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What its like being a PA?

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Physician Assistant Medicine: 11 Misconceptions

There are plenty of misconceptions about the physician assistant field.  If you’ve never met a physician assistant or been treated by one, you’re left to guess what PAs do, and sometimes these guesses — though understandable — are just plain wrong.  What follows is a list of the 11 most common misconceptions about physician assistants. … Continue reading Physician Assistant Medicine: 11 Misconceptions

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Physician Assistant Career Dislikes #1: The Giving Tree

Since Inside PA Training’s inception, we’ve tried to keep it positive, since that’s how it’s been. Our readers are fired up about physician assistant careers, and we’ve worked to harness that enthusiasm whenever possible. But another tenet we’ve tried to adhere to is to be real about what this work is like. We shared a… Continue reading Physician Assistant Career Dislikes #1: The Giving Tree

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Do Physician Assistants Work Weekends, Nights, or Holidays?

One of the touted joys of the physician assistant profession is that “PAs don’t need to take call on holidays or weekends.”  I’ve even met several people who entered PA training for just this reason.  But…

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