I applied to RT school last year as a fall back and was wait-listed then accepted for this Fall. I declined because I wanted to see what PA school would say so I chose to defer entry for next fall. I am beginning to warm up to this prospect as I have noticed the number of open positions at my hospital and around the Bay Area.
I also have been reading a bunch of blogs here and I am really quite excited. Perhaps this is the path God has for me. The good thing is I have it secured and waiting in the wings should January and February come and go with no acceptance from PA school. Oh well, at least I can finally use my Welch Allen Harvey Elite again its getting dusty in my dresser drawer. Also, I think RAD/ONC is actually making me dumber medically. I had to look up Keflex's drug class the other day. When I was in the Navy and when I worked in HIV/AIDS, I had the MPR practically memorized. Hmmm maybe its the Gamma rays.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Intro
I am naming this blog "Musings of a PA school Reject" because that is precisely what it is. I wanted a place to vent and will state now that if I offend anyone...tough!!! It has been difficult for me to be rejected so many times for school because to me this is the ultimate occupation.
Having worked very hard in IM/FP, HIV/AIDS in underserved areas, military medicine, surgery, lab Rad/ONC and attend classes at night to finish the prereq's, I feel that I am a perfect fit for the profession as well as the schools' missions-or so I thought. I get pretty upset hearing about students getting in these schools by virtue of their 4.0 gpa with as much, or should I say little, as 150 hours SHADOWING PA's. This may make for a good PA student but I would think, not a good clinician. Oh well, that is what the schools are putting out and it seems that the original intent for the profession being made up of proficient and experienced medical professionals looking to fill the void of the decline of Primary Providers has shifted to a bunch of Premed kids who are not up to going to Med school to practice medicine so they go for what they believe as the next best thing. In the long run, the patient loses out. Call me bitter but that is how I see it.
Having worked very hard in IM/FP, HIV/AIDS in underserved areas, military medicine, surgery, lab Rad/ONC and attend classes at night to finish the prereq's, I feel that I am a perfect fit for the profession as well as the schools' missions-or so I thought. I get pretty upset hearing about students getting in these schools by virtue of their 4.0 gpa with as much, or should I say little, as 150 hours SHADOWING PA's. This may make for a good PA student but I would think, not a good clinician. Oh well, that is what the schools are putting out and it seems that the original intent for the profession being made up of proficient and experienced medical professionals looking to fill the void of the decline of Primary Providers has shifted to a bunch of Premed kids who are not up to going to Med school to practice medicine so they go for what they believe as the next best thing. In the long run, the patient loses out. Call me bitter but that is how I see it.
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