PA or MD/DO
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video, I go over 6 reasons why I decided to not apply to medical school after becoming a PA. This video is intended to help guide students into choosing which path is right for them. Whether you choose to become a PA or Doctor, both are very rewarding!
Let me know in the comments below if you have any questions or topics you want me to discuss in future videos!
Videos mentioned from @DrCellini channel:
Doctor Vs. PA Part 1: • DOCTOR vs PA (Physicia...
Doctor Vs. PA Part 2: • DOCTOR vs PA (Physicia...
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Yesss! This will legit help so many people trying to figure out which route to go!
Yes I’m late 30s and trying to decide on a career switch. This is informative
@@naidiacooke3714 i started medical school when I was 30, and there were ppl older than me, I have zero regrets, best decision I made personally !so don't think for a minute 30 is too old or too late to start. Doctors can also have it all ( family and career) =) btw. @Andriana love your channel!
@@luve5369 thank youuuu
@@luve5369 Thank you for this, this is inspiring. I’m currently 1 year post grad and freaking out because I’ve recently decided after graduating that I want to go to med school. I felt like everybody was going to be the traditional student but am starting to find out that in many places that’s actually not always the case!
@@d.k.4217 I just found out on Monday I MATCH into residency!! so if I did it anyone can! Follow your gut and dreams!
Okay this is like a legitimate thing people wanna know so i love it!
Hope this helps!
I like the flexibility being a PA gives you. Especially for a couple who eventually wants to have a family. It appears this will allow you more control while trying to raise the little ones. A very big plus in my book 👍
Medschool while rewarding really robs you of your 20s and sometimes even part of 30s, these are a woman's childbearing years, then they are left freezing their embryos
Thank you for making this video and sharing your journey with us. I look forward to your videos each week!!
I’m so happy I found out about this field while still in high school, since before I was set on being a doctor. It seems like pa’s already do everything that I would like to do and more! I still have so much time to educate myself and prepare of I still wish to go through with it in college! Thank you for the info❤️
What a great video! Well-spoken and you brought many things to the table. I'm graduating at KSU this fall and taking MCAT in march/April and applying to med schools this upcoming spring! So excited!
Loved this video. I am a teacher, so not in medicine but I see a PA for Dermatology and I love her!! I have also seen an Internal Medicine PA and I loved her too. Glad you mentioned the financial aspect, I have watched too many Dave Ramsey’s videos on how some doctors don’t have great personal finance. I know you and your husband mention finance and that is amazing! Anyways, enjoying your channel and looking forward to more. Maybe some more style or hair videos. Always love a good vlog too. Cheers!
So happy to hear !!! Thank you so much for your feedback :)
Hi Adrianna! This was awesome! Loved all the pros. This I'm sure will help alot . Great seeing u!
Nice to see you again Andriana
Hi Andriana! Thanks for explaining! What I like from you and Michael is that you are team players. Each person is important in a healthcare team and you both seem to respect your colleagues. :)
Of course! That is our goal!
@@AndrianaCellini can you explain PA vs NP next? Sometimes I get confused about that as well
Love your channel! I’m a nursing student and am realizing PA school is definitely something I want to do next. Thanks for all the helpful vids!
My friend did this as a nurse and got asked by several PA schools during her interviews for programs why they didn't do NP.
Why not just become a Nurse Practitioner?
@@RealGalaxyGamers certain specialties are more popular for PAs, also the ability to change specialties is a bit smoother as a PA. NPs are great, but for me, PA is a good alternative option.
Ahhhhh u mentioned Rad Techs!!!! I feel like were so looked over and not thought of! Thank you😊
I love ❤️ my ob/gym PA!! Thanks Andriana!! You’re right where you’re supposed to be!!!!
Love your videos!!! You really explain information so well.
Undergraduate Premed here! PA is my goal, and I thank you for making this video🤍 it totally confirmed why PA is mostly for me. God Bless!! Love your channel!✨ keep killing it!! You’re such an inspiration to many of us🌟
Thank you! Love these messages! 🥰
I’m going into my freshman year of college (moving in on Monday) & I’m currently Pre-Med, but I think I’m going to switch over to Pre-PA. I’ve had health issues MDof the majority of my life which is a huge reason why I want to become a provider, but I also want a life outside of the hospital. This video was super helpful, and I would love it if you made another one going into more detail!! Love your channel btw!
Hi. I’m from Scotland and I’m currently doing a BSc in Anatomical Sciences. I have 2 years left and afterwards my plan is to go to college in the states and go to PA school, I like the work life balance it gives and the fact you can switch specialties. Thank you so much for your videos, they have helped me find an ideal career path for me❤️
I’m so happy I came across this!!! Wanted to just solidify my decision of going PA route & this did just that. Couldn’t agree more with your points, PA def suits me better.
