whoRyou Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Before I was a PA I had a Bachelor's degree in Pimpology and got a Masters in Mackonomics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovelost Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'm starting school next January. I worked as an EMT, but recently I've transitioned into the ER as a tech. I didn't mind being an EMT, but I hated driving in a busy city area and the lifting - now I have back pain from it and in my early 20s. :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will352ns Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I was widely regarded as a high speed death machine......which is odd because my official title was medic. I'm getting better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmdpac Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Paramedic, flight medic, high altitude illumination maintenance tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocialMedicine Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I was right out of college. However I had 5 years experience as an EMT and EMT instructor by the time I started PA school. I support direct to entry PA profession. For people like me with some decent HCE awesome. For people with no meaningful HCE I think they should consider a lengthier/slower program or residency afterwards. I would like to see some PA schools identify themselves as being for the low HCE student and 28 months in duration with extra time in clinical and not research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCMA79 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Spent 4yrs as a Navy Corpsman and then 5yrs as a Communicable Disease Investigator for a state health dept. Also worked as an EMT for a short time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMann Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I spent a year as an EMT while going to paramedic school. Worked as a paramedic in a suburban/rural area for a year, then spent 8 years as a Firefighter/Paramedic for the Memphis Fire Dept. I was right out of college. However I had 5 years experience as an EMT and EMT instructor by the time I started PA school. I support direct to entry PA profession. For people like me with some decent HCE awesome. For people with no meaningful HCE I think they should consider a lengthier/slower program or residency afterwards. I would like to see some PA schools identify themselves as being for the low HCE student and 28 months in duration with extra time in clinical and not research. Hadn't thought of this idea. Seems like a good idea. I often wonder how the folks in my class with no/minimal HCE can keep up and understand what is going on, but they seem to do just fine. Ours is a 24 months program and goes at break-neck speed, so I think 4 additional months of clinicals would be great. 4 additional months of didactic...not so great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Lab tech->Navy Corpsman (quad zero and Surgical Tech) ->IT tech->Lab Tech/Phlebotomist ->MA at Uro, Ortho, HIV/PC->Realtor -> MA at FP, Rad/Onc. Sent from my S5 Active...Like you care... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTGPAC Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Great Forum! I WAS A High School History Teacher for a total of 15 years - also, a stay at home mom for a couple years and returned to the classroom where i met my fate and was stalked by a crazy young man and his parent....scared to death to return to the classroom and a little one at home, I decided to stay in the helping professions and looked into nursing when a good friend of mine who was a MD/PhD knew me better than myself at the time and suggested PA...I thought he was just being a snob about nurses - but he knew my abilities and he was right....started all over in my studies and became an ED Tech, etc...Never looked back..."my encore career" has never been more satisfying...looking to start my own House Calls practice as an indep contractor. The variety is amazing and keeps growing. good thing, cuz i get bored and need challenges every so often. thanks for asking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFarnsworth Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I was a medical assistant (not to be confused with a physician assistant), cardiac tech, ortho tech, scrub tech/first assist, and office manager for a plastic surgeon. Oh, and an administrative assistant when I was an undergrad. Lots of assistant/tech titles here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted June 24, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 24, 2015 I support direct to entry PA profession. For people like me with some decent HCE awesome. For people with no meaningful HCE I think they should consider a lengthier/slower program or residency afterwards. I would like to see some PA schools identify themselves as being for the low HCE student ... with extra time in clinical and not research. this is essentially the model USC has gone to. 36 month program with 18 mo each for didactic and clinicals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Waiting for someone to say that they were on a reality TV program and then Dancing With The Stars followed by being a host on some entertainment news TV program. What a marketing tool for the program. Next thing you know they're on NY Med with Oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiovolffemtp Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 29 years corporate IT with concurrent volunteer firefighter/EMT, then EMT-Intermediate, then paramedic experience. Started teaching EMS, CPR, etc in late 1980's. Started part time FF/medic paid in 2002, then full-time + hours as part-timer FF/medic when corporate American "offered" early retirement in 2007. Taught at local university concurrently so got to take PA pre-reqs largely for free. Now 2 years as ED PA with part-time job in UC, still run vollie FF/medic a bit, pretty much don't have time to teach. I was the anomaly in my PA class. Most folks were mid 20's with at most 1-3 years employment experience after undergrad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPA Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I am starting my PA program this August. I started my career with an advertising degree working for Hunter Douglas (window coverings). After becoming quickly disillusioned with the advertising industry I moved on to a job with Edy's Ice Cream/Haagen Dazs/Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream as a sales rep - ironically I am lactose intolerant. After becoming tired of going in and out of -20 degree walk-in freezers on 90 degree days I took a job with the American Diabetes Assoc. doing education and programming and finally I have been a Certified Pedorthist for the last 10 years (I know, you have never heard of it, here is a link for you to learn more and the wiser you will be for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedorthist). In that time I have owned my own company and worked clinically as a Cped. I love working with patients and after seeing the conditions and diseases I have over the years I absolutely wanted to do more and be a vital part of patient care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap1249 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Professional musician; played in orchestras & taught lessons. Picked up some medical experience as an EMT & MA before I started PA school. At my interview I heard them say, "the music major is here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESH Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Professional musician; played in orchestras & taught lessons. Picked up some medical experience as an EMT & MA before I started PA school. At my interview I heard them say, "the music major is here." Would have had my vote. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick13 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I became a volunteer firefighter and EMT-I while going to college. I kept on after I graduated and rose to Captian, got a job as a PT tech and then for an HMO doing healthcare analysis, underwriting and actuarial analysis. I had to leave the FD after a lay-off for an insurance job out of state as I couldn't get on with the bigger departments. I later volunteered on a local ambulance squad for a bit and after getting laid off from 3 different insurance companies I went back and did some pre-reqs for PA school, worked at REI and at a leading respiratory hospital on their research database and EMR merge before getting into PA school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAdmission Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I was working on an updated edition of How to Win Friends and Influence People. Then I realized I don't like people very much. Medicine lets me poke them with needles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnpac Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 MIC Paramedic, Stanislaus County class of '77. Working 72 hours a week at minimum wage with OT. No future. Luckily for me, I found the PA profession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogLovingPA Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Marine Scientist and volunteer medic for 10 years. Got tired of spending 90+ days a year on the water on a trawler. Got bored doing the same thing over and over. Wanted a challenge - be careful what you wish for ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthpac Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Used to be a meat cutter, now work in Ortho……….Let the jokes begin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMPA Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 pool boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalon Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Psychology professor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolute Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 jthpac- "meat cutter, now in ortho"... from butcher to carpenter... I like it JMPA- "pool boy"... could be cool Avalon- "Psychology professor"... ouch.... I bet that left a mark.... but maybe not on the out side. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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