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Hello everyone. I am interested in medicine, health and helping people. My pre-requisites for PA will be finished in three weeks. I have been doing scribe work in an ER and it's not going well at all.

 

I am interested in learning about medical specialties for PAs that don't involve as much "multi-tasking" or switching between patients. I'd like to spend a little more time with each patient, not feel so rushed, and not juggle so many patients and incoming test results at once. I'm wondering what life is like for PAs who work in cardiology, pulmonolgy, internal medicine, etc. I have limited knowledge of these fields, but I do have a cardiology PA who is going to let me shadow him. I have also thought of possibly pursuing Anesthesiologist Assistant, Perfusionist, or Respiratory Therapist. I'm not looking for an "easy" job, just a less hectic one. Can anyone describe or suggest a field of medicine that I should look into? Thank you.

 

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Hello everyone. I am interested in medicine, health and helping people. My pre-requisites for PA will be finished in three weeks. I have been doing scribe work in an ER and it's not going well at all.

 

I am interested in learning about medical specialties for PAs that don't involve as much "multi-tasking" or switching between patients. I'd like to spend a little more time with each patient, not feel so rushed, and not juggle so many patients and incoming test results at once. I'm wondering what life is like for PAs who work in cardiology, pulmonolgy, internal medicine, etc. I have limited knowledge of these fields, but I do have a cardiology PA who is going to let me shadow him. I have also thought of possibly pursuing Anesthesiologist Assistant, Perfusionist, or Respiratory Therapist. I'm not looking for an "easy" job, just a less hectic one. Can anyone describe or suggest a field of medicine that I should look into? Thank you.

 

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Hello everyone. I am interested in medicine, health and helping people. My pre-requisites for PA will be finished in three weeks. I have been doing scribe work in an ER and it's not going well at all.

 

I am interested in learning about medical specialties for PAs that don't involve as much "multi-tasking" or switching between patients. I'd like to spend a little more time with each patient, not feel so rushed, and not juggle so many patients and incoming test results at once. I'm wondering what life is like for PAs who work in cardiology, pulmonolgy, internal medicine, etc. I have limited knowledge of these fields, but I do have a cardiology PA who is going to let me shadow him. I have also thought of possibly pursuing Anesthesiologist Assistant, Perfusionist, or Respiratory Therapist. I'm not looking for an "easy" job, just a less hectic one. Can anyone describe or suggest a field of medicine that I should look into? Thank you.

 

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Well, I'm not sure that there are no hectic jobs, but there are jobs in specialties. I work in cardiology and do have the luxury of working on one patient at a time. I round on patients in the hospital (do consults, do physical exam, assess the telemetry, review labs and tests, add/change medications, order new tests and consults for other services, write notes) and see patients in clinic (what's happened since we last saw you, review test results, adjust meds, order tests, refer to other specialists, admit to the hospital, etc).

 

While I work on one patient at a time, there are lots of patients to be seen in the course of a day. I may go to 3-6 different hospitals, as well as see 15-20 patients in my clinic. There is a fair amount of time management to be done.

 

That being said, I enjoy my work. Several times each day, I know exactly why I am doing this. It is especially rewarding seeing a patient in the hospital at death's door and then a few months later, coming into my clinic wearing her own clothes.

 

There certainly are "non-primary, non-emergency, non-surgical" jobs. I haven't seen an easy one though!

 

Good luck!

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Well, I'm not sure that there are no hectic jobs, but there are jobs in specialties. I work in cardiology and do have the luxury of working on one patient at a time. I round on patients in the hospital (do consults, do physical exam, assess the telemetry, review labs and tests, add/change medications, order new tests and consults for other services, write notes) and see patients in clinic (what's happened since we last saw you, review test results, adjust meds, order tests, refer to other specialists, admit to the hospital, etc).

 

While I work on one patient at a time, there are lots of patients to be seen in the course of a day. I may go to 3-6 different hospitals, as well as see 15-20 patients in my clinic. There is a fair amount of time management to be done.

 

That being said, I enjoy my work. Several times each day, I know exactly why I am doing this. It is especially rewarding seeing a patient in the hospital at death's door and then a few months later, coming into my clinic wearing her own clothes.

 

There certainly are "non-primary, non-emergency, non-surgical" jobs. I haven't seen an easy one though!

 

Good luck!

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Well, I'm not sure that there are no hectic jobs, but there are jobs in specialties. I work in cardiology and do have the luxury of working on one patient at a time. I round on patients in the hospital (do consults, do physical exam, assess the telemetry, review labs and tests, add/change medications, order new tests and consults for other services, write notes) and see patients in clinic (what's happened since we last saw you, review test results, adjust meds, order tests, refer to other specialists, admit to the hospital, etc).

