Hey what's going on guys and in this episode episode

number two of the Q&A the daily Q&A that we're doing here we're going to be

answering three different questions the first question is regarding getting the

hands-on experience early on during physician assistant school during PA school.

The second question is going to be differentiating vertical for the boards and in clinical practice.

And question number three is going to be on salary negotiation.

So let's get into the questions.

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So question number one, this is from a student

and she says at the program I attend not sure how it compares to others

but the first semester consists of human anatomy physiology intro to infectious disease

and learning physical exams. However, I had little to no

experience with real life actual patients. So even though they

explained the physical exam, I didn't really understand what I was doing,

what I was looking for, what it might indicate, or what was normal.

They told us not to ask why and that we would learn later, so we memorized a head to toe and what to do.

This may make you laugh laugh but the first week of

school they sent us to a standardized patient lab and told us to practice

taking vitals. My partner and I had no idea how to take blood pressure.

Anyway, maybe you could do a beginner course for the basic anatomy physiology or what to do in the physical exam.

So here's kind of my take on this.

PA school is really originally designed for the practicing clinician, right? The paramedic, the person who was a medic in the army, the

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