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MOA MEETING #2

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• Please respect officers and guest speakers (hosts) during meetings
• By muting yourself while the hosts are speaking
• By using appropriate language in call and chat
• By being polite to everyone in call and chat
• Do NOT ask diagnostic questions!
• Any disruptions or members who do not respect the zoom meeting can be kicked out of the meeting
• THIS MEETING IS RECORDED and will be posted on our Youtube channel
• If you are not comfortable being on our Youtube, please save questions to when we stop the recording.

Attendance Point System

• In order to earn your attendance point for each meeting, you must...
• Sign out on the Google form at the END of the meeting and identify the Word of the Day
• The Word of the Day will be displayed after the speaker finished presenting in the Zoom chat
• Can’t attend the meeting live?
• You will have 24 hrs from the time the meeting is published onto Youtube to complete the Google form + still earn full points!
• There are extra credit opportunities (next slide)!

NEW: Kahoot and Extra Credit

• Bonus: Members will have the opportunity to earn extra points by winning the Kahoot or participating in community service events such as volunteering or donating blood!
• Kahoot: see below!
• Community Service: send proof to deanzamoa@gmail.com to get extra points validated!
• Kahoot: In the last 30 minutes of our meeting, we will play Kahoot!
• the Kahoot will encapsulate what we heard during the meeting and will have around 15 questions
• Top 3 players will earn 1 extra credit point each, which will go towards your attendance points
• We will tally up everyone’s points at the end of the quarter!
• The member with the most amount of points will win a $10 gift card of their choice!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRE-PA

Pathway to PA school

CASE PRESENTATION

A collection of cases demonstrating the depth as an ER PA

INTRO

A little background: Pre-PA, PA school, beyond medicine

ER PA DAY-TO-DAY

A glimpse as an ER PA

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INTRO

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A little background beyond school and being a PA!

Introduction

• Originally from Fremont, California
• Interest outside medicine:
• Being a father
• Old gamer
• Half marathons, triathlons, marathon, ultra!

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UNI DAYS

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Decisions between universities, extracurriculars, classes

UNDERGRAD

• Undergrad: UC Davis
• Major: Microbiology B.S
• Minor: Philosophy
• Graduated: 2015
• Got EMT license during college
• After undergrad: working in EMS
• Save money, prepare for next step in career
• Explored many careers:
• Travel Nurse
• Forensics w/ FBI
• PA School

PRE-PA PATHWAY

• PA Acceptance: (1) UC Davis, (2) Stanford
• Decided PA school over medical school
• PA school build upon previous experience
• Attended last accelerated program at Stanford
• Duration: 18 months
• Graduated PA School
• Background in EMS helped ED job offers
• Valley Medical Center ED: 7 year
• CURRENTLY: Emergency Medicine
• Kaiser in Santa Clara
• Sutter in Fremont

ER PA

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The day-to-day breakdown of an ER PA

Schedule of an ER PA

Schedule

• 3x12 hour shifts a week (sometimes 4)
• Work more than 1 place (for different environment)

Flexible Schedule

• Able to travel during week when hotels +flights are cheap
• Note: didn’t have to look for residency after 4 years of medical school
• Got married in Fiji instead!

UNI VS. PA SCHOOL

• Learning curve?
• How to develop good study habits now?
• Content difference?

GAINING PCE/HCE, SHADOWING

• Hours in EMS, fire
• Great program, but low wage + long hours
• Great decision + experience
• If I could do it again…
• strongly recommend: technician roles
• Ultrasound tech, radiology tech
• Great pay + schedule
• Associate lvl: first 2 years of any degree prereq cover most (overlap credits)
• EMT to paramedic: not as beneficial
• Low cost benefit
• More training + risk
• Little increase in pay

TIPS + WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

There is NO RUSH!

Take fun/stupid jobs, explore, travel (max 7 years so credits won’t expire)

No one is judging you

No one cares when you graduated

No one ever asks your GPA after you graduate (anyone who brings it up is just flexing)

Work-life-balance is what allows you to sustain high stress job

Work is the same wherever you practice but practice environment + support/balance is what makes ALL the difference

Peet’s

Peet’s

★ sign out sheet link is in chat ★

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