blue682 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Do any of you know of any PA jobs out there that don't have a lot of patient interaction (comparable to your typical primary care patient interaction)? I know surgery is probably one. I also heard something about PA's getting positions strictly in research or something like that. Does anyone know anything else about this or have other opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_me Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Education would also be an option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted February 28, 2011 Administrator Share Posted February 28, 2011 I suspect that if avoiding or minimizing direct patient contact is a priority, an MD or Ph.D. program would be more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersenpa Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Why would someone going into a job taking care of people want to avoid contact with people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Decided they couldn't stand being around people that complain all the time, yet don't want to throw the degree away...we need people in administration too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted February 28, 2011 Moderator Share Posted February 28, 2011 Administration Reserach teaching drug rep have a social friend who did 4 years in the ER then got hired by local hospital based Cardiology group to run a research projects - does some patient appointments but mostly paperwork honestly - if you have the stomach for it - hosptial admin would be great to get more PA's into.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESH Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 honestly - if you have the stomach for it - hosptial admin would be great to get more PA's into.... Agree and would add out patient clinic adminstrator as well. Like rural primary care health networks. I know several PAs who are doing great as adminstrators in Co. Health Departments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magicnubs Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I suspect that if avoiding or minimizing direct patient contact is a priority, an MD or Ph.D. program would be more appropriate. That's generally correct. The PA degree is a professional degree focused on direct patient care. A doctoral degree will serve you better if you'd like to limit patient contact. Though if that's not a possibility and you've already got a PA degree, one option would be to work at a hospital get knowledgeable about the administrative workings therein any way you can. Budget reports, terminology, statistics, methods; if that hospital does it and releases the information, learn about it. The more you know and aware you are of those things, the less an introductory period you'll need if you got the administrative job and the more willing they would be to choose you for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klb48 Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 There are some forensic PAs that work as medico-legal investigators....you still have some patient contact but they are already dead so.....I loved that rotation as a student. Probably something I will do in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillycibin Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 If you are a fresh PA or finishing your clinical year as a student, I would advise that the patient interaction gets easier. It was tough on me at first and I sought other options after I graduated, but it has gotten a lot easier as I've gotten more experience. Otherwise, as others have suggested administration or teaching. You could also look into running clinical trials. In the clinical setting pathology, radiology, and anesthesiology are generally closed to us as PAs. There are sometimes surgical positions where you only do surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemedic13 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Pathologist's Assistant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSUnoles Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Why would someone going into a job taking care of people want to avoid contact with people? x2 go into neuroscience... a friend of mine got his PhD in it but went to law school because he couldnt handle the isolation/academic/research lifestyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinntsp Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Pathologist's Assistant. That's a different kind of PA, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 for people who known PAs that got in to administration and teaching, how did they end up in that position? Did they go back to school and get a MHA or doctorate of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted September 30, 2011 Moderator Share Posted September 30, 2011 The T-system corporation hires pa's to interact only with clinicians to help them develop more clinician friendly emr interfaces and templates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAdamsPAC Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Covering the night shift in a coma unit for orphans who don't have any friends!!!! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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