Engineer to Physician Assistant (PA) - major career change!
Channel: Boris Temkin, PA-C
Date: 2021-04-21

There are ALL kinds of people in PA school. While it's most common to see younger people who got their hours as nurse aids, medical assistants, emergency medical technicians, and phlebotomists in PA school, you do see older students making major career changes. You will also see nurses and other medical workers who have had 10-20 year careers decide to go to PA school! So if you're considering making a career change to become a physician assistant, you should know that it is possible no matter what career you are currently in! This week's question comes from a biomechanical engineer who decided that she wants to be a PA! I answer her questions regarding how to make the switch, what to focus on, and what she needs to do.
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0:00 intro
1:30 first generation college students
3:30 biomechanical engineer to PA
4:01 pre-reqs for PA school
4:32 post-bacc for PA school
5:12 career change to Physician Assistant (PA)
6:40 GPA for PA school
7:16 patient care experience (PCE) hours for PA school
9:00 post-bacc to improve GPA
10:40 how to get into PA school
11:58 outro
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My name is Boris, I'm a Board-Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C)

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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfJH-JZ8yhg&t=1s to watch a video about my journey to PA school. Taking myself from a completely non-competitive applicant with a 2.9 GPA and 0 patient care experience hours to becoming the kind of applicant PA schools were excited to admit to their program.

Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ1SHiMgiqQ to watch a video about how to get into PA school with a low GPA

Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqaAB8FZ_9o&t=275s to watch a video in which I interview the director of admissions for my PA school, where she shares amazing tips about your CASPA personal statement, interviewing for physician assistant (PA) school, and much much more!

Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMRlxRWWp7I to watch a video where I describe teach you the fundamentals of studying, which is something you will really need if you want to become competitive enough to get into PA school and then survive in PA school, graduate, and pass your PANCE!

Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7CgtP0dMqo&t=956s to watch a video in which I go into great detail and show you how to write your PA school personal statement (CASPA essay) step-by-step.

Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EOwV_O1CAc to watch a video where I describe several options to go to PA school for FREE!!!!

***Disclaimer: I am not a PA School admissions professional. The advice I provide in my YouTube videos and any advice or feedback I provide during consulting sessions is for informational purposes only and is based on my own knowledge, experience, personal research, and success as a PA School applicant and student. I do not provide medical advice online. Nothing I say, write, or reference in my YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook posts is medical advice and any viewer that uses the information I provide does so at their own risk and assumes all risk with taking these actions. All of my content is for entertainment purposes only. All views expressed through email, in phone and video consulting sessions, on my YouTube channel, and in my Instagram and Facebook posts are my own and may not reflect the views or opinions of my school, employer, or anyone else.***