Also knew you a jersey girl💁♀️, I am too!! 🥰
I want to be a PA because I want to have a life outside of medicine. In terms of salary, there’s ways to make additional income if you wanted to like this TH-cam channel, or even passive income through real estate. PA is definitely the route for me!
I loved this video ! Very helpful! 🙏🏼🤍
Awesome video!! 🙌 I'm leaning more and more into becoming a PA as the best path for me ☺ can you do a video on your general surgery experience? Thank you for the awesome content 👏👏👏
Sure!
Very Helpful video. Keep up the awesome work. 👍
loved this!
Thanks so much for your information and sharing your journey,
Good luck on your new channel - fan of you both. Can I have a personal rant though about PAs? When I choose my doctor, I do a ton of research - I look at their med school, their certifications, the regulatory boards for complaints, and personal references. So now after all that research, I have a team of doctors that I really like and trust. I don't mind seeing the PA for some routine follow up stuff and when I make the choice to schedule with the PA. BUT... more and more, the PA is running interference for the doc and is sometimes hard to get past them on portal questions etc - example... I needed labs to be ordered, PA won't order without me coming in, I say... doc let's me order them ahead - these are routine... have to argue about it - then the doc orders like she always has in the past. To bypass the PA, my doc gave me their personal email. Sometimes I prefer the PA - but again it should be MY choicee when making the appointment. If I make an appointment with the doc, I don't want to go to the appointment and see only the PA. No meaning to degrade what you do or anything - you definitely have a role to play... I just want transparency.l Anyway - best of luck on the channel - I will be a follower.
thanks for this video! currently in PA school at pace.
also, can you do a hair tutorial for how you did your hair in this video?
Yay! Best of luck! Sure!
This was great!
Requesting an everyday makeup video 🙌🏻🙏🏼
So excited to watch this! Been seriously considering PA school recently. What are your thoughts on accreditation with different schools? I’m really interested in a program that has provisional accreditation but I’m not sure if that’s a huge risk to take or not. Also is it important that when you graduate you get an official masters degree or not? I’ve noticed some do and some don’t.
Last question, did you do aesthetics in your rotations? How do you get into a speciality if you don’t get any experience in it during PA school in your rotations?
Thank you for this video Andriana! Sharing this info is sooo helpful for future medical professionals 🤗❤️
Unfortunately, I don’t know much about those schools. In some schools, you can do rotations in dermatology or plastic surgery where you may have aesthetic exposure. Otherwise, you will learn on the job- did a video on this!
@@AndrianaCellini Thank you so much for your response! Going to binge all your other videos now :-)
Could you also do a day in the life or week in the life video? Would love to see that! ❤️
Love this video :)
Hi Adriana! very informative video thanks! Not the same thing but some what relatable. I'm a certified Occupational therapy assistant which requires two years of schooling (associates degree) and I had to sit for the licensing exam. I could of gone the Registered Occupational therapist route which is I believe now a masters degree but in my role I get to work with more patients and do less paperwork. It is less money but thats not as important to me. I felt like I would make a difference in peoples lives and lets face it, isn't that why most of us go into healthcare? Thanks again for a great video! (-:
Love this topic! All the reasons you gave are similar to why I chose the PA route rather than MD/DO.
This video is very inspiring. It motivates to keep working towards my dream of becoming a PA! Might I ask what PA school you attended?
You should do a video of a day in the life of a pa. Can you choose your working hours, getting into different specialties, and so on. That would be very informative.
Awesome explanation
great video!
where do you get your stacking bracelets from? super cute!
Thank you!!!!
Great video! When I tell people that I want to be a PA 7/10 they will ask why I dont”t want to be a doctor. I'll just send them a link to this video!! Could you do a video on your thoughts about the name change from Assistant to Associate?
Can you please do another video on the reasons why you at one point considered going back to medical school ? ❤️
Love the video, big fan of you and Michael. I would love to see some medical content next, maybe USMLE/PANCE questions against Michael. Or even some procedures you do. Or A day in the life of aesthetics PA, like take us through your day. Big Fan of both of you!! Keep up the great content
I am a nursing student right now and I’m looking hard at going to PA school after my RN. Any advice as to what to do right now?
This is a great video. I believe patients should not be mislead by medical staff calling PA’s doctors, I’ve had that happen on numerous occasions the nurse will say the doctor will be in in a minute and a PA walks in, and introduce themselves as a PA. I mean a doctor is a protected title. A doctor guys to medical school, a PA goes to PA school. Two different career choices. Also, there are a shortage of doctors so we need PA’s.
