What is this blog for?

Ever wondered what a Physician Assistant is trained to do? You show up at your doctor's office and find out you will be seen by the "PA" instead of your primary physician and you wonder, "Is this person a 'nurse' or a 'medical assistant'? Are they really qualified to write me a perscription?"

3 months ago I started Physician Assistant school and have just last week started my 2nd semester. People ask me - "How is it?" "Is it as hard as you thought?" "What do you get to do?" Well, this blog is dedicated to all my friends and family that wonder what I am doing AND to all of you who want to know what a Physician Assistant program is all about. If you are thinking about applying to a PA program, feel free to ask questions about the application process, interviewing, and the program.

I will not name my program here. Think of this blog as a general overview of PA training. There are less than 50 people in my program, and we all will have a different experience with the stress and workload. BUT when we all graduate, we will be qualified to work in the same profession, in any number of specialties.

So...Here we go...