PA Boards 115: Fear and doubt - Can I handle the responsibility?

Medgeeks with Andrew Reid

Medgeeks

Education, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0	Hey what's up guys it's episode number four and we're going to be talking about
0:05.4	fear and doubts and how do you know when you're ready for the responsibility
0:10.3	so let's get into episode number four. Right now we're going to be touching on a
0:15.6	subject that I get tons of emails about. Now I'm going to be quoting or I'm going to
0:20.5	be reading the email off of one student in particular, but it's something that I get asked all the time.
0:26.5	So let's get into her question and then I'll give my two cents.
0:30.5	So this comes from...
0:33.4	Says, hi Andrew, I'm a PE student and I enjoy your emails and find them very helpful.
0:38.0	You recently sent out an email about people having doubt and fear about the
0:43.2	pants. Though I feel the same about boards,
0:45.3	my fear is more about being a PA. I wonder how much I truly know
0:50.2	and I feel like I only know pieces of information but nothing is solid.
0:54.8	Our program is 27 months and I wonder how much I was able to really retain and understand
0:59.4	in just 13 months of didactic training.
1:02.4	Is this normal? I'm not even sure how much I'm 13 months of didactic training.
1:02.5	Is this normal?
1:04.0	I'm not even sure how much I'm supposed to know.
1:06.6	I wish I had a gauge of where I should be in at my...
1:09.8	Sorry, I wish I had a gauge of where I should be at in my knowledge of medicine.
1:14.8	My class is going to be taking the pack rat on February 10th to give us an idea of what we need to work
1:20.0	on for the pants, but I'm very afraid of being a PA and taking the pants too, but more so afraid
1:25.5	and doubtful if I'm ready to even have so much responsibility.
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