I actually like having a PA because they tend to spend more time with the patient and explain things more in depth, then a doctor who always seems to be rushed.
Great video. Did you have to look for another job when you guys moved to NJ? ♥️
Will be at my current job!
Hi Andriana! Which specialty would you do if you were a doctor?
How should a patient address their PA? When we have a doctor we say Dr. and their name. Is there a formal title for the PA or would it just be Mr. Ms. Mrs. Mx. etc? Thanks!
No, there is no title. It is typically a masters program, not a doctorate like the MD degree (hence no prefix).
How can you do procedures in general surgery without specific training?
Yes update the doctor vs PA
I think the problem is some people just hate being in second place or being an assistant.
Some people are hung up on being at the top of the power pyramid. They do not want to be subordinate to anyone.
If you want to be the top dog, you will not be happy with a job title that has the word assistant inside.
And honestly physicians have to constantly fight the systems. So they’re not their own person 100% either.
ADVICE NEEDED
Please update the video! I am struggling to make this decision. I'm 27. I graduated at 23 from undergrad, worked for a year as a phlebotomist. Then went and got my MBA during the pandemic(other issues prevented me from applying to MED/PA schools. As a 27 year old, I feel like its too late to go to medical school (especially because I will have to wait for the next application cycle, and would not start school until age 29). The idea of not making a reasonable salary until 36 seems exhausting to me. I also feel like I am the more "jack of all trades" type that could not be satisfied dedicating 60 hours a week to only one profession, an even more so, one specialty. So I guess my dilemma is that I love medicine enough to be a doctor, and the prestige excites me, but I feel like I am too late, and that maybe my personality is more in line with being a PA as I could have time to work on other interests like business, art, etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
@@GimpGirl1 Thank you very much for the thoughtful response. I am curious though what you think about not making any money until 36. That just seems incredibly frustrating. That really means no meaningful ability to travel, or live much of a life outside of school, does it not?
@@GimpGirl1 I have to say this has been the most pleasant interaction I have had on the internet, so I thank you again for the thoughtful response. You are right. I may have to examine my relationship with this whole age and not making money until I'm thirty six thing. I know you are right, and realistically 36 isn't that old.
Thanks again, it is comforting to hear that I will be okay no matter which career I pick. It may sound strange, but with decisions like this, no one really reminds you of the obvious: We are picking between two incredible options and you can't really go wrong.
Have a great week:)
Is your husband also able to choose his own schedule as you? I heard another PA say that physicians have that same opportunity so it’s not a noticeable difference
As a non-trad, If I had to do it all over again, I would’ve done the nursing to DNP route. But at this stage in my life, I rather do MD/DO
You can be anything, be successful in anything it dont matter ur title.
Great video!!! Can you link your necklaces please 🙏🏼
Will do!
You got in to med school and didn’t go? I think we need a video of “Why I chose not to become an MD/DO.”
I personally like the flexibility that the PA career provides!! It’s so nice that if anything changes, like I would like spend more time with kids(if I do so)/family or whatever I can change specialities and do something that’s a bit better for my lifestyle! And I think I might burnout just being in one speciality!
The fact that you're so easily able to switch "specialties" means you are not in fact a specialist
Where did you go to school?
You're right, PA's aren't always pre-MD, but a lot are. Also why do you keep on saying "going back to MD school?"
PA seems super interesting
Dang people, she said this was her "route" to becoming a PA. Get off your high horse. Mr. "recognize your limitations, and stay in your lane as a midlevel provider" & Johnathan Chu... Hate much ?? Great information. Appreciate you sharing your role in patient care.
Reason I hate is because PA/NP's that attempt to practice independently despite having less than 1/2 of the education I had to go through are dangerous to our patients
@@shredder767 real question... wouldnt a PA with lets say 10 years of experience in a specialty have more knowledge than a doctor with 2 more years of education. Correct me if I am wrong but don't most doctors not even use most of the knowledge they learned in Med School
Loving you and your husband’s videos! I’m a premed studying for the MCAT now, but I love being able to learn about other fields of medicine, this was really informative!
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I can relate to what your saying.
Respiratory Therapist in PA school after 6 years of being an RRT. Med school wasn’t even a consideration. Did I have the grades and qualifications to get into med school….of course but that’s not what I wanted for my life.
PA always seemed like the better choice for someone who's ready to get into practice early and start making a career and money. Always enjoy watching you and your husband make videos.
