Physician-Assistant Career Goals
My first career was as a Register Manicurist, and I truly enjoyed that period of my life. However, attending College has been one of my biggest goals to feel a sense of personal accomplishment. I have always been interested in the Sciences, particularly healthcare related. Therefore, I am currently preparing to acquire my BSAST, but debating between continuing my education as a Physician Assistant (PA) or to stick with business. Consequently, due to this debate, my career goals would be completely different if I chose one path or the other. However, for the purpose of this paper, I will describe the most likely ways in which technological developments will affect my career goals as a Physician Assistant in both short and long terms. Also, I
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Life for sure played a major role in the way that my life turned out, but it is never too late to achieve such dream. “Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients”().
The short-term career goals for which I am preparing for are:
• To acquire my BSAST diploma through the Thomas Edison State University by March 2017.
• To take the GRE examination, which is a requirement for the Physician Assistant School that I am interested to attend to. Based on the results of the GRE, it will determine if I could be a future prospect or not. Therefore, I am planning on taking a course to get familiarize with the GRE’s questions.
• Once accepted, I will be working towards my Master’s degree, and acquiring the skills to help people.
Fortunately, the advances in technology will help me achieve these short-term goals via the Internet because I am able to take online courses, and I get to do the necessary research to find the information that I need to prepare for the GRE, and the information that I need to know about my future career. For example, according to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, employment of physician assistants is projected to grow 30% from 2014 to
Life for sure played a major role in the way that my life turned out, but it is never too late to achieve such dream. “Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients”().
The short-term career goals for which I am preparing for are:
• To acquire my BSAST diploma through the Thomas Edison State University by March 2017.
• To take the GRE examination, which is a requirement for the Physician Assistant School that I am interested to attend to. Based on the results of the GRE, it will determine if I could be a future prospect or not. Therefore, I am planning on taking a course to get familiarize with the GRE’s questions.
• Once accepted, I will be working towards my Master’s degree, and acquiring the skills to help people.
Fortunately, the advances in technology will help me achieve these short-term goals via the Internet because I am able to take online courses, and I get to do the necessary research to find the information that I need to prepare for the GRE, and the information that I need to know about my future career. For example, according to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, employment of physician assistants is projected to grow 30% from 2014 to