Question

What is the best way to describe a career as a Physician Assistant?

job description?

education/training

credentialing (if any)

professional organization?

salary or hourly range

positives and negatives of the job

Answer 1

Physician Assistant, as the name is suggesting itself that it is related with medical profession. License is must for pursuing a career in this field. Such person must possess an advanced degree. There may be certain time period during which physician assistant provides direct care to a patient in emergency.

They can perform minor procedures. They also have knowledge about diagnosis and symptoms of various diseases. Their help may prove to be a game changer during the surgeries and other complex medical practices.

This is a very good job profile with involvement of a lot of respect from common people. After gaining experience, such professionals earn a very good amount of money. They can devote more time to their hobbies because they don't have as such answerable responsibilities.

They should have a good communication skill and soft interpersonal interactive skills. It may prove beneficial for their job profiles. Their learning remains practice based. They should focus more on hand on experiences.

After getting experiences in diverse field they can get a job very easily. Most of the Physician Assistants seem happy with their job profile.