Hi everyone, welcome to another episode of vlogmas!
Today I'm gonna be featuring another student in the healthcare field.
I'm gonna be featuring James aka Fresh Prince of Healthcare.
James is a physician assistant student and we're gonna be going through his typical day
as a PA student.
If you guys have any questions about what it's like to be a PA student, make sure to
check out all his social media information in the description below.
Hope you guys enjoy!
What's going on guys.
Hope you guys are all doing well.
Today I'm taking you guys with me through my day as a PA student.
Thanks again to Jamie for letting me be on her channel and being featured on her vlogmas.
If you haven't already subscribed to her, go ahead and subscribe down below.
She is honestly pretty much the boss of being a medical student and having a YouTube channel
so again, if you haven't already subscribed to her, subscribe down below.
For me today I have EKG class for 3 hours and then I have clinical skills lab where
we're gonna be learning about IVs and putting in IVs so hopefully I'll be able to vlog some
of that for you guys.
My day typically is 8am-3pm with class from 8am-12pm, lunch break from 12pm-1pm, and then
I have class again from 1-3pm.
I had an EKG exam yesterday which everything went well so I'm glad about that.
Next week I have two exams as well.
I have endocrinology and clinical skills exam.
And this session I'm taking 21 units so it's been nonstop exams every week, multiple exams
per week which is really tough but as long as you stay on top of your stuff it's not
too bad.
And I'll take you guys throughout my day.
Lecturer:"that's a normal progression"
Ready?
Alright, let's take a look at this.
First time doing an IV.
Thanks Scott.
James nailed it.
Didn't feel a thing.
How was the IV lab for you today?
It was awesome.
James let me poke him! and I got it.
What's going on guys.
We just finished the IV lab and it was a lot of fun.
kinda crazy how they just throw us in there to let us do that to our classmates.
But most of us were very successful in it and they did guide us well so that was awesome.
I did get stuck a few times.
I think three but everyone did a really good job.
...IV lab for you?
It was good! stuck once, stuck twice.
gotta help your fellow students learn and it's good being a guinea pig.
Have you done IVs before?
Oh yea, I used to be an ER tech.
So that's a really cool thing about getting close with your classmates.
You trust them to stick you with needles and IVs so that was really cool.
Now we're just gonna be studying for the rest of the night.
Got two exams next week and a quiz.
Two more weeks, two and a half more weeks until the holidays so we're really excited
for that.
so I actually have a paper due for my medically underserved class that's due tomorrow I'm
gonna be working on then I'm gonna grab dinner with a friend, my classmate and just study
for the rest of the night.
What is going on guys.
Hope you guys enjoyed today's vlog.
It's currently 11:20pm and I'm about to head home.
So something I want to talk to you guys about is why I chose PA over other medical professions.
but the biggest thing for me was I absolutely loved the PAs that I shadowed.
They were just very inspirational and motivating and passionate about what they did and that
really pushed me to be very passionate about the PA profession as well.
I love the lateral mobility, you don't have to be stuck into one specialty for the rest
of your life.
The education it's usually 2-3 years of schooling to get your masters it's a lot shorter than
going to medical school and you have very similar roles and responsibilities as a doctor.
Obviously you have limitations as a PA in terms of practicing independently in different
states and whatnot but for the most part you'll have very similar roles as a physician.
I love the teamwork and collaboration aspect of the field.
Again I just want to say thank you to Jamie at the Strive to Fit for letting me be part
of her vlogmas for this year.
She's seriously so inspirational and she's definitely someone I look up to as I'm also
pursuing a field in medicine but also trying to have a YouTube channel to help you guys
out and show you guys what it's like to be a PA student and help you guys with your path
in becoming PAs or doctors or nurse practitioners or whatever it may be.
Hope you guys enjoyed the vlog.
Hope you guys all have an amazing holiday.
Don't forget to be like my blood type, B POSITIVE! Peace