for PA programs. All right. So that was the application process. Let's see what you guys are saying. Okay. George, you clarified that. You said at Howard University. Cool. All right. Well, I wish you many, many blessings on that. Ward T said, I've been looking into Morehouse PA for a while and they're frequently asked questions. They include should and bold letters for the seven years for prerequisites. Okay. All right. So I mean, I guess that's cool. But for me, I don't like to leave anything up to chance. So even though they said should and they make that bold or whatever, what I'm gonna do if I'm trying to apply to Morehouse is I'm gonna ensure that those prerequisites are completed within a seven year period. Okay. So that there are no issues with my application because that is something that I did when I first applied to PA school. I made like little silly mistakes like when my things were completed or if I had like a B minus versus a B when schools were like nothing lower than a B and I still applied and lost out on that money. So, you know, I don't want to do that. All right. It says, what does that mean to be provisionally accredited? I already explained that to you guys. What will happen if the school does not receive accreditation? Okay. Students will only be allowed to begin matriculation in the program if accreditation, after accreditation provisional status has been awarded. Okay. So I guess this was for like maybe their inaugural class. Maybe they didn't have an accreditation. Like they were a developing school and they were going for the provisional accreditation. And so this one doesn't apply to anyone now because they already have accreditation status. What is the application cycle? So their application cycle for 2020 will open, obviously in April, that's when CASPA opened up this year and it ended in September. So if you're interested in Morehouse, then you have to like continue to do the work, put the work in so that you're able to be ready for their application cycle for the 2021-2022 cycle that will open up at the end of April and next year. Okay. No, 2020-2022-2023. There we go. We're in 21 right now. What is the interview period for Morehouse School of Medicine's PA program? Chosen applicants will be invited to interview during October, from October to December. Okay. So in keeping that in mind, like for the future again, because since we're out of that application cycle block in terms of when they are accepting applications, if you are trying to apply to Morehouse School of Medicine, apply early, I always tell you guys this, apply early. And then early meaning like June, July, somewhere around there August, at the latest like the first of August because they stop accepting applications in September, the beginning of September, okay. So latest August, but definitely like June or July, give your application enough time to settle. And then you will start getting information on interviews from October to December. So just plan accordingly in terms of that. We anticipate interviewing 150 applicants for a 40 C class, okay. So, and that's kind of typically the average amount of students that PA schools usually have. It's anywhere from like 30 to 40. There are obviously some schools with less like 20 students and there are schools with more like 60 and 90. I've seen those. So it just depends, but 150 interviews is what they typically give out for about 40 seats. Does MSMPA have supplemental application? No, it says this cycle. And so maybe they will include that in the following cycle, but this is cool. I obviously, you will have to come back and look at this. I would say, I don't know when they typically update these websites, but definitely look at it like maybe April or May of next year to see if there is new information that has been updated. And I can always go back and like do an update on some of these programs that you guys are really interested in to see what information has changed. Because yes, it may not have a supplemental application this cycle. You can't apply this cycle anyways because it's closed. And so for a next cycle, can you expect to spend, you know, $35 to $50 on a supplemental application is that a thing? And if it is, you have to plan for that. So it's good to know. So they are holistic admissions. And I saw that again in the fact that they listed that they will take into consideration the last 60 credits. So that's actually pretty cool. Anybody who needs that holistic admissions approach, you should absolutely look into this program. Do you have preference applicants? We already read that. Those that are in Georgia, can we read that as well? Again, those that are in Georgia, can you explain more about the AUC legacy preference? AUC legacy status is given to applicants who have attended at least two years of Atlanta University Center School, obtained a degree from an MSM program or participate in MSM tag-blind program. OK. So again, preference for any of the individuals that have met that criteria. Can scribing be used to fulfill the 500 hours? Yes. And again, so direct patient care experience is, as in hands-on experience, you're directing the patient's care, doing vital signs, drawing blood, all of those various different things. However, a lot of scribes that I have met and I've known, I've gone to PA school with, knew a ton of stuff. They see a lot in the hospital. And they get to pick their attending's brain.  