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Hey everyone , congratulations to all those who got accepted this year. I just wanted to add that I wasn’t accepted until July 27th last year, I know the waiting feels brutal but you will get your answers at the right time . Stay encouraged!!

JUST GOT THE CALL TODAY AROUND 3pm PST FUTURE PA INCOMING

I just got the call!!!!!!!! I’m in!!!!

I got an acceptance call today!

I also got called!! I'm going to be a Carolina PA!!!

Oh very interesting and glad it ended up with a good outcome. Also love that name "the straight to the point section" I will admit when reviewing a patient that I've seen before but during a refresher I also skip to the straight to the point section

Anyone else receive a call from Marist today? They left a vm saying they received my application and are sending it for a full review

Hello! I was just accepted and would like to know when the start date for the program is? Is it august 26th?

Same here

Got accepted from the May 6th interview on the 8th! is there a groupme for accepted students? Can't wait to meet everyone.

Just a quick question from a management perspective (I have never been in a management position), how many charts do you have that are late? What is the definition of a late or overdue chart in your organization? I find that my charting is more accurate if completed within 24 hours. Definitely not being critical here, just looking for some perspective to your situation.

I would call their bluff immediately. Find a new job and leave before they "fine" you (notice or not, forget about it at this point), and then see if they actually want to come after you for non-compete in this day and age (they won't).

I'm a recent graduate (2023) from the Arnold Palmer Hospital Pediatric Acute Care Fellowship at Orlando Health. So glad I chose to do a fellowship after PA school! Happy to answer any questions. https://www.orlandohealth.com/medical-professionals/advanced-practice-provider-fellowships Orlando Health currently has over 1200 credentialed Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) and is proud to offer multiple APP fellowships for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants transitioning into practice. These fellowships provide a structured curriculum and training environment within our 10-hospital system and ambulatory practices. Our physicians, APPs, and clinical staff welcome APPs with the drive to learn and build upon their skills to become confident, talented providers who can provide quality, as well as safe care to our patients. Our programs seek to expand the new graduate clinical knowledge base and skill in a specialty area. The fellowship program is built to provide mentored clinical practice through an additional 2,000 hours post master’s degree training. APP Fellowships offered: Cardiovascular Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Critical Care Medicine Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Gastroenterology Advanced Practice Provider (PA/APRN) Fellowship Infectious Diseases Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Oncology and Hematology Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Orthopedic Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Pediatric Acute Care Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Primary Care Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Trauma & Surgery Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship

805!

Congratulations omg hopefully we all start hearing back soon!

Huge congrats!!! Do you know which area code they called from?

Now they're debating making Huddle less stuffy. It's been a long day.

It's on the list. Anand Dave is here and will likely speak to it. 2024-A-08-FL is the resolution designator. It should be being discussed right now, but they have some parliamentary questions to resolve before it is, so we're discussing A-09 right now. ETA: Looks like they decided to refer A-08 to the standing rules committee.

Listening through the report outs at the beginning of the HOD session. AAPA seems to be actually getting it, for the most part, actually investing in advocacy and title change.

I'm currently in the ED as an RN but patient presented with fatigue and groin/perineal rash which was initially tender to palpation but then it resolved after a few days prior to ED presentation. On the CT imaging it showed fluid collection in the groin area. Within minutes of result, the surgical team came by to evaluate the patient and within 30 minutes, patient was being transported to the OR for drainage/debridement. I'm not too versed in CT results (I tend to just skip all the nitty gritty radiology paragraph and just read the straight to the point section). Luckily for them, it hadn't invaded the abdominal cavity.

Had a prediabetic patient who was last seen by their PCP...almost a decade ago for initial dx...current labs in the ED says they're now full blown diabetic...CT showed Fournier's gangrene.

