All Posts Tagged With: "Physician Assistant"

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Preparation for the PA Profession

If you are someone who has decided to become a Physician Assistant what can you do to enhance your path into PA School and make you a better student?

First, make sure you have completed all the necessary prerequisites.  I have seen some careers delayed a year while the student finished up some courses they did […]

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19Sep2008 | Bruce | 0 comments | Continued
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A TV Show About PAs?

Wingate University (located just outside of Charlotte, NC) will have its inaugural class of 20 students begin this August. Not only are they starting a new and very promising PA program, but they are also airing a television show […]

Popularity: 44% [?]

3Aug2008 | e.murray | 0 comments | Continued
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George Washington University PA Program

The GW PA Program is located on 23rd street in Washington D.C. It began as an experiment with men trained as military medics and corpsman in 1969. By 1972 the University authorized the organization of a degree granting Physician Assistant Program and to date have graduated over 1200 physician assistants.
The George Washington U. […]

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26Jul2008 | Bruce | 1 comment | Continued
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6 Options for Employment as a Physician Assistant

Clinical medicine is always going to be the number one place PAs work. No matter what organization we work for, opportunities to care for patients are going to be most prevalent. Here is a partial list of places to consider for employment:
1. Public organizations like the Veterans Administration, Federal and State Prisons and […]

Popularity: 51% [?]

27May2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The University of Iowa PA Program

The 2008 edition of the USNews graduate school rating edition gave the PA program at the University of Iowa a 4.3 out of 5. This rating brought it to the top of the list as the number one PA program. Duke rated 4.2 and Emory 4.1.
Iowa admits only 25 students each fall into […]

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14May2008 | Bruce | 0 comments | Continued
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The Experience and Opinion of Bruce L Bair PAC

Bruce is a graduate of Duke University PA Program in May 1978. He has been in clinical practice ever since. Here is a short video with some of his experience and opinion. He will have a 10 minute podcast interview soon.

Popularity: 63% [?]

Popularity: 63% [?]

25Apr2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The PA Path of Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth tells a bit of her story. She has a longer interview that will be available on this blog soon. We will soon be offering a tips booklet on how to be more efficient on the PA Path.

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Popularity: 74% [?]

12Apr2008 | e.murray | 5 comments | Continued
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What is a PA - video

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Popularity: 49% [?]

7Apr2008 | Bruce | 0 comments | Continued
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Book Review: A Kernel in the Pod

A Kernel in the Pod “The Adventures of a ‘Midlevel’ Clinician in a Top-level World”
by J. Michael Jones, PA-C
Reviewed by Elizabeth Murray
A Kernel in the Pod is a well written book that chronicles the life of the author himself, J. Michael Jones. The book tells of his journey to become a PA as well as […]

Popularity: 61% [?]

22Mar2008 | e.murray | 0 comments | Continued
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Podcast Ideas

Hello to all who follow The PA Path.
We have had some technical difficulties and hope to have them solved soon.
We (Bruce and Elizabeth) recently did a podcast interview with James (who did the asking, we did the answering). James is thinking of changing careers to become a Physician Assistant. The interview is 52 minutes […]

Popularity: 63% [?]

22Feb2008 | Bruce | 4 comments | Continued
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