Statement Of Purpose: A Career As A Physician Assistant

A physician assistant works to treat patients by performing exams, analyzing medical history, and developing a treatment plan. They work closely with doctors and other middle-level practitioners in order to do what’s best for their patients. PAs can also order and interpret patient’s tests, and assist in surgery. One important aspect of a PA is they are caretakers. If patients are ill or in need of help PAs are able to help every step of the way and provide not only medical, but emotional support. PAs can develop their own patient panel and own their own clinic.

I have always been interested in the medical field and realized my calling to be a PA during my years at St. Ambrose. My favorite class was anatomy and physiology because I was able

PAs can have slow days or really busy days and I am great with time management. I do well on exams and projects because I have learned to space studying out rather than cram it all in the night before. I am also very organized and I have found that performing complicated tasks or assignments is far easier when things are in place and organized, allowing little room for errors which can be detrimental in the medical field. Working well with others is another trait I have that is very important in the PA profession. PAs work with many different medical professionals throughout the day and would not be able to succeed if they could not work well with them. Lastly, I am a hard worker that will always follow through and try my best at anything I do. This is important because if a PA gets stumped with a puzzling case their first reaction cannot be to give up or hand it off to someone else. My patients will feel that they are being taken care of and will know I won’t give up on

We stayed in a cabin with no electricity and learned about the area. The city, Spencer, was very poor and many people didn’t have places to live. We lived on a couple’s farm for the week and the lesson they taught us that really stuck with me was that we need to serve the poor not just by helping, but by respecting them and treating them like equals. Through my shadowing experience I learned that all of a PA’s patients will not be the same. Some walked in in suits and lived in the nicest part of town, and some patients walked in with holes in their clothes. I watched the PA treat all patients with respect and the same care regardless of their situation. This gave every patient the comfort and confidence that they would be taken care of and not