You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ~Jack London It can be difficult to whittle down your approach to the CASPA personal statement. Where do you start writing? How do you provide a snapshot of the values you’ll have as a provider as well as an overview of the unique experiences that have lead you to the PA… View Post
Prewriting is a great way to begin the process of writing your Personal Statement for the CASPA. The personal statement is a required element of your application. There’s no formula to follow, which can be liberating or terrifying. You want to demonstrate your knowledge about the PA profession but keep it from sounding like you’re reading from a PA manual. You… View Post
Part of my job as a supervisor in an urgent care is to hire providers. Whenever I am interviewing a prospective PA for a position I ask them why they wanted to be a PA. A lot of them are taken aback because they haven’t thought about it since they applied to graduate school. The passion, the drive, and the… View Post
Often we think we should immediately excel at things we try. We’ve probably seen other people make it look easy so we assume there can’t be that much to it. We believe this especially about non-physical activities. We can see the value of training when it comes to swimming across the English Channel or deadlifting 800 pounds. When it comes… View Post
