Reply With QuoteGreetings Ben - What's the job outlook there? Any word on importing some American PA's??
Hi everyone, I'm Ben and I am almost throught the didactic year of the first Australian PA program being run by the University of Queensland.
Greetings Ben - What's the job outlook there? Any word on importing some American PA's??
G'Day Ben welcome! What's your medical and academic background before PA School? Are you folks Physician Assistants or Physician Associates down under?How's the public reception to the profession?Originally Posted by AussieBen
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” - T.E. Lawrence
Each night before going to bed, "The Bogeyman" checks under his bed for Contrarian & Chuck Norris!
G'day mate! I'm starting the Grad Cert at U of Q in July this year. Would love to have a chat about the course!
Hey Ben! Welcome to the board! Are you getting excited for clinicals? And I would also love to know how the job outlook is over there!
I was / am a Navy medic for a long time, was a Chief for 8 years and transferred to LEUT the beginning of 2009. I am a Clinical manager which kind of of equates to independent duty corpsman in the US Navy. I have a Bachelor of Health Science (PreHospital), but I specialise in submarine medicine over here.
We will be Physician Assistants here. Public reception is almost zip because we are still finishing up trials run in South Australia and Queensland. The official reception is very positive so far but we will be heading into the clinical year with not many people knowing who we are. Very exciting stuff.
I think the job outlook will become very big, very quick in the next 12 months or so.
That's great on all points. Please keep us in the loop on the doings down under.
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” - T.E. Lawrence
Each night before going to bed, "The Bogeyman" checks under his bed for Contrarian & Chuck Norris!
Hey Ben and all you other Aussie soon-to-be PAs. I am American living in Darwin, Australia at the moment with my wife. My situation is that we love Australia and I am applying to PA schools at the moment. Would love to get into either of the two PA schools in Australia i.e. U of Q or James Cook. The odds are slightly against me because in talking to Admissions at U of Q, they definitely are attracting applicants who have had considerable health care experiences. I've had several years experience in mental health field such as working directly with Autistic kids etc but nothing like EMT stuff or clinical jobs of that nature. So if I don't get into Aussie PA school I will then hopefully get into one of the U.S. PA schools of my choice. Not my first dream because my wife and I would really love to continue to build a life over here. At the moment, the training as a U.S. PA is not reciprocal in that I could come back then and practice then as Aussie PA. However, one can always have their degrees translated by the immigration and what not and then they tell you what occupation you come in as. And of course the job prospects for PAs over here still hold a confused cloud over my head. Not sure what that's gonna look like anyway. Anyone feel free to comment on this development or anything else that you think I would find helpful. Cheers.
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