juliet Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Hi, I am now starting my second year in PA school and have to choose areas for my electives. I really enjoy tasks that use diagnostic/ clinical reasoning. Could someone advise what fields/specialties/settings would be the best for me? Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick87 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Hi, I am now starting my second year in PA school and have to choose areas for my electives. I really enjoy tasks that use diagnostic/ clinical reasoning. Could someone advise what fields/specialties/settings would be the best for me? Thanks a lot. You'll have to be way more specific than this. Also, it can be difficult to find an area that you like until you're actually working in that specialty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuralER/Ortho Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Hi, I am now starting my second year in PA school and have to choose areas for my electives. I really enjoy tasks that use diagnostic/ clinical reasoning. Could someone advise what fields/specialties/settings would be the best for me? Thanks a lot. All of medicine requires diagnosis and clinical reasoning..... start rotations and being to learn what you actually like. What is your medical background prior to PA school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliet Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Thanks for replying. We have core rotations in general specialties (general medicine, general surgery, peds, emergency medicine, Obgyn, family medicine, psych. and geriatrics). I can have two more choices as electives and I don’t want to miss on something that could be very suitable for me. I enjoy figuring thing out (not just doing follow up visits after the main treatment, for example). Among others, I was thinking about neurology, it is an interesting field, but I don’t know if PAs ever (even after they become experienced) get undiagnosed cases in this area. Prior to PA school I was a scientist in cell biology. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick87 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Thanks for replying. We have core rotations in general specialties (general medicine, general surgery, peds, emergency medicine, Obgyn, family medicine, psych. and geriatrics). I can have two more choices as electives and I don’t want to miss on something that could be very suitable for me. I enjoy figuring thing out (not just doing follow up visits after the main treatment, for example). Among others, I was thinking about neurology, it is an interesting field, but I don’t know if PAs ever (even after they become experienced) get undiagnosed cases in this area. Prior to PA school I was a scientist in cell biology. Thanks again. I just got into a specialty that I really didn't even know existed in PA school. So far, I find it really interesting (way more than I would have thought). I found it by simply looking on job boards and applying to a bunch of different specialties. So you never really know. And, yes, PAs do work in neurology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paula Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I just got into a specialty that I really didn't even know existed in PA school. So far, I find it really interesting (way more than I would have thought). I found it by simply looking on job boards and applying to a bunch of different specialties. So you never really know. And, yes, PAs do work in neurology. What is this specialty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick87 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 What is this specialty? It's an allergy and asthma practice so it's combination of immunology, ENT, and pulmonology with a bit of GI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliet Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 It's an allergy and asthma practice so it's combination of immunology, ENT, and pulmonology with a bit of GI. Sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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