anybody from Oregon on here?

[mxpac76 10]

I just joined this forum though I belong to a couple of others. I was just wondering if there are any other Oregon PAs on the forum.

dave jones

[EMEDPA 6,562]

I practice in oregon and washington.

[Just Steve 68]

oregon resident, attending UW, plan to return to the Oregon/Washington border when I graduate

[jdenning 92]

I practice in Portland. Where are you?

[donwinder 19]

I work in interventional pain management in Salem, OR.

[mxpac76 10]

I am in the small town of Condon, pop 650. I have been here over 32 years. I mostly do family medicine, volunteer on the local ambulance but also fill in at a pain management clinic.

[Just Steve 68]

I live in Hood River, love taking day rides through your neighborhood on my motorcycle, down through Shaniko, Antelope, all that area, cruising along the ridge lines through the windmills

[mxpac76 10]

I keep talking about a motorcycle and my wife keeps saying no. I think it stems from the early days of our marriage when I wanted to get one with a sidecar and she was afraid, since we both worked at UW, that on the way to work one morning after we had had an argument, that I would pull the pin as we went around a corner. I tried to tell her it wasn't that simple to detach a side car but it didn't get me anywhere. sigh.

[mrsmojorisin 10]

I live in Hood River, love taking day rides through your neighborhood on my motorcycle, down through Shaniko, Antelope, all that area, cruising along the ridge lines through the windmills

 

I wish there was a PA school close enough to Hood River to commute to..I love it there

[Just Steve 68]

I wish there was a PA school close enough to Hood River to commute to..I love it there

 

I am attending UW and went to the Yakima campus. Rented a house with a couple of classmates, stayed in Yakima during the week and came home on weekends. My clinical year is shaking out to be half where I could live at home and the other half scattered to the wind up in western Washington and one rotation in Salem.

 

I worked and did my pre reqs in Portland, commuting there daily for four years. I can be at the base of the OHSU tram in about 1 hour 10 minutes.

 

Pacific University is probably 1:40 from Hood River, maybe closer to 2 hours, traffic depending.

 

Three well respected schools with fairly unique admission demographics. If I were to do it again I would apply to OHSU and live in Portland, couch surfing with friends in Hood River on weekends

Edited April 12, 2013 by Just Steve

[rev ronin 3,483]

I wish there was a PA school close enough to Hood River to commute to..I love it there

 

One of my class at Pacific commuted from The Dalles... she stayed in Portland during the week, and went home on weekends.

[EMEDPA 6,562]

one of my classmates at hahnemann in philadelphia commuted from dover, deleware every day....

[JCrownover 10]

I'm a UW graduate practicing in Salem in CTS.

[Doc Savage 29]

I am a UW graduate practicing in Medford Oregon.

[Spot23light 10]

Currently a student at Drexel hahnemann graduating in December and moving to the Portland area. (originally from Oregon)

[rev ronin 3,483]

Currently a student at Drexel hahnemann graduating in December and moving to the Portland area. (originally from Oregon)

 

Good luck getting a job once you get there. Portland has both OHSU and Pacific pumping out graduates every year, so the metro area is very locally saturated. If you're willing to go farther afield, you will have better job prospects.

[donwinder 19]

I have a great position that is available in salem right now. New grad, experienced, either way. It is a terrific place to work. It is actually a really fun day at work. Let me know if anyone is interested. We need someone now because we have grown so fast.

[lingeringmind 10]

I'm in Brookings, Curry County practicing psychiatry.

[primadonna22274 763]

Hi Dave!

I'm Lisa Lanning, we were on OSPA together when I was a student back in the day ;)

I moved to SC seven years ago but miss home and will probably eventually move back. I finish med school in June then residency after that...it will be a long time before I can afford motorcycles and toys like that :)

Hope you're well!

[beanerbabe 10]

Hey all, 

Im a PA student at JMU in Virginia. My husband and I have been looking to move to Bend for a couple years now and I'm in the process of setting up 2 rotations at St. Charles in Bend. Can anyone give some personal insight regarding practicing in Oregon in general compared to other states - is it more PA friendly then some? Average? Is Oregon more NP or PA dominant? What kinds of things do you think are important to know about being a PA in Oregon? Thanks everyone. 

[EMEDPA 6,562]

OR is definitely more pro-np than pa. WA is the opposite.

there are good jobs to be found in OR but most are not in metro areas.

[jdenning 92]

Get started on your application for license LONG before you plan to move. The Oregon Board of Medical Examiners is painfully slow to process and approve your application

[EMEDPA 6,562]

Get started on your application for license LONG before you plan to move. The Oregon Board of Medical Examiners is painfully slow to process and approve your application

yup. OR took me 6 months. WA took 1 week.

[G. Davenport 199]

And don't forget. Pay about same between states but OR has a state income tax and no sales tax. WA has a sales tax but no state income tax.

 

 

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[CorpsmanUP 87]

So you are saying work in Vancouver and shop in Portland?  :-)