A Physician Assistant

A physician assistant is a healthcare professional who practices medicine as a part of a healthcare team with collaborating physicians and other providers. Physician Assistants perform services typically performed by a physician. One key task for this job is the ability to examine patients to obtain information about their physical condition. Another key task for this job is the ability to prescribe therapy or medication with physician’s approval. A typical day on the job for a physician assistant would consist of diagnosing medical conditions, examining patients to assess general physical condition, prescribe medications, etc.
I plan on going to the University of Saint Francis to earn a bachelor’s degree. A bachelor’s degree is an

undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years. To earn this degree, I would need a minimum of 120 semester hours of credit, a major of at least 30 hours, a year’s residence, and a GPA of 2.0. Following college, I would like to work at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne. I would work about 40 hours a week and some weekends. Physician assistants usually wear scrubs and a white jacket over their uniform, some people get physicians and physician assistants mixed up because they tend to wear the same uniform. As a physician assistant I would use many different tools like, central venous catheters, head or neck traction supplies, surgical clamps, etc.
My annual salary would be 101,480, that is 48.79 hourly. There are many advantages to being a physician assistant like getting nearly three weeks paid vacation. Another advantage would be that you get malpractice insurance, health insurance, group term life insurance, etc. Although there are many ups to this job, there are also some downs like planning around things. Planning is hard when you’re a PA because people in your office don’t appreciate when you must move 60 patients, so you can go on a vacation.