The summer semester is almost complete and I feel like I've learned an incredible amount about the career of a physician assistant, the human body and disease, performing various physical exams, and pa school in general.
I feel very fortunate to have been selected in this class of students out of aprox 1500 applicants; and very happy that I chose UC Davis over the other potential schools.
Last week we had a guest lecturer who discussed ethics in health care and explained the decisions he has made in his career. He was open to answer any type of question that we had. He chose an interesting path where he started a corporation and is aligned with a physician and they opened their own practice. He is basically a 50-50 partner and as such takes on much more responsibility but also make more than a traditional PA. He also has contracted out his services to a few other companies where he comes in and works according to his contract. He doesn't receive any benefits but they cut him a check for his work like a typical contracted out worker. My point is that not only can you have autonomy in many diverse medical fields and practices, but as a PA you can also start a partnership and run your own business.......
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