And so the fact that Morehouse accepts being a scribe, because even though you're not touching the patient, you're not really directing their care like that, you're just writing down information. It's good because you get to see a lot. So cool that they accept that. If I've not met all of my admissions requirements, can I still apply? Yes, two prerequisites courses can be outstanding at the time of application, OK? So only two, all right? Don't push your luck. Don't try to be like, oh, OK. Well, I know it's just three. Don't make that mistake at all, OK? This is how it is. All right. What kind of experience can count for direct patient care experience? OK, so we saw all of that. They gave you a list. Full bottom is EMT. Saw that already when you go through. And so obviously, like some of these frequently asked questions, they've already answered it in their section. So if you are interested in the school and you're like doing a deep dive as we're doing, we're looking at these various different information, you know, you're not going to have to come to this frequently asked question because it's a lot of just much of the same, OK? So just pay attention, write down notes, treat this as a job, and then go from there. All right, let me just take a look at what questions you guys are asking. So Ward said, I almost got scared just then, then further defined should, given that, do you think it'll be OK if a prerequisite is over seven years, could you take a look at frequently asked questions? It's under, is there a time frame? OK, sure, let's let's get to that particular one. What kind of experience will you accept master's degrees? Yeah, we already know that. Do you waive standardized test requirements? No, we saw that. What is the minimum GRE or MCAT score? Oh, here we go. So it does not have a minimum GRE or MCAT score. And you know, I hate when schools say that. Like, of course you have one. You know, like it's what your average student is getting.  But let's see if they make it easy to see what the stats of their students came in were. And we can kind of get our own idea of maybe where we should land as prospective students to this particular program in terms of those scores. And what timeframe must the GRE or MCAT be completed? So obviously this is just the standard for our PA school and then the GRE score. So it's only good for five years. So if you do not get accepted within a five-year period from taking your GRE, then you would need to obviously take it again. I don't know about the whole PA CAT. Maybe that's like the same thing. And they have not even really mentioned PA CAT here. So I think that that's something that wouldn't likely need to be updated on the site because they are accepting the PA CAT as part of their standardized test. So reporting your GRE or MCAT, you do that through the test center you can put in the school's code and the school's code is here, okay? Pre-requisites, do you accept online courses? Yes, we accept prerequisites. However, online labs are strongly discouraged. Okay, and so get it, it's strongly discouraged, but that doesn't mean that it can't be done. And obviously like with coronavirus and how schools are operating, like all of these various different things about online schooling and online courses and online labs. I mean, it's becoming the norm. So a lot of these schools are gonna have to jump on the bandwagon and start accepting these things. Do you accept advanced placement or transfer credits? We do not accept advanced placement or transfer credits. Okay, so I would probably want some clarification on that because I know that I had AP classes in high school that were for college credits. And so for like my statistics or my psychology, like if they didn't accept that then I would have had to retake that. And so just to get clarification, you can always contact the program and speak to one of their advisors. Should I retake courses in which I scored poorly or take upper? Okay, yeah, so obviously either is acceptable. And you don't need somebody to say that. You know, like of course you can retake these courses and as long as you're doing better than great, they'll, you put in your transcript and they'll accept what they need to accept as long as you're meeting that requirement. All right, this is what award wanted me to look at. It says, is there a time limit for direct care shadowing experience in ours? There's no specific time late. Okay, so maybe that's not what you wanted. Time for admissions. Does NPA have scholarships? Oh, let's look at this. No scholarships, okay. So no scholarships available. How do I report my final grades? Can you mail me? How long is the program? So I don't see. Oh, and this is actually pretty cool. So it says you can email them your request and they will review your transcripts and give you and answer your questions about your prerequisites. What in the absolute world? That is amazing, okay. Like this is not the standard because people, like they have other jobs to do. And so the fact that they're willing to offer this opportunity to you all is actually pretty dope. I mean, this is something that we as like influencers do ourselves and but it's cool like coming from the actual program. So if you're interested in that, definitely. If you're interested in Morehouse, use this. Use this, this option. So even any on-campus, do you have virtual information sessions? How long? So of course I'm pretty sure they do. So yes, it said yes. How long is the PA program? Their program is 28 months. What type of recommendations do you require? Can you email more information? Can I still add information once it's been submitted so you can still add to your CASPAL application but pay attention to the deadlines. All right, so I didn't see specifically what you were talking about, Ward, in terms of that seven year period. I just went through all of the questions because it says, is there a timeframe for completing? Oh, I missed it. Here it is, prerequisites should and keeping with the RPA, our accreditation body, the definition should is defined as the term used to designate requirements that must be met unless there is a compelling reason. Okay, so should being the thing must be met unless there's a compelling reason, okay?  