IF YOU ARE WONDERING HOW TO SUCCEED AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, WE ARE HERE TO HELP! BECOMING A
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT AND LEARNING HOW TO SUCCEED HAS BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DEVELOPED OVER
THE YEARS… WITH HUNDREDS OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, THIS EXCITING MEDICAL CAREER
IS AVAILABLE TO YOU REGARDLESS OF YOUR LOCATION. OVERALL, THE PATH TO BECOMING A PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT REQUIRES YEARS OF PREPARATION AND TWO TO THREE YEARS OF COMMITMENT TO THE PA PROGRAM...
LUCKILY, UNLIKE BECOMING AN MD OR D-O, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENCY… GRADUATES OF P-A
PROGRAMS MUST ONLY WRITE A LICENSING EXAM PRIOR TO ENTERING THE WORKFORCE… WITH THAT BEING SAID,
THESE ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND SELECTIVE PROGRAMS WITH STRICT REQUIREMENTS! SO IN THIS
VIDEO I WILL GO OVER THE PATH TO BECOMING A P.A., THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR P.A. PROGRAMS,
AND HOW YOU CAN PREPARE FOR YOUR PA SCHOOL INTERVIEWS
HI! I’M NATALIE STOBERMAN AND I’M AN ADMISSIONS ASSOCIATE HERE AT BEMO. BEFORE WE GET STARTED,
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HERE’S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO COVER: PA SCHOOL STATISTICS
WHAT KIND OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND DO YOU NEED TO BECOME A PA?
PA SCHOOL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS ACING THE PA INTERVIEW
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PROGRAM… AND I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO SO MAKE SURE YOU WATCH THE WHOLE THING SO
YOU DON’T MISS IT… LET’S GET STARTED! PA SCHOOL STATISTICS
FIRSTLY, LET’S DISCUSS HOW COMPETITIVE PA PROGRAMS ARE AND WHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES OF
GETTING IN. GETTING ACCEPTED TO PA PROGRAMS IS NOT EASY. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA,
THE OVERALL PA SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATE IN THE UNITED STATES IS 31.6%,
COMPARED WITH ABOUT 40% ACCEPTANCE RATE FOR MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
THERE ARE NEARLY 300 PA PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES AND 4 IN CANADA, EACH WITH ITS OWN
REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS. IF YOU ARE DECIDING BETWEEN PA VS MD, OR JUST LOOKING TO GAIN MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS REQUIRED OF BOTH TYPES OF MATRICULANTS, IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO FAMILIARIZE
YOURSELF WITH THE GENERAL ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS OF BOTH PROFESSIONS. IF YOU ARE APPLYING IN
CANADA, IT'S BEST TO LOOK AT THE ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS OF EVERY CANADIAN MEDICAL SCHOOL
AND EVERY PA PROGRAM THAT INTERESTS YOU. IF YOU ARE APPLYING IN THE UNITED STATES,
LEARN HOW TO USE MSAR TO SELECT THE BEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS FOR YOU AND CHECK OUT THE PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (PAEA) PROGRAM DIRECTORY TO RESEARCH PA SCHOOLS IN THE U.S...
THE PAEA DATABASE PROVIDES ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION REGARDING PA SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS,
INCLUDING THE PROGRAM'S MISSION, PREREQUISITES, GPA AND GRE SCORES, TUITION, CLINICAL EXPERIENCE,
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, AND MORE. WHILE YOU RESEARCH, REFLECT ON HOW YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES AND
ACHIEVEMENTS FIT IN WITH THE PROGRAMS YOU REVIEW. DO YOU NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR GPA? DO YOU NEED TO
GET MORE CLINICAL HOURS UNDER YOUR BELT? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WHO YOU CAN ASK FOR A REFERENCE LETTER?
USE THE DATABASE TO COMPARE THE PROGRAMS AND CHOOSE THE PROGRAM THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU.
AND WHILE EACH SCHOOL IN CANADA OR THE U.S. WILL HAVE ITS OWN EXPECTATIONS,
IN THIS VIDEO WE WILL REVIEW SOME GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ALL PA SCHOOLS HAVE.
SO WHAT KIND OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND DO YOU NEED TO BECOME A PA?
