PApreemie Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Hi there, Recent graduate who has accepted an outpatient gig in pediatrics. My responsibilities will be well-child visits, and some sick visits. I like pediatrics, but as this will be my first job out of school, don't want to pigeonhole myself to peds for my whole career. Is there anyone out there who has successfully moved from peds to another specialty and care to share their experience? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futurepa19952 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 I did the opposite! went from specialty with adults to now general practice peds doing sick visits. I don't think you will have a problem making a switch up later. I also know plenty of people that went from niche specialty to specialty. I think getting new jobs as a PA is more about which positions are available and when. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted August 30, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 30, 2023 Just make sure te you avoid premature closure when seeing patients. Come up with. DDx of at least 3 (ideally 5) for each patient. Will serve you well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SedRate Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 12 hours ago, Futurepa19952 said: I think getting new jobs as a PA is more about which positions are available and when. And what one is willing to do to relearn stuff and what the new employer is willing to do with you having had a different background. Some are more open to it than others. Some see the different background as a benefit, others see it as a negative. In my experience, who I knew was a more reliable variable when it came to getting a job in a new specialty. -From someone who seems to want to dip their toes in another subspecialty pond every couple of years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted September 1, 2023 Administrator Share Posted September 1, 2023 As I've shared before, general outpatient family medicine led me into occupational, sleep, eating disorders, and pain medicine. All of those touch at least somewhat on each other. When I graduated, I was going to be an EM PA when I grew up. I let my ACLS and PALS lapse this year, because that's not the kind of work I was getting, and that's not the kid of work that I'm really gifted at: the only thing I've found that really needs clinicians who have formal logic/debate background and chaplaincy-type pastoral care is exactly where I'm at. All that to say: the more logically connected your specialty changes, the more valuable they make you. You can leap all over the map as a PA, but I've found the "small" jumps have really rounded me out as a clinician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cideous Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 And remember....Adults are not just big kids.........Well.....? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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