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Transitioning from surgical to ER/Urgent care


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I am wondering how other PAs get refamiliar with with clinical treatments after working in surgery for a long time. I am currently working strictly in surgery and I would like to change to an ER or urgent care specialty in a few years. No need to mention that I limited my self right after school because several colleagues that came before me made that exact transition. I'm mainly asking for advice on the transition and how hard it is to relearn clinical treatments/ emergency medicine approaches. Should I be doing something about it now.

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Guest Paula

Do you have an opportunity to pick up a part-time job in UC?  That may be a place to start seeing sick and not so sick patients and get familiar with treatments, s/sx, ddx and medications.  Then when comfortable with that can move on to EM...or you could apply for an EM residency.

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