Sarah Floyd, McMaster PA Student
Channel: Canadian PA
Date: 2019-09-06

Sarah Floyd is part of McMaster’s PA class of 2020 and when I interviewed her, she had just finished 1st year!

Watch the whole interview start to finish, or jump to the section you are interested in!: 

BEFORE PA SCHOOL: 
- Sarah’s Journey before PA School 1:09
- How Sarah heard about the PA profession 5:05
- Contemplating Different Health Care Careers 6:09
- Tips on Picking a Career in Healthcare 7:21

APPLYING TO PA SCHOOL: 
- Sarah’s Experience in Applying to PA School 8:48
- Sarah’s Undergrad GPA 9:33
- Sarah’s Experience with PA Admissions 13:19
- Processing Rejection from PA School 14:59
- Reapplying to PA School 16:48

SARAH'S EXPERIENCE IN PA SCHOOL: 
- How her previous health care experience helped 20:36
- Being a Non-Traditional PA School Candidate 20:51
- Sarah’s Experience with Problem-Based Learning 24:13
- Learning in PA School vs Undergrad 25:58
- The Ideal McMaster PA Student 29:02
- Longitudinal Placements in 1st year PA School 31:22
- Second year PA Clerkship 37:10

PA ADVOCACY:
- “What is a PA?” 40:05
- Staying Professional on Social Media 44:17
- Why Sarah wants to be a PA 47:54
- How PAs can Impact Canadian Health Care 48:28
- Sarah’s Interest in Public Health 50:04

SARAH, PA BRIDE-TO-BE:
- Planning a Wedding while in PA School 51:35

Link to the Blog Post → http://canadianpa.ca/sarah

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❐  FOLLOW SARAH ON INSTAGRAM ❐  
→ https://www.instagram.com/sarrfloyd.rmt.pastudent/



❐  RESOURCES MENTIONED ❐ 

→  CanMEDS-PA: competency profile for Physician Assistants |  https://capa-acam.ca/about-pas/canmeds-pa/
→ Ontario’s RHPA - Regulated Health Professional’s Act, 1991  | 
 http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/hhrsd/about/rhpa.aspx
→ Problem Based Learning (PBL)   | 
 https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/facdev/documents/tutorPBL.pdf
→ Canadiem Podcast | https://canadiem.org/crackcast/




❐ RECOMMENDED BOOKS TO APPLY TO PA SCHOOL ❐ 
→  http://getintopaschool.ca/books/



❐ JOIN US ON OUR ON OUR FREE FB GROUP ❏

→ Canadian Pre-PA Student Network | https://facebook.com/groups/canadaprepa/


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