#physician associate

[joanna-study]

{21.07.26}

Tomorrow is my anatomy/physiology exam!!

I'm reviewing neuroanatomy because I feel that nothing registered in my brain when I first learned it.🥲😅

Is it normal to learn something and the next day nothing is there?

[populationpensive]

New Year, New Me?

2025 was.... a year. I, like many people, found myself a tad overwhelmed with the events around the world and here in the US.

2026 seems to be shaping up similarly with its bullshit.

I am still in the ICU, though I am doing more HBOT these days. I have an administrative gig as well which added some new responsibilities. One of those tasks was formalizing our fellowship curriculum as our program seeks accreditation. That teaching degree is coming in handy!

I am fast approaching 7 years as a PA-C. I registered for the PANRE-LA and that was just...mind boggling. It my head it was further off. I suppose it isn't.

I'm in a relatively comfortable place in my career. I know what I don't know and I know what I know. I have great professional relationships and my work is fulfilling.

I will say that I haven't done a great job of dealing with all that I compartmentalize from work. I see a lot of sad, depressing shit. I can compartmentalize that VERY well. Unpacking those boxes later is a little problematic. I am hoping this year I will appreciate the process of unpacking so that it positively impacts my health and life.

[xinghai]

This is unrelated from my usual posts, but if anyone has questions about what it's like to be in a physician assistant master's program (application process, patient care hours, personal statement, my experience in the program, etc.), feel free to ask!. I'm in the first quarter of my first year, and I'm happy to share my experiences and resources that I've used thus far!

[donutkillme]

My first Chem Exam is today… I feel gr8

[anauro]

hi, this might be really stupid but i just really wanted to say thank you so much for the extent of research you put into the medical aspect of your fic, it interested so much and seriously has me looking into an anesthesiology career path after i get my bachelors degree in biochemistry. i’ve been undecided for the longest time but the concepts you introduced to me helped steer me in that direction :D

Hiya!

OMG ANON, REALLY??

That’s not stupid at all, that’s great!! I’m honestly so flattered my fic made you consider medicine, NHS should pay me some sort of recruitment fee lmao.

Have you heard of anaesthesia associates?? Or physician associates?

It may be a faster and potentially easier way into healthcare than doing a whole 4-5 years medicine degree and then training for 10 years +. And the pay check for PAs is pretty great, considering they don’t do nights or weekends! The downside is that there’s little career progression and you’ll be in your 50s having to listen to consultants who used to come to you for advice when they were a junior lol. But PAs in intensive care review patients on their own, make plans, they can insert central and arterial lines and there’s a drive to teach them to intubate too! Have a look into that if you haven’t and good luck with your BSc!! 💕

[alo-pa-s]

PA school, day 16. Spending my weekend studying for pharm and fun med ✌🏻

[bentancurs-bitch]

In the UK, the Physician Associate course is self-funded of around £18,000 for 2 years. There is a masters loan of £10,000 from Student Finance England that is supposed to last for 2 years. Currently, we also receive a grant from a health body within the UK to help cover the rest of the funds, but it still doesn't cover it completely.

At the end of our 2 year course, we have to take National exams, which (hopefully if we pass!!) results in us being Qualified and employable in the eyes of the government. Currently, these exams are partially subsidised by the FPA (Pa's governing body) as they recognise that PA students can struggle to work alongside the intense course, thus it costs £595. However, we were informed the other day that this price would be increased over the next few years, with my cohort facing an exam cost of £790. We legally cannot work as a PA for the NHS without this exam, yet most students realistically won't be able to afford the exams after a gruelling 2 years of studying and having placements on varying hospital wards.

Yes, we've been given notice, but the reason for increasing the price is weak. The NHS is crying out for new staff, yet these price increases will put new students off.

A petition has been released to ask the FPA to break down the price increase so that it makes a bit more sense.

If you would like to sign the petition to help me and my fellow PA students out, then please do so! Feel free to share aswell, it would be really appreciated!

Sign the Petition

FPA to release a breakdown for the increase of the PANE Fee

[stevesnightmares]

I hate that the question asked to nurses/nurse practitioners/physician associates is not "why did you became a RN/NP/PA" but "why didn't you become a doctor?". No one asks an architect why they didn't become an engineer or a cameraman why they didn't become a director or why a firefighter didn't become a police officer. I don't see anyone else having to explain why they chose their profession instead of another one. MD/DOs are different from RNs/NPs/PAs, they do different things, so these people chose these jobs because THESE are the jobs that they want, because that's what they want to be and what they want to do. They don't have to give you their top 5 reasons why they chose their job over becoming a doctor, because the only reason is that they wanted to do that job. You can ask them why they chose that job, what they love about it, what made them choose it, if they're someone that was actually thinking of becoming an MD and then chose to become a RN you can ask them why they did that, what made them chose, otherwise the question "why did become an RN instead of an MD" is just stupid. Not everyone wants to become a doctor. Becoming an MD is not everyone's goal, different people want different things and choose different paths.