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Roughly 6 years. That includes 4 years of undergrad, and two or three years for a master's degree in PA studies. And you may need to pause to get some healthcare experience before PA School.
After you finish PA School, then you apply for a job in whatever specialty you want. And you interview for the job, just like any other job. 🙂 It helps if you have some experience with that specialty, maybe if you do a rotation there during PA school. But that's not always necessary.
Good question! For me personally, my salary grew in one big leap when I switched jobs in 2017 (one ER job to another ER job), but has otherwise been pretty level during my 10-year ish career. All the ER groups here were raising pay around the time I switched jobs, even the one I left raised the pay pretty soon after. But not much has changed since then in my local market, from what I understand. I would guess we're close to on par for national averages in emergency medicine.
Hi Ben. Going off of this question, would you be comfortable sharing how much you make working part time? I want to know if I could live off of part time if I have kids one day. Thanks :)
Without getting too specific, the hourly rate for an ER PA often ranges between about $60 and $100 per hour. I don't know all the stats but it depends on what part of the country you work in, and sometimes how much experience you have and other variables. If you figure you work 10 hours on a shift, you can kind of calculate whether you could make ends meet working part time. 🙂 Sorry for the late reply.
Is there a speciality that has pay similar to that of an anesthesiologist assistant (200k)? What’s would a pay for a PA who’s been working full time for 10+ years look like in a specialty like derm or surgery?
Yes, the ones you mentioned have that potential. It's going to vary by region, experience, and how well you negotiate haha. ER can get pretty close to that as well. Maybe occasionally higher.
Hey, good questions. I haven't worked in psychiatry, but based on what I've heard, and when I did the rotation, it's usually going to be basically business hours Monday through friday. Either at an outpatient clinic, or rounding on patients in a psychiatric hospital. For internal medicine, if you're doing an outpatient clinic then it's basically the same as what I said about family practice in the video, Monday through Friday 8:00 to 5:00. But internal medicine also can be a hospital job, which could include weekends or nights, just depends on what type of schedule you arrange with your employer. I'm glad you've enjoyed the videos! :)
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Thanks for making these videos man! Starting school in the summer 😁
You're welcome! Good luck!
May I ask how many of schooling for PA after high School?
You're very informative, Thanks!
Roughly 6 years. That includes 4 years of undergrad, and two or three years for a master's degree in PA studies. And you may need to pause to get some healthcare experience before PA School.
How can I get a specialty? Im looking over the PA program
I will be looking over the videos u post
Ty 😊
After you finish PA School, then you apply for a job in whatever specialty you want. And you interview for the job, just like any other job. 🙂 It helps if you have some experience with that specialty, maybe if you do a rotation there during PA school. But that's not always necessary.
Hey Ben ! Curious question, have you seen your salary grow through out your years as a PA?
Good question! For me personally, my salary grew in one big leap when I switched jobs in 2017 (one ER job to another ER job), but has otherwise been pretty level during my 10-year ish career.
All the ER groups here were raising pay around the time I switched jobs, even the one I left raised the pay pretty soon after. But not much has changed since then in my local market, from what I understand. I would guess we're close to on par for national averages in emergency medicine.
Hi Ben. Going off of this question, would you be comfortable sharing how much you make working part time? I want to know if I could live off of part time if I have kids one day. Thanks :)
Without getting too specific, the hourly rate for an ER PA often ranges between about $60 and $100 per hour. I don't know all the stats but it depends on what part of the country you work in, and sometimes how much experience you have and other variables. If you figure you work 10 hours on a shift, you can kind of calculate whether you could make ends meet working part time. 🙂
Sorry for the late reply.
Is there a speciality that has pay similar to that of an anesthesiologist assistant (200k)? What’s would a pay for a PA who’s been working full time for 10+ years look like in a specialty like derm or surgery?
Yes, the ones you mentioned have that potential. It's going to vary by region, experience, and how well you negotiate haha. ER can get pretty close to that as well. Maybe occasionally higher.
Hi Ben, how many hours or what type of schedule would a Psychiatry PA have?
Also interested in internal medicine PA.
I like your videos, great info.
Hey, good questions. I haven't worked in psychiatry, but based on what I've heard, and when I did the rotation, it's usually going to be basically business hours Monday through friday. Either at an outpatient clinic, or rounding on patients in a psychiatric hospital.
For internal medicine, if you're doing an outpatient clinic then it's basically the same as what I said about family practice in the video, Monday through Friday 8:00 to 5:00. But internal medicine also can be a hospital job, which could include weekends or nights, just depends on what type of schedule you arrange with your employer.
I'm glad you've enjoyed the videos! :)
How can I get into neurosurgery specialty ?
If you're interested in that specialty, you would apply for a job with a neurosurgeon, or a neurosurgery clinic, after you finish PA School. And you might be able to do a rotation with neurosurgery during PA school if you want to, as one of your electives. It's generally a good idea to get some exposure to it first hand before you make a final decision about where to work.
Does PA work in the operating room?
Yes, PA's can assist with surgeries in the operating room.