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PAI24: PAs in Academia
In this episode, Paul interviews Bobbie Morici, MSPAS, PA-C, Director of the DeSales University PA Program in Center Valley, PA. Did you know that clinical practice isn’t all you can do as a PA? How about teaching PA students? Paul and Bobbie talk about what it’s like serving as faculty for a PA program, balancing… Continue reading PAI24: PAs in Academia
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PAI21: What’s Your Story?
The Physician Assistant Insider’s newest episode is out, and it addresses a huge factor in PA school interview success, or lack thereof. My first guest (ever!), Lisa Walker, PA-C, who has started and run multiple PA programs and interviewed literally thousands of PA hopefuls, joins me to ask you the question: What’s Your Story? Learning how to… Continue reading PAI21: What’s Your Story?
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PAI 20: Rejected by PA Schools! Now What?
Right about now thousands of PA school hopefuls are starting to find out: accepted or rejected. Sadly, many won’t get the nod. Have you been rejected by PA school? If so, you’re not alone. It can be hard to accept, but it’s what you do once you find out that will really determine your future. … Continue reading PAI 20: Rejected by PA Schools! Now What?
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PAI 19: How to open your PA School Application Essay
You don’t need to be an English major to write a good essay, but you do need a good beginning to get the reader engaged and to tell them some important things about you. Most students do a poor job of starting their PA school essays. In this episode Paul goes over how to write… Continue reading PAI 19: How to open your PA School Application Essay
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PAI 18: Get Involved!
Enough thinking about it — it’s time to act. If you’re exploring a career as a PA, it’s great to read and listen, but there are plenty of ways to get engaged and actually start DOING. What better way to learn and show your commitment to the field? Today Paul talks about how getting involved… Continue reading PAI 18: Get Involved!
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PAI 17: Medical Ethics Interview Questions
If you are interviewing for PA school, you can expect questions on ethics. Medical ethics is the study of right and wrong in the medical setting, and many students stumble on them and show their weakness. But with some learning and practice, this can be an area of your interview that sets you apart from… Continue reading PAI 17: Medical Ethics Interview Questions
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PAI 16: Difficult Patients
If you plan on going into medicine, you need to know right now, that not all of your patients will be appreciative, communicative, reasonable, or even NORMAL. Most patients are great, but there are also plenty of odd, demanding, impatient, inappropriate, or otherwise difficult people who it will be your job to help. Don’t let… Continue reading PAI 16: Difficult Patients
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PAI 15: Knowing Your Limits as a PA
There comes a time for any practitioner when a patient or problem is beyond you. PAs, just like physicians, are trained to know when that is. But how do you know? And what about mistakes and avoiding them? How does it work when you’re new to the PA scope of practice? To be a good… Continue reading PAI 15: Knowing Your Limits as a PA
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PAI 14: PAs and Continuing Medical Education
Once you graduate from PA school, the learning isn’t over. Sure, you learn on the job, but there’s still official learning to do. To maintain your license and national certification, there are specific requirements. In this episode we cover what you have to do to maintain your license and cert with continuing medical education (CME).
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PAI 13: Application Vital Signs
What are the big factors that determine the strength of your application to PA school overall? Probably the most common question we have been asked at Inside PA Training is “What are my chances of getting in?” Well, you know about vital signs of physical health like blood pressure and pulse, but do you know… Continue reading PAI 13: Application Vital Signs
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