Day in the Life - Stanford PA Student [Ep. 11]

Shanice Watts is a first year physician assistant student at Stanford. This is a day in the life.
02:09 Clinical Skills
03:25 Why PA school (versus medical school)?
04:17 Requirements for applying to PA school
05:58 Why Stanford for PA school
06:56 Advice for physician assistant students and pre-PA students
08:06 What specialty are you leaning towards?
08:53 Bloopers!
09:40 Shanice vs Dr. Jubbal on the badminton courts!
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[@brandonhernandez-segura5494]

As a student wanting to become a PA , the sincerest of thank you’s for posting this video

[@anabrr1123]

I hope you're doing well in your studies!!!♡

[@andersconner4174]

You probably dont care but does someone know of a way to get back into an instagram account? I was stupid forgot the login password. I would love any tricks you can give me.

[@jaxtonjase7189]

@Anders Conner Instablaster ;)

[@andersconner4174]

@Jaxton Jase I really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@andersconner4174]

@Jaxton Jase it worked and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy:D Thanks so much you saved my account :D

[@OmarAbdulMalikDHEdMPASPACPAPro]

Greetings! I've been a PA for twenty years and currently work Hospitalist PA in Washington, D.C. It's a GREAT profession! I'm happy to see a new generation of young people embracing Physician Assistant as a career choice! 👋🏾👨🏽‍⚕️

[@rachelle7178]

Hi there! Would you be open to people shadowing you? Would your hospital allow it??

[@odeleya1768]

I’m a high school student about to go into junior year. I was set on becoming a doctor since Middle school, but for a while, I’ve been researching the pa profession and it seems to be everything I’ve wanted! When I get to college, I really want to shadow as soon as I can, so I can be sure it’s what I really want, but right now, I’m excited for the journey!

[@eymenmohammed2572]

@@rachelle7178 Do scribing, it’s hard to finding shadowing now a days

[@dysfunctionalthor4719]

Currently a cardiovascular technician taking the steps to becoming a PA

[@OmarAbdulMalikDHEdMPASPACPAPro]

@@dysfunctionalthor4719 You can do it! That's a great foundation you have there!🫀👋🏽👨🏽‍⚕️

[@baharagha3947]

Thank you for making this! It made me feel much more motivated as a pre-pa student❤️

[@harleen-r]

This was very interesting. I love these type of videos!

[@AddittiAgrawal]

love these day in my life's!

[@JessicaLopez-sy1gd]

Woah, so weird. I know this girl! I took ochem with her and a few other classes at community college! Hey Shanice!!

[@homersimpson9784]

Community to Stanford bruh transfers these days are crazy

[@JessicaLopez-sy1gd]

Lol well community college and transferred to a university to get a bachelors. You need a bachelors to become a PA. In her case she transferred to Berkeley and got her Chem degree, then applied to Stanford

[@keziahcadena2001]

This gives me so much hope to transfer from community to Texas tech

[@joshywashy3453]

Bernie Sanders Aren’t you too old for her?

[@RobotRebelCinema]

@@homersimpson9784 Believe it or not Associate Degrees from Juco are tickets to get into almost any college you want... As long as you finish, your chances are great. My cousin finished all of her main classes and had a 4.0 GPA, but didn't graduate and tried to transfer to USC... I on the other hand, had a 3.1 but I graduated and I got in and she didn't.

[@hsg2422]

Stanford campus is so pretty. My daughter graduated with a master's from there last summer, and it was through their medical school.

[@barbaraa5538]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@CampusReel]

This is amazing!

[@venusz6134]

Two years from today, I’ll have submitted my pa applications to Stanford and USC! Thank you for this insightful video :))

[@spicyshizz2850]

Venus Z it’s been 8 months so are u still planning on doing yhat

[@venusz6134]

@@spicyshizz2850 No, I am actually applying for med school next year :)

[@Darryldlowe]

@@venusz6134 good for you

[@pinkmangaming]

Venus Z hey! I’m curious, but what changed?

