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…
SAGE ADVICE IN OUR INTERVIEW OF CREIGHTON PA PROGRAM DIRECTOR, STEPHANE VANDERMEULEN
Since we started doing interviews for our blog, we’ve had a desire to interview a PA Program Director. Given that we work with so many 1st and 2nd…
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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…
A JIMMY OF ALL TRADES
OUR INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY G. FROM PA COLLECTIVE We are particularly excited to share with you our interview with Jimmy G., who many of you may recognize as…
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…
CANDID INTERVIEW AND CAREER TIPS WITH JEFF NEVERS, CAREER ADVISOR
Introduction Between our engagement with presentations to PA programs, social media, through our website, and via other media, we’ve been getting a TON of questions from clinical year…
What are some “MUST-DOs” in a job interview?
For many PA graduates, it’s interview season! Here are 5 tips to crush your interview: 1. DRAW ON YOUR PA SCHOOL INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE We all had to go…
⚒️ TOOLS OF SUCCESS ⚒️
MDCalc.com Many are probably already using MDCalc.com, but just in case, I wanted to draw attention to and recommend it. I find this to be an incredibly helpful tool,…