JUST LIKE MEDICAL SCHOOLS, PA PROGRAMS DO NOT EXPECT APPLICANTS TO MAJOR IN ANY PARTICULAR
DISCIPLINE DURING THEIR UNDERGRAD. YOU CAN PURSUE A COURSE OF STUDY THAT INTERESTS YOU
AND THE ONE YOU EXCEL IN – REMEMBER, YOU MUST ACHIEVE A HIGH GPA TO BE A COMPETITIVE CANDIDATE
AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO STUDY WHAT YOU ENJOY. AS YOU ARE COMPLETING YOUR
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE, DON’T FORGET TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NECESSARY PA PREREQUISITES.
THERE ARE SOME COURSES THAT YOU MUST TAKE TO ENSURE THAT YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE REVIEWED.
THESE ARE NOT UNLIKE MEDICAL SCHOOL PREREQUISITES RANGING FROM CHEMISTRY,
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TO STATISTICS... MANY SCHOOLS MAY ALSO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL
COURSEWORK THAT WILL PREPARE YOU FOR THE PA PROGRAM. WHILE THESE TEND TO BE RECOMMENDED
RATHER THAN REQUIRED, HAVING THESE COURSES LIKE GENERAL BIOLOGY, GENETICS OR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
IN YOUR TRANSCRIPTS COULD GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE... IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MOST PA SCHOOLS WILL
REQUIRE YOU TO TAKE UNDERGRADUATE COURSES THAT ARE “UPPER” RATHER THAN “LOWER” LEVEL.YOU’RE
PROBABLY WONDERING ‘WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?’... WHAT MAKES AN UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE UPPER- OR LOWER-LEVEL OFTEN DEPENDS ON HOW THEY’RE DESIGNATED BY THE SCHOOL’S REGISTRAR...
WHILE A GENETICS COURSE AT “A” UNIVERSITY MIGHT BE ALLOCATED AS A 100-LEVEL COURSE,
“B” UNIVERSITY MIGHT COVER THE SAME MATERIAL IN A 200-LEVEL GENETICS COURSE. SO IN THIS CASE,,
I STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO TAKE THE UPPER-LEVEL COURSES THAT ARE OFFERED IN YOUR COLLEGE…
THOUGH EACH SCHOOL HAS DIFFERENT REGISTRAR SYSTEMS, THE PA PROGRAMS WILL NOT INVESTIGATE
WHETHER YOUR COURSEWORK COVERED THE NECESSARY MATERIAL. SO, IF YOUR DESIRED PA PROGRAM
REQUIRES UPPER-LEVEL COURSES, MAKE SURE TO TAKE 300- OR 400-LEVEL COURSES TO FULFILL THOSE
REQUIREMENTS. WHILE THIS DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU AN ACCEPTANCE, IT AT LEAST ELIMINATES THE CHANCE
THAT HAVING LOWER-LEVEL COURSES WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU IN THE APPLICANT SELECTION PROCESS.
PA SCHOOL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS NOW LET’S GO OVER SOME GENERAL PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS THAT MOST SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA EXPECT TO SEE IN YOUR APPLICATION.
LET’S BEGIN WITH GPA THE LATEST PAEA DATA DEMONSTRATES THAT
THE OVERALL AVERAGE GPA OF PA MATRICULANTS IS 3.6, THE AVERAGE SCIENCE GPA IS 3.5,
THE AVERAGE NON-SCIENCE GPA IS 3.6.... SO THIS IS MY FRIENDLY REMINDER TO YOU TO CHECK THE GPA
EXPECTATIONS OF YOUR PROGRAMS OF CHOICE BEFORE YOU APPLY AND KEEP TRACK OF YOUR GPA IN EACH CATEGORY
AS YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS. WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR GPA,
THERE ARE SOME RULES YOU SHOULD FOLLOW. FIRSTLY, TO ENSURE A HIGH OVERALL GPA,
YOU ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO PURSUE A COURSE OF STUDY YOU TRULY ENJOY. REMEMBER, PA PROGRAMS DO
NOT CARE ABOUT WHICH DISCIPLINE YOU STUDY IN YOUR UNDERGRAD. SO MAKE SURE YOU MAJOR IN SOMETHING YOU
EXCEL IN AND TAKE COURSES YOU KNOW YOU WILL ACE. WHILE YOUR OVERALL GPA IS IMPORTANT, AS YOU CAN
SEE, PA SCHOOLS WILL PAY ATTENTION TO EACH OF THE GPA CATEGORIES DURING THE APPLICATION REVIEW.
