Physician Assistant

Physician Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: Physician Assistants are also known as PA’s. What they do is they examine and work with patients on medical histories they have had. Physician Assistants exam, diagnose, and treat patients with medicines. Physician Assistants collaborate with health professionals to help with any care. Beside reviewing and checking medical history of a patient, they also educate and prescribe medicine to patients on their health. They are found in offices, hospitals,clinics,etc. As for attendance, they only need to be present 2-4 times a week working 12 hour shifts.

Salary: $101,480

Education: To become a Physician Assistant you must earn and obtain a Master’s Degree from an certified program and a Bachelor’s degree in healthcare related work. As for certification, to become certified you must pass an exam. The exam that has to be past to become licensed and certified is the National Commision on Certification of Physician Assistant exam. Passing this exam follows up completing 100 hours of continuing education every 2 years.

Demand for this profession: 30% by 2024

Summary: I personally have an interest of now becoming a Physician Assistant. This sound like a job that I would like to do in the future. I believe it fits me because, I only want to work little days throughout the week with a high pay as well as continuing my education. This job career was presented by me by a friend. A close friend of mine is studying to become one of these professionals and is really interested in becoming one.