Sitting on a cactus... Still waiting to hear that one lol Surprisingly I haven't seen but 1 case of necrosing fasciitis and I didn't see the patient but one time and have no update. It was a busy night at the ED patient was triaged for a rash and fever so on a busy night that wait time was far from perfect. Although they were called to 25 min after initial triage just to look at the rash that was circled and it already made it out of the circle that fast. They got taken to the trauma bay initial I was working the traumas of the night and saw them did a exam passed it of to the EM doc after already calling surgery pretty urgently saw a couple patients went back to re-eval and surgery already admitted them and was heading to the operating room it was just to busy to get anymore updates. Hopefully went well

Nec fash posterior thigh and buttock from "sitting on a cactus." Pretty sure he was injecting meth. He ended up doing very well and recovered with near full function despite multiple debridements. Another one was a guy with nec fash to his leg. He became very unstable and died shortly thereafter. Cultures were positive for Vibrio which was rare for the area. History ended up revealing he recently traveled to another state and spent time in the lake. Another one was an osteomyelitis case to the tibia which was positive for Cocci. I could go on and on... Lol

Any employer in Georgia should know this. Somewhere on your CV or a cover letter, put in a phrase about "Per Georgia practice law (cite the code), Physician Assistants cannot complete their license application until they have a secured employer who submits paperwork to the Georgia Medical Board". I have never applied for a job on Indeed............. times have changed a lot. But employers should know this. Georgia needs to figure things out and create a Pending License category................ sigh

Hey everyone, my name is Cole, and I just finished my didactic year here at NSU-FTL! Feel free to DM me any questions you may have!

Recommend speaking to a school counselor and career guidance counselor.

Physicianassistantexamreview.com It was clutch for me, especially commuting. Not sure if the quality is still excellent and free but it was over 10 years ago. There are also quite a few books out there. Get ones that have questions and go into detail about the answer. I also liked the PANCE example exams from NCCPA; not sure if they're still $25/each.

No, they did not give me an ETA when I applied. I was basically in the dark until April when they sent me an interview invite. I kept updating my application during that time and increasing my PCE hours. I honestly was waiting on my rejection letter and then they surprised me with an interview invite, which I am grateful for. I have just learned to be patient and trust the process. But the wait is grueling because it is so up in the air.

Can someone please call them

I applied in November and was in the May 6th interview and have not heard anything:( Just trying to be patient.

I GOT THE CALL!! Professor Phillips called me at 12pm yesterday and I am literally walking on the moon. Beyond excited to be a part of this thing. Congrats to everyone else who heard the news! Fingers crossed for all of you who are still waiting. Sending good vibes your way.

I received an email from the director with a waitlist update! They are done with interviews and have now ranked the waitlist. There is a possibility of getting off the waitlist between today until July 29th (first day of classes). Good luck everybody!

CASPA is open and MEDEX applications will be available on 5/1. Good luck to everyone this year! Let's show each other some support in these trying times.

1) If you live and work in MN, non-competes may actually be illegal/ invalid. Check with an attorney. 2) If you're salaried, the extra time you put in to work on charts after you're done seeing patients basically affects you the same way a fine or a reduced wage would anyway. Of course, it doesn't enrich the company other than in the abstract sense that you're giving them extra labor outside normal working hours, so it's harder for them to put on the balance sheet. 3) A company will have a big problem billing for services any later than 30 days after the encounter date. I often have charts that are not closed after a couple of business days, but it's never more than 2 calendar weeks/ 10 business days. (They would prefer 48 hours and so would I, but it's rare they will pay me to chart during work hours and not also see patients, so it is what it is.) It seems like whatever process they have for review by the billing and coding people takes a while, so it benefits them to have your charts closed asap. That's fine, but penalizing you in this way is a dumb strategy. If you can find a new job, it would be a nice way to make sure their dumb strategy backfires. All that being said, if you have any significant number of charts still open close to a month after the fact, something is clearly wrong and needs to get figured out.

@rnpa1998 Do you mind sharing the supplemental essay prompts?

I know it's difficult to wait but you gotta keep in mind that they have alot of stuff on their plate especially when reviewing and selecting 90 students out of the 300, also the responsibilities of teaching, organizing and planning for the current 180 students that are enrolled into this program, I find it okay that they are taking this long they are also human who have many responsibilties to take into account

I have seen providers sit on charts for days to weeks and I personally don't get it; if I don't get my chart down the same day - I will have very little recollection of the visit to get it done later

I actually reached out to the Rush PA admissions team asking for more details. Here's the relevant part of their response: Between their response and their high PANCE pass rates, I personally feel like the program is going to be fine. It doesn't seem like anything that significantly impacts student learning, as long as they're not leaving anything out. We'll see what the ARC-PA report says, but it may be months before it is published.

wow just wow 1- you gotta have a boat load of late charts 2- you must have really ticked someone off 3- get them charts done and the issue goes away!!