THOSE SCIENCE AND NON-SCIENCE PREREQUISITES AVERAGES WILL NOT BE HIDDEN AMONGST COURSES
YOU DID WELL IN. SO, THIS MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO WELL IN ALL YOUR COURSE REQUIREMENTS...
NOW LET’S MOVE ONTO GRE SCORE REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAMS IN
AMERICA, YOU WILL NEED TO WRITE YOUR GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION (GRE).
MOST PA PROGRAMS DO NOT ACCEPT MCAT SCORES, BUT YOU CAN CHECK WHAT KIND OF SCORES YOUR PROGRAMS
OF CHOICE ACCEPT USING THE PAEA DATABASE. THE LGRE TESTS STUDENTS’ VERBAL REASONING SKILLS,
CRITICAL THINKING, AND ANALYTICAL WRITING SKILLS. IT IS COMPOSED OF THREE SECTIONS:
ANALYTICAL WRITING: ONE SECTION WITH TWO SEPARATELY TIMED WRITING TASKS
WITH 30 MINS PER TASK… QUANTITATIVE REASONING:
TWO 35-MINUTE SECTIONS – 20 QUESTIONS PER SECTION… VERBAL REASONING: TWO 30-MINUTES SECTIONS – 20
QUESTIONS PER SECTION… THE TEST TAKES ABOUT 4 HOURS TO COMPLETE.
YOU CAN TAKE THE TEST EVERY 21 DAYS UP TO 5 TIMES WITHIN A CONTINUOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD.
A BIG ADVANTAGE OF THE GRE OVER THE MCAT IS THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE WHICH GRE SCORES YOU
WANT TO SEND TO YOUR CHOSEN PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE WHETHER YOU HAVE TAKEN
THE GRE MULTIPLE TIMES. SO, RETAKE THE TEST TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE AS MANY TIMES AS YOU NEED...
CASPER IS ANOTHER COMMON REQUIREMENT FOR PA SCHOOLS
A GROWING NUMBER OF PA PROGRAMS REQUIRE THEIR APPLICANTS TO TAKE THIS SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT TEST.
IF YOU’RE UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS TEST FORMAT, HERE’S A QUICK RECAP...
CASPER IS AN ONLINE SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT TEST THAT AIMS TO ASSESS YOUR SUITABILITY FOR PROFESSIONAL
PROGRAMS. THE ENTIRE TEST IS WRITTEN ON A COMPUTER. THE TEST IS COMPOSED OF 12 SCENARIOS
DEALING WITH REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS, INCLUDING PERSONAL DILEMMAS, PROFESSIONAL EMERGENCIES,
AND OTHER MORAL PREDICAMENTS. ONCE YOU'VE OPENED A SCENARIO,
YOU’LL BE ASKED 3 FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS BASED ON THAT SCENARIO… SO. ESSENTIALLY, THE QUESTIONS WILL
PROD YOU TO ANSWER HOW YOU WOULD DEAL WITH THE SITUATION.... YOU ARE GIVEN 5 MINUTES TO TYPE YOUR
ANSWERS FOR THOSE THREE QUESTIONS. YOUR ANSWER FOR EACH SCENARIO IS GIVEN A SCORE BETWEEN 1,
THE LOWEST, AND 9 THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SCORE... WHILE NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO PREPARE FOR,
CASPER SKILLS ARE COACHABLE SO MAKE SURE TO PUT SOME TIME IN CASPER PREP BEFORE YOU TAKE THE TEST.
MOVING ON TO EXTRACURRICULARS... PA APPLICANTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEMONSTRATE
VERSATILITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ALTRUISM BY PARTICIPATING IN A VARIETY OF EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES. IN FACT, PA APPLICANTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE MUCH MORE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE THAN THEIR MD
COUNTERPARTS. AS A PA CANDIDATE, YOU SHOULD AIM TO HAVE AT LEAST 2000 HOURS OF HANDS-ON PATIENT
EXPERIENCE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. THIS IS 20 TIMES MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF
SHADOWING HOURS REQUIRED FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL! SO START EARNING THOSE HOURS AS SOON AS YOU CAN...
