Contrarian Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Joelseff is correct... According to some of our Semitic brothers... "IQRAA" was a forceful command from "The Most High" (God) to the last prophet to "READ"...!!! "IQRAA" = "READ"...!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jts Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I am 7 months into my first PA job in PC. I am in a FQHS and have a doc's cell and beeper # in case I have questions when I am alone in one of the clinics. I also ask the docs that are physically at the clinics with me; most are helpful, some are not. I study whenever I can and if there is a case that I am unfamiliar with, I make it a point to find out the pertinent information I need to know. I carry my ipad mini with me and use Epocrates Essentials and uptodate as well as Tarascon for drugs. For my first few months I couldn't believe how much I didn't know and in these last few months I can't believe how much I have learned. Thank you all for the posts that serve as an encouragement and an education to all of us newbies. I gave up a lot to follow my dream and am certain that it is worth every sacrifice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farns.PA Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 What is the best resource to use for such a broad specialty such as FP? At times, I find myself overwhelmed with where to start... Its all relevant and all needs to be known. Any advice on how/where to start? New grad 6 months into family practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 What areas are you having trouble with? Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jts Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 I am only 7 months out of school but here is my two cents: up to date is great but wordy, I love Epocrates Essentials, Tarascon/Sanford on my iphone and mini ipad, and I carry a tote bag with me that contains Ferri's Best Test & Ferri's Fast Facts in Dermatology, among other resources. Unfortunately I travel between two or more clinics so it's hard to set up shop in one place so the tote is essential! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harleypanthers Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I just graduated PA school last week and am taking boards July 9th! Another resource that I found during my last rotation which I found very helpful and wish I had it for all of PA school was Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals. Here is the link and the best part is that it is FREE!!!! 1. http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/index.html 2. They also have a lab coat version that is about 25.00: http://www.merckbooks.com/symptoms/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jts Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Great thread...should be required reading for all new graduates! I am in the last few months of my first two years out of school in a community health center. Study, study, study. The cases you see during the day should be study material that evening. We cannot depend on a wonderful supervising physician to be there for us because some of us just never had that perk. I did not. When you graduate PA School, the diligence in reading and learning should not end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonPA Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I recently graduated in May 2016 and haven't really seen a patient in 5 months (last rotation was surgery, and was mainly in OR and did not have to do oral presentations). My first (current) job is EM in a level 1 trauma at a busy hospital in the city. I just finished my 3rd shift (training shift - where I work as an extra PA, so I can begin to establish how to take care of patients and work the EMR system). I have to say I am completely drowning. I feel like I don't know much. In a 12 hour shift, the most patients I've had is 11, but I'm hopefully working my way up. Last night was a disaster - there were so many trauma's (MVCs) that they put me into a trauma patients because the attendings were swamped - and I felt like a fish on dry land. I was running back and forth, trying to juggle my parent's and it was A LOT to handle. --> good thing is I get to present every patient to the attending and the attending sees my patient as well. I try to study when I have a day off, or during work if it's not too busy. But there's so much information to know! I'm trying to tell myself it'll get better and I pray I see the light at the end of the tunnel. I also don't have my DEA and CS so I have to ask the attending or PA on my shift to help me put medications in, which is annoying if its busy, but I'm looking it as a blessing in disguise as I can see how many dosages or other medication my attending wants to give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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