Gabby Dutsar is in her 4th year of the physicians assistant program at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY. She will be in her graduate year of the physicians assistant program next year. She is an alum of Conard High School and has taken the previous form of our Emergency Medical Services class known as Allied Health.
The information Gabby provided reinforced my confidence that I want to be a physicians assistant.
Her session has reinforced my interest because she also wanted more time with the patient and have the ability to start a family earlier on than a physician. I want to become a physician assistant because I love that it can allow me all of the learning opportunities I want and flexibility within my career and personally. It helped to hear that she chose this path for the same reason.
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It seems that her program at Wagner has allowed for a lot of flexibility regarding the location of her clinical rotations which will help her become a more cultured, well-rounded physicians assistant. I have always wanted to travel abroad and I wasn’t sure that the rigorous curriculum could allow that amount of opportunities to learn and travel. I wasn’t astonished to hear that she has made sacrifices by not going out some nights to study for exams and choosing to not playing sports. But, I was intrigued to hear that she has been able to balance her education with a social life that makes her happy. I know that physicians assistant programs are competitive and require a lot of studying and time so, to hear her say that was a relief. I have heard many times that sometimes rigorous majors can prohibit students from having the full experience but, now to my surprise I believe it is possible with sacrifices