[@TheJTan51]

Insightful video as always, Kevin. Would it be possible to do a Day in the Life of a Radiology resident at some point? Thanks!

[@HHSMCJROTC]

Check out dr Cellini for that

[@kunalbhugaonkar3800]

A video on Hospital Management and Hospital Administration please !

[@sandradee7725]

Im not sure i would want to pay Stanford prices for my PA. Im at University of Utah for mine....i pay 1/4 cost.

[@brett8460]

That's what I was thinking. For all the money she's paying to be just a PA at Stanford she would have been better off just going to med school to become a doctor.

[@SunSunSunn]

Agreed. Undergrad was definitely worth it for me in terms of social life, networks, location, etc. However, for Med/PA, I doubt it's really worth the cost.

[@najfabulous]

Thank you!! Finally someone else talking about this. I wouldn’t mind taking out that ~300k for their GSB program. But for PA? I don’t think it’s worth it, especially if you’re not planning on going into research and academics.

[@lovelybluntdoll]

if you transfer w a bachelors meaning you get into the masters program for PA is it still as expensive?

[@WhatTheFWAFA14]

I want to know how would we be able to get in contact with other PA students for interviews and can that almost be done with medical school students?

[@DrAdnan]

It’s interesting that residencies aren’t expected. Quality vlog 👏👏

[@jwazz2271]

You should do ‘day in the life of an anesthesiologist’ !!!

[@Joel-qt3tw]

yesssss

[@mariasotofuentes3708]

I am 21! I start my MA externship tomorrow which will hopefully lead me to become a PA!

[@jeremiahk.4372]

Please do NP next 🤩

[@ryankelly8077]

Doctor of Physician Assistant programs are starting to develop around the country... keep an eye out for those programs to any PA’s out there

[@justinabenson7229]

Thanks

[@Dmik424]

Thank you!

[@AubrieJones]

I follow her on Instagram! ☺️ such a neat video, thank you! Cannot wait to be a PA student this August

[@davidegbufoama804]

Congrats!!!

[@marie-louiseb]

Hey Aubrie could you please give me her name on instagram? thank you!

[@clarissanunez265]

SO WEIRD THT THEY CAME UP AS ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS AND I SINCERELY WANT TO BECOME A PA! Thank you so much!

[@sarahelbliety6028]

tell me you have a class with Dr. Huberman ??? that is literally my dream! awesome video

[@dysfunctionalthor4719]

Currently a Cardiovascular Tech taking the steps to becoming a PA. Wish me luck!

[@delsmontgomery]

Can we get a 'Day in a Life of a Clinical Pharmacist' please?

[@ndm6686]

Yessssss

[@MONCHTER23]

big fan, what bachelor did you earned and what school did you take it ?

[@nicolehessabi5116]

Day in the life of an NP student should be next!!!! 🙌🙌🙌

[@jeremiahk.4372]

Nicole Hessabi I AGREEEE!

[@angelikaborda4416]

Yes please!!!

[@Primitivegarage915]

it's all online I believe. lol

[@adaezenjoku7527]

@@Primitivegarage915 that's not true but okay

[@Primitivegarage915]

Adaeze Njoku my girlfriend literally has never gone to class. We live in Texas and her DNP program is in Arizona... all she does is write papers pretty much.

[@AfroMedic]

Did you take Organic chemistry 2? I am now taking organic 1 and I don't think if I will have any interest in learning chemistry after this one.

[@joshualaughlin2385]

No, but some programs might require it. But most don't.

[@joselynpalmas2414]

chemistry is toughhhh 😞😭

[@howtomedicate]

I wished I studied at stanford ♡

[@DivineSeaDragon]

How to Medicate ikr

[@anhanh9806]

Can you add the subtitle to videos, please? Cuz sometimes it's hard to hear what you say.

[@harrisonhaverly3516]

use a video translation website like votch.tv or another one

[@cierracaudill1821]

I have been an ophthalmic technician for 2 years. Is this something PA schools would accept?

[@LiveOutLoud87]

It should, usually as long as it is “direct patient care” you are good! But check the lists on schools and they’ll tell you!:)

[@maheshshah7570]

Thanks

[@oluade5460]

She's beautiful & elegant. Inspiration.

