I’m 23 years old male and I’m looking to start working in the health care field as soon as possible. The PA schools are too far from me(45- 1hr 30 min drive) and cost more money to attend.
i should also mention one more thing. I use to be a nursing student but dropped out the first semester because honestly, I barely studied( partied too much every weekend).
I’m looking to start working ASAP and be in a career that has a high salary potential.
Yeah but those things that you mention requires risk, money, and time to learn the trade. I’m good at studying biology and I already have the prereqs for nursing school(IF I decide to go this route). But now NP schools are transitioning to the DNP program and that will take much longer. I’m open to any suggestions related to the medical field as biology is my strongest subject.
Well, from a fellow pre-health student (in his mid-30s), everything which is worth doing requires some degree of effort. It depends on what you are willing to put in. I didn't want to study either when I was your age. Now, all my friends are enjoying excellent careers, both financially and personally, and spouses. I am assuming there is a reason why you don't want to move, which for your privacy I will not ask. Be that as it may, the commonplace health careers which would take the least amount of effort (but I must stress, but still require work) include emergency medical technician , then you could become a paramedic (I will let those in this field comment, but I think paramedic requires you to go back to college). I must say, I personally know plenty of people who started out here, but few (or one to be precise) who stayed there - he works in a combination municipal fire/EMS department, where all uniformed personnel are trained in fire suppression and at the very least as an emergency medical technician, if not paramedic.
EMTs or paramedics are frequently hired in the ED or sometimes even physicians' private offices - I have even seen an oral and maxillofacial surgery office look for someone with EMT training.
PA or MD/DO school - be ready to get up and move, unless you are in a major metropolitan area with lots of them around. Be ready to move, as those are ultra-competitive to get into in the U.S.
There are other exciting careers, such as orthoptics, which has to do with strabismus and eye movement conditions and working in an ophthalmologist's (MD/DO) office, that I would consider if I lived up north (where all the orthoptics training programs are - I live in South Texas), as exposure to medicine before applying to MD/DO school. This requires a bachelor's degree for admission.
Orthopedic casting technician training is another which I consider to be exciting. Not knowing where you live, this may or may not be an option.
My last point is the first - everything requires effort, at least a minimum. Please devote yourself to your studies this time around, and don't be like me who was easily distracted in his university years.
