Reply With QuoteIt's always helpful if you do a rotation with a midlevel (be it a PA or an NP) so you get an idea of what we would ACTUALLY do in that field. But, sometimes that's not always an option.
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When choosing an elective rotation of your choice, mist there be a PA on staff or is a dr/ no sufficient ? I'm hoping to do a plastics/derm rotation amped many of the local options are using NPs or the doctors themselves are responsible for injections.
I'm not at the rotation point yet , just gathering info early on.
It's always helpful if you do a rotation with a midlevel (be it a PA or an NP) so you get an idea of what we would ACTUALLY do in that field. But, sometimes that's not always an option.
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
I rotated in places without a PA. And on a few occasions, even though there was a PA/NP present, the doc was still my preceptor and I spent more time with him/her. I agree, though, I loved working with PAs and would choose it over a doc, unless the PA only does something narrow, like pre and post op care (the reason I did not rotate w/ the PA who worked with the surgeons--she was never in the OR, where I spent the majority of that rotation).
Another thought--keep in mind that electives are your chance for an extended and free "job interview." So pick a place that might hireI'm in my last rotation, an elective, and that is exactly what I'm doing!
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