What is going on? Happy Monday. Today is a holiday for a lot of people, but for the most part you're probably going to be in the clinic you're probably going to be studying anyway. But this is going to be episode number nine and we're going to be answering a question that

hits really close to home for me.

It's about being in a solo practice.

It's about being the only provider on staff and you know the

trouble or the obstacles I should say that come with being a solo provider.

So we're going to get into the question today. This is question number nine of the daily

Q&A videos. Remember if you guys have any questions whatsoever, you can go ahead and

DM me. I'll put my Instagram handle here or you can DM the PA Board's Instagram.

It's still me. I still answer to both. I still run and do both accounts.

Or you can go ahead and email me and that's Andrew at physician-assistedboard.com.

So let's get into today's question.

Now this question comes from Anna

and she says, hi Andrew, thank you very much

for doing the daily videos.

These and previous materials you provided are great and help me get ready for

pants, pass, and now for practice. Thank you so much. I like you started right

from PA school in a solo practice. I work at a chain urgent care where the

staffing model is one provider, one MA, and one front desk person. So I'm

always the only provider on site, but of course have my supervising dock on

speed dial as well as other PAs and docks in our company. I have been working here for six months

and really enjoy it. I am definitely getting better at all the flu-cold sinus infections and all indications that I can read and study about.

One thing I struggle with is how do I improve my hands-on procedural skills

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