ALL ABOUT THE PANCE: Basics, Resources, Pro Tips + More
PANCE BASICS So, you’re moving along within the clinical year, or maybe getting ready to graduate and have this looming certification exam ahead of you. When we give…
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CAREER VITAL SIGNS
INTRO When assessing a patient’s state of wellness or illness, one of the most important things that we collect are the vital signs: temperature, heart rate, blood pressure,…
NEGOTIATING FOR MORE: How to recognize and build leverage
NOT JUST SWEET-TALKING Fine, I’m just going to come right out and say it: Don’t let any talking heads convince you that the only thing standing between you…
SHAYNE’S FAVORITE PRIMARY CARE RESOURCES
In 10 years of primary care and urgent care medicine, I’ve vetted quite a few resources, and have some personal favorites. I figured I would share those with…
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APPLICATION ESSENTIALS FOR PAs
Sometimes the inertia of creating your resume, CV, clinical summary and cover letters can be hard to overcome. If you’re soon-to-be-graduating, you may be getting ready to apply…
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Getting those requisite 1-2 years of experience
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re graduating soon and looking for jobs, reading through postings that sound great, only to scroll down further and find the dreaded…
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JOB POSTINGS: What you need to know
We all look at job postings. Perhaps you’re a clinical year PA student and searching for your first job…how exciting and overwhelming at the same time! Or, you…
PABP INVESTIGATION: Wood-Fired Morale Boosting in Healthcare
Most of you probably associate us at The PA Blueprint with our ground-breaking work on career optimization for PAs and other medical professionals. While that remains our primary…
PRACTICE OWNERSHIP: INTERVIEW w/ TESS MACQUEEN, PA-C
Full transparency to start: Tess MacQueen and I go way back to the grind of PA school at the University of New England, where we graduated together in…
Why am I refinancing my student loans?
Why am I finally refinancing my student loans? It feels so good to be finally saying “F@#* off, Fedloan!” Since I started payments in 2012, I’ve found working…
3 SECRETS TO GETTING INTO PA SCHOOL
If you’re thinking there is some hack that I can tell you, in order to bypass the prerequisites and requirements for PA school, then you are already mistaken….
WHAT IS THE COST OF FINANCIAL IGNORANCE?
Job#1 I’ve been working as a PA for nearly 10 years, but only within the last 1.5 years did I understand my finances. I had no idea about…