[@arqumabdulah2796]

Leah4Sci went to PA school?

[@ari9525]

God bless you

[@OnePiece-os3pe]

This girl is so damn beautiful

[@sagarhansraj]

A day in the life of an Emergency Medicine Resident/Attending plz

[@isaiahwhitten3939]

Sagar Hansraj I know this comment is old, but check out the channel StriveToFit, she’s an emergency medicine resident

[@saintisraelmedi7686]

Is the maximum PCE is around a 1000??

[@fabiansanchez10000]

There's no maximum. I would actually say that 1000 minimum is what you need to be competitive. Some schools even require more than that. Just depends on the school as some don't require them at all.

[@saintisraelmedi7686]

Thanks

[@seasidepatio832]

I'm a few months away from finishing my nurse practitioner residency in family medicine and wish I would've went for my PA instead. Nobody tells you that at the cost of increased independent practice authority compared to PAs you aren't taught (at at least very little) surgical and other acute care experience unless you pick the specialty of acute care/emergency NP. Being a PA you don't take specialty boards like a physician or NP and makes you a well-rounded generalized practitioner who sees a little bit of everything in both primary and acute care without confining yourself to a specialty (if you don't want to). I think it should be required, as it is with PAs and physicians, that all NPs go through surgical training as part of their core curriculum. It's a damn shame because as an NP then you're teaching yourself either on the job through another provider or in your spare time to do acute care such as suturing, nail avulsion, etc...I fucking hate the nursing model of everything it's so stupid even though 90-99% of the time in most settings (even acute care) you're performing the same things as a PA, you'll be in NP school scratching your head...my advice: if you're a nurse like me who wanted to become a provider skip NP because it's the most logical route and just go to PA or med school.

[@ferdlc7757]

thanks for the heads up. I was questioning if I should just get a BSN and go to NP school cause I keep hearing that they're preferred over PA's. I wasn't 100% sure if the schooling was actually worse than PA schools though

[@Njackco]

@@ferdlc7757 I am getting my BSN, but going to go the PA route

[@ferdlc7757]

@@Njackco nice! Good luck! I'm going for a bachelor's in microbiology and applying to pa school after that

[@Njackco]

@@ferdlc7757 I thought about majoring in biology because it would be quicker, but I have always wanted to be a nurse as well so I thought why not at least for a couple of years :)

[@ferdlc7757]

@@Njackco that's not a bad idea, you'll have a job to fall back on in case you don't get accepted right away. It's one of the things that sucks with getting a degree in something like biology

[@premelosv]

has anyone heard or went to Touro University of Nevada?

[@fabiansanchez10000]

Go check out James Kim's channel. He's a 2nd year PA student at Touro in Nevada and he talks all about it on his YT.

[@baw2171]

Shoenice again!

[@kravengarcia6540]

Do a so you want be a PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

[@agdollsnikki]

the other girl is really well spoken

[@tdreamgmail]

How far did you get insider?

[@joshualaughlin2385]

What?

[@dangelophillips7277]

tdreamgmail 🤣🤣🤣😂😭

[@diplosoriano9898]

You ever meet a girl named Yadira castaneda from cashmere wa? Believe she went to your program

[@awangie]

*Love that PA school is only 2-3 years and that there is no residency*

[@godlysowah9678]

I dunno it seems like residency may seem pretty useful to alot of people. I for one don't know how i would cope if i was throne straight into a PA role in clinic on a full working shift 😂. Residency eases you in and develops more in practice training. I think PA residencies are slowly becoming a thing and may well be established (maybe optionally) in future.

[@Darryldlowe]

@@godlysowah9678 that's what didactics is for.

[@godlysowah9678]

@@Darryldlowe What i mean is, residency in a specific area of medicine. For example, if you are set on becoming a PA in Surgery or a PA in Obstetrics or a PA in Derm, its nice to have longer devoted hours focusing on that one field as a didactic rotation may not be long enough to equip a person of the skills within that certain field. That way, ur not only learning on the job but you've got a lot more experience due to the residency.

