Which Offer Do I Take? You took and passed your PANCE (or similar certification exam), you interviewed with multiple employers and now you have three job offers. That’s fantastic, job well done! Now the difficult part is to decide which offer to take. When advising candidates on which offer to take, we focus on EIGHT…
The terms ‘Curriculum Vitae’ and ‘resume’ are generally interchangeable. However, few people know that they do differ in many ways. It is true that both are lists of the most relevant information of a person pertaining to job seeking. Both are used for the same purpose – i.e. seeking employment. However, there are a few…
▶ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a human papillomavirus vaccine called Gardasil 9 for men and women between the ages of 27 and 45. The FDA previously approved the HPV vaccine for people age 9 to 26. ▶ Australia is set to be the first country to eliminate cervical cancer,…
If you are under 35, you are probably not saving a dime. According to a study by Moody’s Analytics, not only this age group not saving, their savings rate has dipped to negative 2%, meaning that they’re spending more than they have. This is the only age group that has a negative savings rate. In…
The role of mid-level practitioner is one of the fastest growing and most important in American Medicine today. In particular, more and more physicians, medical practices, and medical care systems are looking to physician assistants (PAs) to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and reach of patient care. Furthermore, the projected shortage of physicians, particularly in the…
▶ New York City will pay $20.6 million due to a class-action lawsuit that ultimately found that the pension plan was gender discriminatory towards male-oriented professions, leaving out nursing because it has traditionally been a female-majority led form of work. ▶ Nine out of 10 emergency room physicians surveyed said that they did not have…
By most indicators, the American economy is in a period of prosperity after the brutal recession of 2008. That prosperity is evident in the health care industry. NPs and PAs enjoy above-average salaries, a low unemployment rate and great job growth. But, of course, this career path comes with a cost. A financial cost because…
People pursuing a career as a physician assistant know that their careers are rewarding both emotionally and financially. According to Salary.com, the average physician assistant salary in the United States is $103,344 in 2018, but the range typically falls between $95,125 and $113,936. With that salary often comes a substantial amount of debt. PAs can…
A year ago, Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the Caribbean Islands. In Puerto Rico, Maria killed almost 3,000 people and knocked out electricity for almost a year in parts of the island. Elizabeth Conde Alvarez, a nurse practitioner at University of Virginia Medical Center, decided to act. A native Puerto Rican, she organized a team…
Before you interview face-to-face with the physician, most likely you will have to spend some time on the phone with either a HR Manager, or perhaps the Practice Manager. Here’s what it takes to win them over. Understand who they are, size of practice, number of physicians, how many physician assistants or nurse practitioners are…