FIRST, REACH OUT TO YOUR LOCAL HOSPITALS AND RETIREMENT HOMES
TO SEE IF THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ANY VOLUNTEERS. WHEN YOU CONTACT THESE INSTITUTIONS, EXPLAIN
THAT YOU ARE A STUDENT ON TRACK TO APPLY TO PA PROGRAMS AND THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO GET EXPOSED
TO CLINICAL WORK. THEY’LL PROBABLY START YOU OFF WITH SOMETHING SMALL AND INSIGNIFICANT TO YOU… BUT
YOUR DEDICATION AND INTEGRITY CAN CERTAINLY HELP YOU GET WORK THAT'S PATIENT-CENTRIC…
DON’T FORGET THAT PA PROGRAMS ALSO LOOK AT YOUR OTHER EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS
THAT DEMONSTRATE YOUR SUITABILITY FOR PA PROGRAMS, SUCH AS LEADERSHIP, RESEARCH, COMMUNITY SERVICE,
AND HOBBIES... QUALITY EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF ACADEMIA CAN MAKE YOUR APPLICATION STAND OUT
AND DEPICT YOU AS A VERSATILE CANDIDATE… IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP A LOG OF YOUR ACTIVITIES
AND HOURS. IF YOU ARE STILL IN YOUR UNDERGRAD, START WRITING DOWN THIS INFORMATION NOW...
WHEN YOU FILL OUT YOUR PA APPLICATIONS, IT WILL BE EASIER TO RECALL WHICH ACTIVITIES YOU PARTICIPATED
IN AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IN YOUR APPLICATION AND ESSAYS WITH THIS LOG...
SPEAKING OF ESSAYS... YOUR PA PERSONAL ESSAY IS
THE APPLICATION COMPONENT THAT CAN REALLY MAKE YOU SHINE AS A CANDIDATE. WHILE YOUR GRADES,
SCORES, VOLUNTEER HOURS, AND PREREQUISITES SHOW THAT YOU’VE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK TO COMPLETE ALL THE
NECESSARY ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS, YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT MAKES YOUR APPLICATION COME ALIVE.
YOU ARE NO LONGER JUST A COLLECTION OF DATA – YOUR ESSAY WILL DEMONSTRATE YOUR BACKGROUND
AND ENVIRONMENT, VALUES, AND OBJECTIVES. DOING THIS IN 5000 CHARACTERS OR LESS
IS NOT AN EASY TASK – THIS IS WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO START WRITING YOUR ESSAY EARLY.
START BY BRAINSTORMING WHAT EXPERIENCES AND EVENTS LEAD YOU TO PURSUE MEDICINE.
THERE MIGHT BE A LONG LIST OF THESE EXPERIENCES BUT TRY TO NARROW THEM DOWN...
THESE WILL BE THE BASIS OF YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS. WHILE IT IS DIFFICULT TO
CHOOSE THE MAIN TALKING POINTS OF YOUR ESSAY, TRY TO CREATE A COHESIVE, CAPTIVATING NARRATIVE
USING 2 OR 3 EXPERIENCES. REMEMBER TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THESE EVENTS OR EXPERIENCES IMPACTED YOUR
DECISION TO BECOME A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT. THEN IT WILL BE TIME FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO
SPEAK TO THOSE EXPERIENCES ON YOUR BEHALF... RECOMMENDATION LETTERS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
COMPONENTS OF YOUR PA APPLICATION. THEY PROVIDE AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF YOUR SKILLS,
EXPERIENCES, AND PERSONALITY. EACH PA PROGRAM HAS ITS OWN RECOMMENDATION REQUIREMENTS,
SO MAKE SURE TO RESEARCH YOUR CHOSEN SCHOOLS TO FIND OUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION POLICIES.
GENERALLY, PA SCHOOLS WILL ASK FOR 3 REFERENCE LETTERS,
BUT SOME SCHOOLS MAY ASK FOR MORE. A SCHOOL MAY ALSO ASK FOR LETTERS FROM SPECIFIC REFEREES.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE A RECENT COLLEGE GRAD, A PA PROGRAM MAY ASK FOR A LETTER OF
REFERENCE FROM ONE OF YOUR COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKFORCE FOR A WHILE,
YOU MAY BE ASKED TO PROVIDE LETTERS FROM YOUR WORK SUPERVISORS. SO, PAY ATTENTION
TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFICATIONS OF EACH PROGRAM YOU THAT APPLY TO...
RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM THE MEDICAL AND ACADEMIC COMMUNITY IS INVALUABLE; THIS IS WHY YOU MUST
CAREFULLY PLAN WHO WILL BE YOUR REFEREES AND HOW YOU WILL ASK THEM TO BE YOUR RECOMMENDERS.
SO NOW THAT YOU APPLIED TO YOUR PREFERRED PA PROGRAMS, WHAT COMES NEXT? IF THE SCHOOLS DEEM
YOU A GREAT APPLICANT, YOU WILL BE INVITED FOR AN INTERVIEW...THIS IS THE LAST HURDLE BETWEEN YOU
AND AN ACCEPTANCE, SO ACING THIS STEP IS CRUCIAL… ACING THE PA INTERVIEW
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF INTERVIEW FORMATS USED BY PA PROGRAMS TO SCREEN THEIR APPLICANTS.
TYPICALLY, IF YOU RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW INVITE FROM A PA SCHOOL, THE EMAIL WILL CONTAIN ALL THE
NECESSARY INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR INTERVIEW, INCLUDING ITS FORMAT, DATE, AND LOCATION.
TO GET READY FOR YOUR INTERVIEW, GO OVER PA SCHOOL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS YOU MAY ENCOUNTER. WHILE YOU
ARE LIKELY TO CONFRONT PROFESSION-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT PA DUTIES AND REGULATIONS,
YOU MUST ALSO BE READY TO ANSWER MORE COMMON QUESTIONS LIKE “TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF”
AND “WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST WEAKNESS?” OTHER QUESTIONS TO PREPARE FOR INCLUDE:
“CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE HISTORY OF THE PA PROFESSION?” YOU DON’T NEED TO MEMORIZE
THE ENTIRE TIMELINE OF EVENTS THAT LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PA PROFESSION,
BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE A SENSE OF HOW AND WHY THE PROFESSION BEGAN, THE CONTEXT FROM WHICH IT
EMERGED, THE NEEDS IT SOUGHT TO ADDRESS, AND SOME MILESTONES IN ITS DEVELOPMENT.
ANOTHER QUESTION YOU SHOULD EXPECT IS “HOW HAVE YOU PREPARED YOURSELF FOR THE PA PROFESSION?
HOW ARE YOU MAKING YOURSELF AND YOUR APPLICATION MORE COMPETITIVE?” FOR THIS ONE, IT IS CRUCIAL
THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE PA PROFESSION, NOT JUST TO HEALTHCARE AS A WHOLE....
THIS IS AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE PROFESSION,
SO YOUR ANSWER WILL BE HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED. SO, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR VOLUNTEERING, SHADOWING,
OR CLINICAL EXPERIENCES, JUST AS LONG AS THESE EXPERIENCES HELPED SOLIDIFY
YOUR DECISION TO PURSUE THIS PARTICULAR PATH... ANOTHER COMMON QUESTION TO PREPARE FOR IS “WHAT IS
YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PA’S DO?” THIS QUESTION HAS BOTH A GENERAL AND A SPECIFIC COMPONENT,
EACH OF WHICH WILL DEPEND AT LEAST IN PART ON WHERE YOU’RE HOPING TO PRACTICE.
SO MY BEST PIECE OF ADVICE IS TO KNOW WHAT THOSE REGULATIONS ARE IN THE AREA THAT YOU WANT TO
PRACTICE… NOTE DOWN SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE AS IT CAN ALSO HELP YOU ANSWER
THE QUESTION, "WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A PA?"... THERE’S DEFINITELY NO AVOIDING THAT QUESTION,.
IN SOME WAYS, THIS QUESTION, “CARRIES WITH IT AN IMPLICIT ADDITIONAL COMPONENT -- WHICH IS,
“WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A PA, AS OPPOSED TO AN MD?” SINCE THIS IS STILL A RELATIVELY NEW MEDICAL ROLE,
THERE ARE MANY MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT A PA IS AND WHY SOMEONE WOULD CHOOSE THIS ROUTE.
CONSIDER YOUR STRENGTHS, KEY QUALITIES, VALUES AROUND COLLABORATIVE HEALTHCARE,
AND GOALS AS AN ASPIRING MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL... THAT’S OUR GUIDE FOR HOW TO BECOME A PHYSICIAN
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