Yes! I finished my one month international medical trip to the Philippines last January of 2012. Although, the trip was not required to apply for PA schools, the results from it were extremely gratifying. That being said, I definitely recommend to get involved with any international medical work. Below are some of the experiences that…
Category Archives: Pre-Physician Assistant
University of Charleston Physician Assistant Program
This is a very exciting time in PA Education and especially for the University of Charleston Physician Assistant program. We have been working diligently over the last several months to develop an outstanding program. I’m happy to report that we are now accepting applications. So what’s going to be so great about the UC PA Program?…
The PA School Interview: Tips from current students & accepted students
I always thought advice was cheap, until I started getting advice from current PA students on how to train for the marathon that is PA school. Below are some tips culled over the months from current PA students and students who have been accepted to their schools of choice, on how to prepare for the interview.
Let us hear from PA students!
We always wonder as being a pre-PA on how a real PA student went and go through the life in PA school. So to have a sense of it, I interviewed two PA student from two different campus and year in the program. Let us meet Kristin from Arcadia University and Thomas from NYIT (New…
Six Second ECG – Dynamic Cardiac Rhythm Simulator
Lately I’ve been working to build up the new PhysicianAssistantED.com links library. This morning I stumbled across this jewel of a link that helps students learn ECG rhythms (or clinicians review ECG rhythms). In a nutshell, it provides descriptions of several cardiac rhythms and arrhythmias and challenges the student to identify them correctly. It also…
NEW Links Libraries
Some say we live in the information age. I believe this is true. However, I believe to this point we have only witnessed the early dawn of the information age. As we step further into the future, as processors become more powerful, as software becomes more user-friendly, and as innovators continue to make leaps in…
Being a Physician Assistant #9: Not Always Seeing the Rewards of Your Efforts
Much of what we do, and what we should be doing better, is in the realm of preventive medicine. If I can control a patient’s cholesterol and high blood pressure then I significantly reduce that patient’s risk of several disease processes, perhaps most notably heart attack and stroke. So what’s my reward then? Numbers on a lab sheet? Do you think patients generally say, “Wow, you’re amazing! I can’t believe that you’ve helped me control my Hypertension for the last several years. Thank you so much!”
Where, What, How- PA Shadowing?
Physician Assistant shadowing or as I and other people would call it, clinical observation. This is probably one of the hardest tasks to do before applying to PA schools because not a lot of people know of a PA or not a lot of PA has time to offer for someone to follow them around…
Two Year Anniversary – PhysicianAssistantED.com
OK, so it’s not actually the two year anniversary of www.PhysicianAssistantED.com (which actually officially launched January of this year). However, October will mark two years since the inspiration hit me to create the website. I remember it vividly. I was lying down in a hotel room in Portland, Oregon after a day full of events at the annual Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) conference. I was thinking about all the great conference presentations and began to wonder…
The art of succeeding in PA school, Part 1: Set your expectations appropriately
PA school is a finite experience: it has a beginning and an end. It should not be confused with your education, which will have started at least a couple of decades prior to PA school, and continues on at least until retirement. Do not expect to learn everything you need to be a good PA…