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Medical Leadership: Boost Your Worth by Jumping In

Today’s article, Medical Leadership: Boost Your Worth by Jumping In, is by our active IPAT reader and Forum contributor, “Buffchic.” So take it way, Buff…

It’s never too early to think about medical leadership. The physician assistant profession is relatively new, and grass-roots advocacy is a great place for pre-PAs and PA students to become leaders. Being a student leader will put you at the helm [click to continue…]

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Cardiothoracic Surgery Week 2

May 3, 2012

Hey, everyone! I’m up to my elbows in hearts this week, the second week of my cardiothoracic surgery rotation. This week focuses on adult cardiac surgery. It was very long, but amazing and eventful day. In no particular order: This was my third scrub-in. Scrubbing in is where you’re sterile, and at the table with [...]

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Touch in Physical Examination

April 27, 2012

For new PA and medical students, touching patients is just plain awkward at first, which is why medical programs get students in close

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PA School Program Update: Graduation Nears

April 16, 2012

Since I’m heading into another rotation (and therefore will be pretty well buried for a month), I thought it would be a good time for a program update. There’s plenty going on, and plenty to do before the big day – June 9 – when I will graduate. Here are some of my recent activities: [...]

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Choosing the Best Physician Assistant School for You

April 9, 2012

Today’s article, Choosing the Best Physician Assistant School for You, is by our active IPAT reader and Forum contributor, “Buffchic.” Her article tackles an important topic, and she’s done a great job with it. So enjoy, and show her some comment love! -P Choosing the Best Physician Assistant School for You When you decide you [...]

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PA School Accreditation – Does it Matter?

April 3, 2012

If you’ve visited our PA Programs by State directory, you may have noticed our focus on PA program accreditation. What is accreditation? How important is it? If you want to become a physician assistant, this is important stuff. So here goes…

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PA School Application Tip #5: Network

March 26, 2012

To get into PA school, you must network. Forget being a wallflower, or braving it alone so you can prove to the world that you did it all by yourself. The world doesn’t care how you do it. Do you want to get in or not?

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Guest Post: “The Sickest Patient I Ever Saw”

March 18, 2012

My classmate Sundance – yes, the Sundance I’ve interviewed twice on video – recently shared with me a letter to her family about her inpatient rotation. She was kind enough to give me permission to publish it, and I’m sure you’ll see, as I did,

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Physician Assistant Insider Podcast, Episode 5: My Emergency Medicine Rotation

March 11, 2012

As PA school graduation on June 9th bears down on me, my hospital rotations are in full swing. With so much to do and so little free time, I decided to podcast about my Emergency Medicine rotation from my commute. What do PAs do in the ER? What is the personality of Emergency Medicine?

PAI05: Notes From My Emergency Medicine Rotation [ 20:21 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1133)

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Pre-PA and PA Student Resource of the Week: The Stanford 25

March 5, 2012

This week we bring you a great resource to help you learn physical examination skills. Medical and PA students are taught that 95% of any diagnosis comes from the history (interview) with the patient, meaning that you should usually have a pretty good idea of what is going on with a patient before you ever [...]

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