All right, at an undergraduate degree because you have to get a bachelor's degree, then let's say you got sick for two years, okay? So now that's, you're at six and now you're trying to apply to PA school in that process because everything should have been completed within a seven year process within a one year process is now a year seven or maybe you were sick for three years and now you're trying to apply and now you're at eight. You have to be able to explain why that is. You have to be able to give your compelling reason on why you're out of that seven year timeframe but really and truly, this is like a caveat. Ultimately, you really should be completing that coursework within seven years, okay? So when you're keeping all of that in mind if you've taken biology, your freshman year as many people do in undergrad, that's now four years old. If you've taken a gap year, it's now five years old and then you're applying to PA school, it's now six years old. And then if you're trying to apply the following cycle because God forbid you don't get in, you would likely need to retake that course over that time period so that it is new or anything that you took in a freshman year. So that's really something that you just have to keep in mind, okay? All right, let's see what else Ward was like, I'm in their masters in biotech program currently. I'm hoping it will help me get into the program as well since I'm already currently enrolled in the school. And Ward, clearly it shows that you will have a preference because you're gonna graduate from one of the schools in Georgia, specifically their program, okay? Oranny said, can I take a look at the West Coast University PA programs in Texas. Oh yeah, cool, I haven't heard about that one so I can surely do that. Let's go back to this. So we did frequently ask questions, contact information if you wanna contact them, talk to them about anything that PAS at msm.edu, you can send that email, your questions and your transcripts so that they can look at it, which I'm still like mind boggled about. I think that's pretty dope. The curriculum, so it gives you, I like when schools outline like what you're gonna be doing each semester, so it gives you the curriculum, a total of 103 credit hours. I think my program was like 120, but this is called pretty manageable. Faculty and staff, let's look at the faculty and staff. All right, I'm filling her scarf right here. Okay, who's this? So the assistant dean, founding program director, Angela Dawson, PhD, PAC, that's cool. Who is this? Oh my gosh, I noticed girl. Clinical director, Ijeoma. Oh man, this is cool because like I know, I went to, I did my rotation with this girl when I was a PA student. Yeah, look at this, she's from the University of Maryland PEG hospital from 2017 to 2020. Well, congratulations Ijeoma, that's really dope. I didn't know that was your thing and she has her DMSC. Donny is my dude, y'all, this is the guy that helped me get into PA school. He is the academic director and associate and academic director of the program. And she's the assistant clinical director of the program. And this is the assistant dean and founding program director. Cool, adjunct faculty, director of community engagement, Stephanie. What else is this? Program manager, principal faculty. So these are, she's a faculty member, program manager as well, clinical curriculum manager, healthcare practitioner, Charlene. The medical director is Phyllis Shade O'Malley. Okay, and curriculum manager. So lots of curriculum managers. Man, like Donny is surrounded by females. Like it's a highly, who's this guy though? Like, cause I don't see his face on here, but it's lots of women and the one man that I see. But okay, cool, it looks nice. Their faculty is all smiling and looks happy. So that's who would be teaching you and helping you out. Let's look at their pants performance. So nothing yet. I guess because maybe they're graduating their first class next year, maybe? So 2021 entering class. Yeah, maybe that was, I don't know how new this program is. It says the Morehouse School of Medicine will publish the first time pass-prance rates at the beginning of 2021. Okay, so maybe their first inaugural class will take their scores and we'll get this information sometime this year or maybe next year. So since it's new, it's a provisional program. They don't have that information for you yet. Perspective students, tuition and financial agreement, matriculation requirements. All right, so it's important to kind of look at all of these, the student employment policy. Maybe they highly discourage it or say that you should not do it. Absences in excess of three for any course may result in discipline or dismissal. So just be mindful of all of these various different policies if you are actually trying to attend this program. Let's look at what the tuition is. Okay, so trying to see if there's a total, so total, what is this? Year one and year two. So total costs is me two plus 43. That's a decent amount of money actually. It's like a hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. What is that? Yeah, it's a good amount of money for two years. So we'll likely need some type of loan to help pay for that hopefully you've saved up a lot and you can address that as well. What else do we have here? If anything else is interesting. Information session. So we already went through pretty much all of that. And we looked at the tuition, community engagement, PAs in the park. Okay, so they were doing, they did that in June. Okay, cool. Okay, so they're doing some stuff in the community. But that's pretty much it, you guys. That is Morehouse's PA program. Hopefully you guys got a good amount of information and you were able to see exactly what requirements there are for that program. Hopefully you guys liked it. And if you did, you know, go ahead and hit that like button for sure. Leave your comments on what schools you want me to do next. Again, keep in mind, I will likely be doing this in the evening in the future just so that more people can engage and ask their questions and we can kind of just be more interactive in that way. I will be doing other schools on Get That See Universities site. So if you're interested in that, you have to actually join Get That See University to get some of those schools. And join me next week as I top on Sunday. I'm actually gonna do a video on telemedicine as a PA. So if you're interested in that, you know, staying home, keeping your feet up, just wearing like the top of your shirt and being professional as I'm doing right now as I'm making this video, but on the bottom you're wearing some sweatpants. Then telemedicine might be the option for you. So if you're interested in that, be sure to join me on Sunday. All right, thank you guys so much for watching. I will talk to you guys next time. Bye.