 

While I work on one patient at a time, there are lots of patients to be seen in the course of a day. I may go to 3-6 different hospitals, as well as see 15-20 patients in my clinic. There is a fair amount of time management to be done.

 

That being said, I enjoy my work. Several times each day, I know exactly why I am doing this. It is especially rewarding seeing a patient in the hospital at death's door and then a few months later, coming into my clinic wearing her own clothes.

 

There certainly are "non-primary, non-emergency, non-surgical" jobs. I haven't seen an easy one though!

 

Good luck!

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Do not do anesthesia if you don't want to multi-task. You are multi-tasking both mentally and physically. Calculating dosages, holding the mask to face with one hand properly to open airway, squeezing bag, and adjusting pop off valve to assure proper pressure to inflate lungs but not go over 20 cm H20 and inflating the stomach. And that's basics.

 

Do radiology, occupational med at a company like a car factory that has an attached clinic, or ER in the middle of nowhere with few patients and obviously lower pay.

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Do not do anesthesia if you don't want to multi-task. You are multi-tasking both mentally and physically. Calculating dosages, holding the mask to face with one hand properly to open airway, squeezing bag, and adjusting pop off valve to assure proper pressure to inflate lungs but not go over 20 cm H20 and inflating the stomach. And that's basics.

 

Do radiology, occupational med at a company like a car factory that has an attached clinic, or ER in the middle of nowhere with few patients and obviously lower pay.

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Do not do anesthesia if you don't want to multi-task. You are multi-tasking both mentally and physically. Calculating dosages, holding the mask to face with one hand properly to open airway, squeezing bag, and adjusting pop off valve to assure proper pressure to inflate lungs but not go over 20 cm H20 and inflating the stomach. And that's basics.

 

Do radiology, occupational med at a company like a car factory that has an attached clinic, or ER in the middle of nowhere with few patients and obviously lower pay.

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Geriatric/home bound house visits. Lesser daily volume, change of scenery, and not as much to do since you're the mobile one and you can't have all the equipment with you. Consultants come separately as do phlebotomists in some cases. My mom is having to utilize such services and if teaching doesn't come to fruition for me later this year then this might be an easy, less stressful way to head into retirement.

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Geriatric/home bound house visits. Lesser daily volume, change of scenery, and not as much to do since you're the mobile one and you can't have all the equipment with you. Consultants come separately as do phlebotomists in some cases. My mom is having to utilize such services and if teaching doesn't come to fruition for me later this year then this might be an easy, less stressful way to head into retirement.

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Geriatric/home bound house visits. Lesser daily volume, change of scenery, and not as much to do since you're the mobile one and you can't have all the equipment with you. Consultants come separately as do phlebotomists in some cases. My mom is having to utilize such services and if teaching doesn't come to fruition for me later this year then this might be an easy, less stressful way to head into retirement.

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Do not do anesthesia if you don't want to multi-task. You are multi-tasking both mentally and physically. Calculating dosages, holding the mask to face with one hand properly to open airway, squeezing bag, and adjusting pop off valve to assure proper pressure to inflate lungs but not go over 20 cm H20 and inflating the stomach. And that's basics.

 

Do radiology, occupational med at a company like a car factory that has an attached clinic, or ER in the middle of nowhere with few patients and obviously lower pay.

 

Thanks for the tip about anesthesia.

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Do not do anesthesia if you don't want to multi-task. You are multi-tasking both mentally and physically. Calculating dosages, holding the mask to face with one hand properly to open airway, squeezing bag, and adjusting pop off valve to assure proper pressure to inflate lungs but not go over 20 cm H20 and inflating the stomach. And that's basics.

 

Do radiology, occupational med at a company like a car factory that has an attached clinic, or ER in the middle of nowhere with few patients and obviously lower pay.

 

Thanks for the tip about anesthesia.

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Do not do anesthesia if you don't want to multi-task. You are multi-tasking both mentally and physically. Calculating dosages, holding the mask to face with one hand properly to open airway, squeezing bag, and adjusting pop off valve to assure proper pressure to inflate lungs but not go over 20 cm H20 and inflating the stomach. And that's basics.

 

Do radiology, occupational med at a company like a car factory that has an attached clinic, or ER in the middle of nowhere with few patients and obviously lower pay.

 

Thanks for the tip about anesthesia.

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