All kinds of articles on what our experience was like being PA students
The Need to Compartmentalize
I used to think of my life like a box. It was full of all the people I interact with and the things I do every day. I was always trying to put it in order. PA training is demanding -- we've said that before. But because of its demands, I've learned through trial and error that in order to get things done well, I need to compartmentalize what I do.
White Coat Ceremony: A Day of Firsts
The white coat ceremony has become a tradition in medical training programs around the country and has a short but interesting history. The history for the ceremony at UCD is even shorter. Sometime last year, the second year students in our program felt so strongly that UCD needed a white coat ceremony that they took it on as a gift to the class that followed.
Two Exams Down, Two To Go
Tomorrow is the last day of finals. I survived my oral practicum -- I did okay, but I missed a few things that I should have known better on. As a psychotherapist, I should be a genius at collecting a psychosocial history. This is the part of the history where the clinician asks about the [...]
Next Up: Final Exams (Pass the Maalox)
These are desperate hours, friends. For the next few days, we will jam the last bits of information into our heads — heads that are already swimming with information. How Do Final Exams Work For PA School? […]
The PA Students Tour the MD Students’ Anatomy Lab
Today we were invited by the MD med students to tour the cadaver lab and see their completed dissections. It's a strange topic for me. I had anatomy before beginning PA school, and my PA training class studies it constantly. But as my pal, Sundance, puts it, it's the "applied" kind. Our [...]
PA Training in a Student-Run Clinic
Last weekend I got dropped into the middle of medicine. I spent the day volunteering at a UC Davis student-run clinic called Clinica Tepati. It was a first for me on many levels, and all I can say is it was totally awesome! What is a student-run clinic? […]