PA Boards 122: Why do I feel so unprepared?
Medgeeks with Andrew Reid
Medgeeks
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🗓️ 24 February 2017
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
The bad news - you don't feel prepared. The good news - you're not alone. I tackled this question from a student:
"Hello! Hoping you're well. First off, thank you for being the best resource out there- you are amazing! I was wondering if you had any advice on keeping your head up as didactic year tries to drown you? I'm currently in my second semester (started rotations in May) and it's even harder than the first! Makes me want to find whoever said this semester should be easier and give them a piece of my mind, haha! How do I make this easier? Will clinicals be just as hard? Why do I feel so underprepared?! Thank you again for your guidance. I am truly appreciative."
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| 0:14.4 | What is going on everybody? Happy Thursday. Today is going to be episode number 11 and today I received or a few days ago I received a Facebook message and I thought it'd be very very important to discuss this. I really want to give my two cents on this because it's something that comes up over and over again and I want |
| 0:19.5 | to make sure that you don't feel like you're alone. So I'm going to read the Facebook message and as always I'll give my two cents if you have any questions if you want any advice if you want anything answered by me whatsoever. Two options, as always, you can DM me on my personal Instagram A and D |
| 0:36.6 | underscore RE ID. |
| 0:38.0 | DM me on the PA Board's Instagram, PABOA-A-R-D-D-O-A-R-D,S or shoot me an email at Andrew at physician assistant boards.com. |
| 0:45.8 | My inbox is flooding up. |
| 0:47.4 | I'm not able to respond to everybody as quickly as I'd like, |
| 0:51.4 | but just know that if you send a message, have it and I'm going to get to it as |
| 0:54.8 | soon as I possibly can. So let's start off with today's Facebook message and this |
| 0:59.6 | person says hello hoping you're well sorry Sorry for that weird hello. Hello, |
| 1:05.2 | hello, hoping you're well. First off, thank you for being the best resource out there. You're |
| 1:10.3 | amazing. This claimer, I promise this is not the reason why I chose this |
| 1:14.6 | message to address, but thank you very much for those kind words. She goes on to say |
| 1:18.9 | I was wondering if you had any advice on keeping your head up as didactic your trice to drown you. I'm currently in |
| 1:25.8 | my second semester, started rotations in May, and it's even harder than the first. |
| 1:33.5 | Makes me want to find whoever said this semester should be easier and give them a piece of my mind. |
| 1:38.6 | Ha ha ha how do I make this easier? |
| 1:42.8 | Will clinicals be just as hard? |
| 1:44.8 | Why do I feel so unprepared? |
| 1:46.8 | Thank you again for your guidance. |
| 1:48.2 | I am truly appreciative. |
| 1:51.0 | All right, so from what I gather it sounds like you are entering your second semester in |
| 1:55.9 | school, which would be your didactic year, which is your first year. |
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