I am about to apply to PA school, but for some reason having some doubt whether I really want it. For the longest time I have been debating between PT and PA. I worked in PT office and felt comfortable around that setting. People in the pt office also have this active lifestyle that I am a part of. However financially, it didn't really satisfy me and it seems like finding a good job is difficult.
For PA, I have always been nervous around the ER environment or high stress environments. Patient's lives in your hands, etc... I have always been a Type B personality, pretty chill and laid back. I have the mentality of work to live not live to work. Been doing research for awhile and PA checks off on many things I would want in a career. Too many pluses to name for PA. While 50/50 on PT. Always having to be under physician and can't have your own business kind of sucks, but I could live with it. I feel like for PA I would specialize in derm or ortho. Possibly being a Hair transplant PA are things that I find extremely interesting.
Everything gets old after awhile, but I feel like PT would get old sooner than PA. Want to hear your opinions. Can someone with a Type B personality work as a PA? WHat specialty do you go in?
For PA, I have always been nervous around the ER environment or high stress environments. Patient's lives in your hands, etc... I have always been a Type B personality, pretty chill and laid back. I have the mentality of work to live not live to work. Been doing research for awhile and PA checks off on many things I would want in a career. Too many pluses to name for PA. While 50/50 on PT. Always having to be under physician and can't have your own business kind of sucks, but I could live with it. I feel like for PA I would specialize in derm or ortho. Possibly being a Hair transplant PA are things that I find extremely interesting.
Everything gets old after awhile, but I feel like PT would get old sooner than PA. Want to hear your opinions. Can someone with a Type B personality work as a PA? WHat specialty do you go in?
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