TAKING AN ALTERNATIVE CAREER PATH
Interview with Monique J. Williams, PhD, MSPA One of the best pieces of PA career advice that we give is to cultivate and leverage your professional network. This…
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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,…
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…
REAL TALK with KAREN CALCANO, PA-C
WELCOME KAREN! In growing The PA Blueprint, one of our favorite aspects of this business journey is to connect, learn from, and follow other PA-preneurs. We’ve learned a…
SHIFT WORK vs. FIXED SCHEDULE: THE GREAT DEBATE
As those of us working in healthcare know, people don’t just seek medical care between the hours of 9-5. This means that for those of us on the…
WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL MORNING ROUTINE? A DAY IN THE LIFE OF SHAYNE
Here’s a peek behind the curtain of my workdays, as I’ve been asked about this recently, but before you read ahead, here’s this disclaimer: It’s not ground-breaking nor…
WHAT IS BURNOUT?
What is burnout? According to Christina Maslach, psychology professor and creator of the gold standard for burnout assessments (Maslach Burnout Inventory, or MBI): “Burnout is a psychological syndrome…
TREADING WATER
“AIN’T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT” VERSION: Working in medicine, pre-pandemic, felt like TREADING WATER: Dynamic, exhausting and with dire consequences of not being able to keep up with…
PANDEMIC-FRIED SOUL: My (latest) Burnout Story
“WTF??!!” — This was how my pandemic burnout was manifesting. It seemed like every new email, organization-wide protocol change, “red zone” area, COVID-19 related symptom, or essentially anything…
Giving (And Receiving) Thanks
As the worldwide pandemic rages on, Americans have arrived at one of our favorite holidays: Thanksgiving. For some, it is about food and football, but for others, it…