A Career As A Physician's Assistant

This paper explores the career field of a Physician Assistant. The research accumulated in this paper covers general information about becoming a Physician Assistant, information about a specific employer who would hire someone desiring to become a Physician Assistant, and a description of the typical career path one follows as he/she advances when becoming a Physician Assistant. That includes the prerequisite requirements, job salary, job satisfaction, and many more. In Section IV there is also an interview with Eddie Davis, who is a Physician Assistant at OrthoCarolina. The findings in this research paper suggest that

Being a Medical Assistant requires much strength, as well as being able to multitask however there are many ways to grow in the medical field.

The organizations that support Medical assistants are American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), The American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA), The Association of Healthcare Administrative Professionals, According to https://www.salterschool.com/professional-organizations-for-medical-assistants/#.WtifeW4vwdU(2017, May 17). The organizations support MA’s differently such as AAMA provides medical assistant professionals with education, certification, credential acknowledgment, networking opportunities, and advocacy for quality patient-centered health care. They offer Members to receive benefits such as a complimentary subscription to CMA Today magazine, discounts for CMA certification exams, reduced rates for continuing education

Defining a moment in life that determines a career pathway is often a difficult task. Though sometimes inspiration from a particular person or event directly impacts that decision. The goal of becoming a Physician Assistant became clear for me in 2013 when I spent many months dealing with health professionals before and after the death of my infant daughter. This was a life changing moment and I knew then that the passion for working with people and being able to help solve some of the medical mysteries with diagnostic components would be where I wanted to make my career. Choosing the Physician Assistant role allows more of a social aspect with direct patient care in comparison to a Physician, yet they are more equipped to tailor a plan

Physician assistants work with doctors and surgeons and examine patients, analyze medical test results, and treating minor injuries under the supervision of medical professionals. They can also manage inventory, supervise medical technicians and prescribe medication. To become a physician’s assistant, he or she must complete four steps. Step one is to be able to qualify for a physician assistant program. To become qualified, they must acquire at least a bachelor’s degree that has education programs accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).4

I chose the career of Physician Assistant, since it’s compatible with my interests, skills, and work values. Physician Assistants provide patient services under the direct supervision and responsibility of physicians. I ideally wanted a job that did not require more than a master's degree; this job fits that as well as other criteria. Physician Assistants, like other health care employees, want to help people directly. This is my goal for a career and becoming a Physician Assistant allows me to do this also with a comfortable amount of schooling.

I would like to develop my knowledge of all aspects of the Healthcare Assistants role to support the pharmacist, and become self-confident in meeting all aspects of the role, by learning and providing both excellent and knowledgeable patient service. On top this I wish learn, and excel, in all aspects of the Healthcare Assistants role so not as to only become a valuable member of the surgery team, but also to develop my pharmacy career.

To begin with, I am currently going to East Valley Institute of Technology to become a certified medical assistant. After my senior year I will continue my schooling in order to go into the health care. I will do this by continuing to go to Mesa Community College were I will finish to get my associates in applied science of nurse. When I have finished that I will transfer to the university of Arizona to become part of their nursing program, at the same time work on getting my bachelor's and master's degree. This will help be to become an RN. My ultimate goal is to become a registered nurse working in the emergency room, as well as hopefully travel around the world as a missionary nurse to help others in

There are more than 100,000 certified Physician Assistants practicing medicine in the United States. PA’s have a very high starting salary and get to do a lot of hands on work. After just two years of schooling you can come out making an average of $94,000. Being stuck at a desk all day is dreadful, and physician assistants get to choose what they want their work environment to look like. Job opportunities for a PA are expected to go up by more than thirty percent between 2010 and 2020. When you are a PA you have a huge amount of flexibility to choose your specialization. I know that a PA is the best career choice for me because i love to work with people and enjoy social interaction, i love to have flexibility to be able to spend time with my family, and there are very good benefits and there will always be job openings.

My chosen degree program is Associates of Applied Science in Medical Assisting at Kaplan University. I am currently a online student. I have been doing some research of my program and I have came up with a lot of very interesting facts. First the median salary for a Medical Assistant is $28,860 per year that is about $13.87 a hour, that was in May 2010. There could be opportunities it maybe higher, For example, the experience you may have, or the facility you are working in, and even the level of the education that you have (/www. .bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/medical-assistants.htm).

“Everything happens for a reason;” a quote that is told to people as a way to ease the discomfort of an uncomfortable situation. Although the phrase is vague and cliché I have often found solace in it during my pursuit of becoming a physician assistant. The first instance where it was of great relevance was the day that I had lost one of my closest friends at the time to an undiagnosed case of appendicitis that ruptured. I was in sixth grade at the time and this experience encouraged me to mature and pursue life with a purpose. As I entered high school I used this tragedy to excel both academically and as a person. Upon entering college I knew that I wanted to enter the healthcare field but it wasn’t until several learning experiences later I realized that becoming a physician assistant would allow me to provide care in a way that best fit my personality and goals for a career in medicine.

New skills I would like to learn are public speaking, professional swimmer, learn different languages like spanish, arabic, italian, and other languages. Be better at math because I’m miserable at it. How to play music instruments I've always been fascinated by drums and piano. I would like to learn for my career as a nurse or as a medical assistant are the ability to make your patients feel better or an effective communicator and giving more positive to other people. I want to learn the medical terminology, I am fascinated about it and I want to learn the dosage calculations. I want to learn many things about in medical field. To develop this new skills, first of all I need to focus on what want to pursue in life especially in my career. Practice

Jostling about in the hot, noisy Tuk Tuk, with every rut in the road, I wondered why I had signed up for this. Medical mission trips are organized to help people who lack access to medical care, but, honestly, for all the complications, I think these trips benefited me more by helping me know myself better. Growing up, people labeled me as shy and quiet and maybe I was, but it was only because I never really quite fit in with my peers. The first time I felt that I belonged and had a purpose was on my first mission trip to Peru. It felt good helping all those wide-eyed, hopeful children and to finally be surrounded by people who were just like me – we worked as a team with a common goal to help those communities desperately needing healthcare. I discovered a joy in helping others I still feel today, which has inspired me to pursue a career as a Physician’s Assistant (PA).

If I had a ticket to go anywhere I would want to go to the future. To see if my plans of me becoming a physicians assistant actually worked out, Also to see what the world around me would be like in twenty or thirty years from now.

The main goals I have for myself are to become a well-rounded, intelligent, and focused nurse. I want to know all about nursing and how I can help everyone I can. I come from a long line of strong women who were nurses. Nursing is in my blood and I want to carry the legacy on. As a nurse, I want to be able to touch as many lives as possible. As for my education, I want to continue on for the rest of my life, therefore I will never stop learning new medical procedures and practices for the future. I want to be able to be educated in all ways of nursing so it opens my opportunities to help more people. There are many people in the world that need my help and if I can touch hundreds of them I know that in my heart I did the right thing. Not only