Nothing wrong with going the PA route as long as you recognize that due to less training you should not be practicing autonomously. If you're a PA/NP, recognize your limitations and stay in your lane as midlevel providers
I think the biggest reason that people say “I COULD have done the MD/DO route” is because they are under the misconception that the barrier to entry for medical school/physician-hood is intellect. It’s not. It’s hard fucking work and dedication, and that persists all the way through residency. You don’t have to be all that smart to make it into and through medical school, but you sure as hell have to be dedicated and hard working.
PA vs Pharmacy!
Yes this! I am from Puerto Rico so PA's are non-existing here. But I am considering pharmacy because the market is not saturated over here and it can be flexible
@@annanicole9653 bro I’m in vacation for puetro Rico and I’m telling my family about PA and they are are like what’s that haha
@@dionellsoto4187 its a shame. They are dragging their feets over here. I am not surprised tho. We dont even have a Vet School
hello friends
What is the difference between a PA and a NP?
The three differences I hear most are: 1. They are taught under different models of medical learning. Physician Assistants learn under the medical model, and therefore have a deeper knowledge of the science of medicine. Nurse Practitioners training under the Nursing model. This model focuses on holistic care main, care of the entire person. Focusing more on care and preventive care and aftercare. Now, both models seem to be coming together more these days. 2. I believe Physician Assistants typically do more surgical duties than NPs. 3. Physician Assistants have more lateral Mobility. They can move around from one specialty to another while NPs are certified in one specialty area, with Family Care or ER probably being the closest to being flexible with the kids of patients they see. NPs can also work independently without supervision of a Physician, though this may change due to issues.
Aside from all that. Both have similar roles and do similar things on the medical team.
@@a.d.w8385, thanks so much for responding, I appreciate it. I’m so happy you started your own channel!! I love both your husbands channel as well as your brother-in-law.
NP vs PA video? :)
NP !
Thanks for the great video! I'm currently working on my prerequisites for Nursing and will then persue to become a Neuro Sergeon
I love working with PA's!
For the haters, you people couldn't even get into clown college let alone PA school.
You can have flexibility as a physician too. Your husband is a Radz, talk about flexibility. I think, if given the opportunity to be a physician (free tuition), you probably would hehe
Today I learned it’s easy to become a cardiologist
Today I learned that writing oxys all day makes you a bitter person. Isn’t that right?
Absolutely no respect.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
you don't assist you lead
You didn’t make a choice between the two unless you were accepted to both. It sounds more like you, amongst many others were pre-meds that chose to go an easier route. And when I say easier route that’s debatable even - the end results are completely different.
So maybe instead say why I chose to apply to PA schools instead of MD/DO schools and be sure to include not wanting to put in the massive amount of work it takes to safely, competently, and independently practice medicine in the list of reasons
100%!
It's easier on people's egos if they pretend like they could have been MD's and chose not to instead of acknowledging that most of them wouldn't have been able to go the MD route
@@shredder767 you don't have to be smart to be a MD just hardworking. And hardwork is different for everyone.
@@abandonrz You need both. If you have an average IQ you're not making it far in med school no matter how hard working you are
I don't know how many times people need to hear this or what it takes for them to fully understand the fact that these positions purely and only exist in order to save corporations and greedy doctors money. There is zero benefit and only risk to the patient to be seen by a mid-level as opposed to a physician
If we follow that logic, patients shouldn't be seen by dr trainees
A PA in a speciality is often far more knowledgeable than a trainee and that's ok, as long as they both know their strengths and limitations
Caring for a patient is team work between all the providers
It is safer for patients to have the whole team (nurses, CNRAs, PAs, RTs, etc), communicating and making decisions together than just have one dr making all the decisions
Drs aren't god and don't know everything which is ok
All my patients rather see me then the physician. I guess it’s the lack of compassion SOME physicians, like yourself, have. How dare you speak to a professional like this, a woman. How dare you. You should be embarrassed to call yourself a professional that treats patients.
@@pegaseg70 Unless the PA passed Step 1/2 they are not more knowledgeable. Midlevels are taught to follow algorithms but when shit hits the fan you always need an MD/DO. Dont like that? Try going to med school
When you both post videos at the same time, I will always click on yours first. After all you should have a woman on a pedestal above their man 😁😉
The fuq kinda simp ish did I just read??
It's called respect. This isn't the caveman days
@@jimbelter2 putting women above men isn't respect, it's sexist
Ken Adams that's your opinion. Agree to disagree.
Unless you had an acceptance into med school, you did not “choose” PA over MD/DO
Is it possible you are using a defense mechanism know as "rationalization"? You still want to be a doctor but you are scared of the dedication so you are trying to talk yourself out of it.
I actually prefer to see a PA over MD.