Example Of A Physician Assistant Personal Statement

While my path to becoming a Physician Assistant has not been typical, I believe my employment and academic history have given me indispensable exposures and experiences that have prepared me well for this career. I hope that you will allow me to elaborate on all that I have done, and how very important it is to me to be allowed to advance towards a graduate program in Physician Assistant studies.

From my earliest years I wanted nothing as much as I wanted to dedicate my life to a healthcare field, and to excel in that field in order to ease the pain and suffering of others. I have always had a genuine desire to learn, advance my skills, responsibly serve, and provide a high standard of compassionate care with integrity and empathy. To this

I was given the invitation to return as soon as I was able to and I am very grateful for my experiences through this program. I have since recovered and the condition no longer interferes with my work or studies. During my time in recovery though, I was able to better reflect on what I wanted out of a medical career. I transferred programs, and I am now projected to complete my Masters of Science in Biology in July of 2023 through University of Nebraska at Kearney. Upon returning to work at the hospital, and working daily with the PA’s on staff, I realized my experiences and goals were better aligned with those of a Physician Assistant. I understand that becoming a Physician Assistant is a highly specialized career which requires a very refined set of skills. I am aware of just how competitive becoming a member of this field is, and what a tremendous honor

Furthermore, I believe I owe it to future patients, employers and fellow professionals to have the largest knowledge base and most readily accessible skills possible and to utilize the unique experiences I have been granted. I have managed, throughout busy class schedules and often full-time work, to be volunteering on a long mission to Peru to work with children, mentor as a Middle School Youth minister, a Spanish and ASL medical translator in clinics 300% below the poverty line, and a Patient Care Technician in the Emergency Room and eventually the NICU per invitation from the Senior Staff of the Women and Children's Center. I have enjoyed the vitality of these diverse settings as well as growing in empathy while working with people from very unique backgrounds and family needs. I also volunteer as an on-call counselor for a crisis family support center as a primary advisor for two single mothers who require translation services. Attending Samford University, I was selected from Freshman year forward