What is a PA?
The acronym, PA, stands for this profession.
What is physician assistant or associate?
After high school, this four-year degree is a requirement to attend most PA schools.
What is a Bachelor's degree?
This organ located in your chest helps to direct blood flow "traffic" in its four chambers, known as atria and ventricles.
What is the heart?
This is the most common specialty PAs practice in.
What is primary care?
Most PA schools require this prerequisite course where students learn about the human body and its functions.
What is anatomy and physiology?
High blood pressure is often referred to by this medical term.
What is hypertension?
The first PA program in the United States was started at this university in the 1960s.
What is Duke University?
This prerequisite for PA school requires that students work in a healthcare setting before PA school in roles such as a certified nursing assistant (CNA).
What is direct patient care?
This specialist helps to treat disorders of the lungs.
Who is a pulmonologist?
This person is who the PA profession is modeled after.
Who is Henry "Buddy" Treadwell?
This is an option for students to pay for PA school by working a certain amount of time in underserved communities after graduation.
What are loan repayment programs such as NHSC and IHS.
This drug class includes pain relievers such as ibuprofen (Advil) and naproxen (Aleve).
What are NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)?
In 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked the PA profession this number in its 100 Best Jobs ranking.
What is #4?
True/False: You have to have an undergraduate (Bachelor's) degree in biology to get into PA school.
What is false?! As long as you take the science prerequisites required by the programs you wish to attend, you can have a Bachelor's degree in just about anything! (Note: for some folks, this does require extra terms or years, so plan accordingly)
This is how often a patient should take a medication if the prescription says to take 1 tablet b.i.d.
What is twice daily?