Brooke Grant, 2nd year PA Student at McMaster University
Channel: Canadian PA
Date: 2019-10-15

Maitry and I interviewed Brooke Grant, a 2nd year PA Student who just completed her clinical rotation elective at Princess Margaret Hospital - Cancer Centre. She shares her experience - as well as a few tips on how to excel during your clinical year!

In 2nd year PA school, PA students complete clinical rotations at 4-6 (or more!) weeks at a time in different areas of medicine including Family Medicine, Emergency medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry, and more! Brooke started her clerkship year by completing a rotation in a very specialized area - Radiation Oncology. 



❐ WATCH PART 2 ❏
Be sure to watch Part 2 of this video: Views from a Preceptor: Maitry, Radiation Oncology PA: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzu_B8j-Je0

❐ JUMP TO A SECTION: ❏
- How I heard about the PA Profession: 0:48
- What attracted me to the PA profession: 1:13
- My First Clerkship Rotation - Radiaion Oncology 2:01
- Starting with an elective instead of a core rotation: 3:44
- Learning OBjectives in Radiation Oncology 4:41
- Imaging Exposure in Radiation Oncology 5:37
- Meeting My Personal Learning Objectives 6:06
- Presenting at Tumor Boards 7:15
- What a Clinical Clerk can Expect from a Preceptor 7:47
- Having a PA as a Clinical Preceptor: 8:37
- How my Confidence changed 9:49
- My Personal Learning Project (PLP) 11:14
- Process for Developing Standardized Templates for different cancer site groups 13:01
- What I enjoyed about my Radiation Oncology Rotation 14:25
- Advice to 2nd year PA Students 15:29
- Tips on How to be Successful in a Challenging Clinical Rotation 16:59
- Adjusting to a Different Schedule 18:31
- How My Understanding of a PA changed after starting 2nd year PA School 20:18
- My PA Elevator Pitch 20:48
- How I interact with Patients 21:26
- Building Rapport with Staff 22:46


❐ VIDEOS MENTIONED ❏

- Interview with Maitry, Radiation Oncology PA at Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izaIhB4YxGo



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