A Day in the Life Articles

A Day in the Life: LTJG Ari Doucette, PA-C, MPAS

April 11, 2012

While in Afghanistan, a Navy PA provides medical care for military personnel, prisoner of war detainees, and local citizens, while exposing British health care providers to the PA profession.
 

A Day in the Life: Jacqueline McSparron, PA-C

February 27, 2012

A woman who became a PA so she could provide health care in Africa is living her dream.
 

A Day in the Life: Kaatje van der Gaarden, PA-C

December 13, 2011

A PA specializing in rehabilitation medicine finds reward in caring for patients with debilitating injuries.
 

A Day in the Life: Zehra Ahmed, PA-C, MBBS

October 25, 2011

A PA describes her time in Oworobong, a rural village in Ghana, treating patients at a government clinic and adjusting to the cultural challenges such an immersion can bring.
 

A Day in the Life: Terri Peischl, MS, PA-C

August 23, 2011

The author describes a typical day working for a PA pilot project at a major hospital in South Australia.
 

A Day in the Life: Jessica M. Rodriquez, MS, PA-C

June 10, 2011

An emergency medicine PA relates the typical flow of patients and variety of procedures she performs on a daily basis.
 

A Day in the Life: Lynn Tyrer, PA-C

Lynn Tyrer, PA-C May 03, 2011

Since becoming a PA, I have passionately believed that we can help meet medical needs worldwide— and I even found evidence supporting that belief when I wrote my research thesis as a student.
 

A Day in the Life: Robert G. Baeten II, MCMS, PA-C

April 12, 2011

A PA who practices in cardiac critical care recounts his responsibilities during a particularly busy night shift at Piedmont Hospital.
 

A Day in the Life: Nanette Laufik, PA-C

February 15, 2011

A PA living in Australia as part of a trial to introduce PAs to remote areas in Queensland describes a busy day at her health center and the unique aspects of health care in the country.
 

A Day in the Life: Leslie Brooks, MS, PA-C

December 14, 2010

The author describes her last day as a medical volunteer caring for orphaned and homeless children in Haiti after the earthquake.
 

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