From a management perspective, you can't bill for the encounter. This leads to a reasonableness issue. We have a similar issue with attendings. Since the inpatient encounter can't be billed until the D/C summary is done, once its more than 30 days old, they contract it out and bill the cost to the attending. So here it depends on the cost. If you are talking 1000 late charts, this is not unreasonable. On the other hand if this is for one chart its not. We monitor late charts closely and our standard is chart completion within 48 hours. From a finance and liability standard having open charts is not acceptable. So how many charts are we talking about? Also, you said its not in your contract. Are you sure? $4500 is real money. I would take the contract to a labor lawyer for review. If its not kosher, a letter from the lawyer will likely make them cave. Dave

It is wrong to take your pay because they decide to. Double-check your contract to make sure there isn't something about this in there. (I have signed agreements that state I must complete documentation within a "reasonable" or an actual specified timeframe.) Consult an attorney for next steps. Of note, I have heard of an academic center recently "fining" aka withholding pay for physicians because of documentation and certain chart review expectations. I don't know the exact details but the docs said they had a pay structure which included chart review and documentation. Apparently many of them didn't meet a specific metric for the year before unbeknownst to them and they were fined A LOT of money. I hope this is not a new trend.

$4500 seems excessive. I don't think this will help with their retention. Also if it's not in a contract it didn't happen unless you signed something additional. I'd get an attorney

Do the fellowship. I did one in EM, to be honest wasn't fun but did I learn a ton. I love what I do now and it would have taken me 10 years and multiple differences jobs to get the experience I got from residency. I now work rural EM, am the only PA in the group, others are docs, I'm their first PA and wouldn't have got that role without residency

I will be there. Come hear my Sunday evening talk!

Starting this thread for the current cycle - best of luck to everyone applying!

I was only ever per diem there, but I believe full time employees do get retirement in the form of a 401k. I do get a pension at my current full time job if I stay 4 more years(min 5).

The Stones of Yemen, was released today as an audio version by Amazon, making it more available for those who don't have time to read.This book features a PA as the protagonist and has been a best-seller among PAs. This is a nonprofit venture, hoping to illustrate to the world what PAs are capable of, while carrying the reader with an enthralling story. More information here.

Quick update for you all: I have been living a good life and am happy. it’s nice to only work 15 shifts a month. the bonuses every 3 months are great. I am up for a raise. I am now a preceptor for two PA programs as well. Currently working on developing a PA education curriculum. Will do monthly M&M. Love teaching and seeing high acuity. Again, residency has paid off more than I can imagine. Side note: just took the CAQ-EM today. Not sure who developed the test but they must not be in EM. Just felt like a slightly more advanced version of the PANCE. Residency ITE was much more difficult. As, always feel free to reach out to me.

Anyone looking for a solo per diem gig in WA state? You need acls, atls, pals, and a difficult airway course. If you want to do u/s you need 50 documented studies or a 16 hour course. PM me if interested. .They will not take a new grad or anyone with less than several years of quality EMPA experience. I am leaving this position after 3 years as I found one closer to home for better pay with a benefits package for part time. This is still a great gig, it's just a long drive from everywhere. 3 hrs to Seattle, 2 hrs to Portland. 7 bed ED. volume 15-25/24 hrs. Moderate acuity. Lots of EMS traffic. You see and do everything. Have delivered babies here, run multiple codes on the same shift, etc. Lifeflight nearby. Lots of rural injuries, meth-related stuff, etc. Almost no one vaccinated for covid. They provide local housing the day before and after any shift. CRNA on call 24/7 as needed. No on site physician or physician back up most days. Most of the docs who work days I am not here are FP. EMR is meditech. Holiday and weekend differentials. Both 12 and 24 hr shifts available. If I lived closer I would stay on per diem, it is just a 3 day commitment for me to do 1 shift( a day to drive there, work the shift, a day to drive home). I have not turned in my notice yet as I am still scheduled to work some shifts(and I will work them or trade them), so I would appreciate that anyone who applies doesn't mention that they heard a spot is opening up...

This job is still available and desperate enough that it is now a "name your price and desired schedule" kind of situation. If I didn't already work a lot of hrs elsewhere I would be tempted to go back. The ED medical director is a friend of mine and I can guarantee an interview to anyone who meets the desired criteria and has the requisite skills. PM me for info if at all interested. High volume, high acuity, solo coverage 12 and 24 hr shifts with free housing on site. They would likely pay travel expenses now as well as they are really having trouble covering shifts.