[@Darryldlowe]

@@godlysowah9678 I wonder how would you get on the job training for a specific specialty? I guess they should do a fellowship.

[@premelosv]

i wna see her in an ENT environment

[@davidsanchez586]

PLEASE READ!!!.... Guys I need Advise...Right now my mind is a whole mess. I know that I wanna do something inside the Healthcare field but I don’t really know what in specific I wanna do. I got my CNA certificate during the summer and I worked about 6 months on a Nursing Facility and I loved it, It was my first time having a real experience with patients, after that I decided that I wanted to become a Registered Nurse. Right now I am going to a Community College and I am gonna go for my ADN first because of my circumstances. I Am 20 years old and I’m gonna try to complete the pre-reqs as fast as possible so I can get into the program earlier. And hopefully I find a ADN to BSN or a ADN to MSN program in my stare (Texas). The real Dilema here is that I don’t know whether I wanna stick to nursing the whole time, I do wanna work as a nurse for some years ( on my 20’s) , and then I would like to Become a PA later when I decide to have a family. But I just don’t know if being a Nurse first will affect me on a negative way when I apply to a PA school in the future. I been thinking a lot about it lately and I can’t attend to a 4 year University this year because of my special circumstances (I just moved to Texas and I’m considered out of state for a year and tuition is insane). SO Please I need some advise, what would you guys do in my shoes, I feel like I’m running out of time...

[@davidsanchez586]

Billy Thank you man, I appreciate your words. I was also thinking that becoming a Nurse first would help me on the clinical experience needed to apply to PA school. I just wasn’t sure if that was the best option. My family financial situation isn’t the best right now, that’s also a factor of me deciding to become a nurse first, so I can finish within 4-5 years and be 25 and finally being able to sustain myself , then I would be able to at least pay the pre-req classes by myself and not being a burden to my parents.

[@davidsanchez586]

Billy And I’m not going into PA for the money, neither I do for nursing. I just wanna be able to sustain myself and help my parents. I just love taking care of ill people, I discovered that I wanted to help people after my CNA experience. I know what will I do as a nurse and what a PA does since There were a few PA where I worked. I can’t imagine myself doing anything else.

[@Textbook000]

Keep doing what you are doing. As you get older you will see that there are many ways to get into PA school, NP school, graduate school etc. don’t stress because there no one or right way. Enjoy life and do what you want to do.

[@rachelk2600]

Becoming a nurse will most likely help you get into PA school but why would you not take the Nurse Practitioner route? They are extremely similar jobs and it is much less competitive to get into NP school.

[@davidsanchez586]

Rachel K I decided that I wanted to later become a PA because of the freedom of choosing an specialty, I wanna have the freedom to change areas of medicine if I want to without having to go back to school to work on that specific area, that’s why I decided to do that instead of the NP route.

[@allenc5977]

GO BEARS!!!!!!!

[@swarleyyyy8206]

My country doesn't have PAs and (not trying to be rude)I still don't understand the utility of one. We already have doctors and nurses. Why do we need someone to do a little bit of both these jobs and create a separate profession ?

[@maxigc7777]

The US is a really large country, population wise, so nurses and doctors are not enough to suffice our population

[@swarleyyyy8206]

@@maxigc7777 I come from India...a much larger country than US. I get where you're coming from....but why can't we increase the number of doctors and nurses to tackle the problem.

[@maxigc7777]

@@swarleyyyy8206 it takes alot of time and money to become a doctor and nurses are more hands-on. PAs are able to work in special fields like derm, emergency medicine, and are able to write perscriptions. PAs are a kind of new concept and not many countries have implemented it into their health care system

[@EMed9423]

Tiasa Tilak Also, not everyone needs to see a doctor lol

[@emilyarana6112]

Also there’s not enough doctors for people here and most of them only have like 20-30 minutes to talk with each patient. That’s why a lot of people like PAs because they actually take the time to connect with patients

[@jack4-6]

Who else clicked off when they saw the Cal mug?

[@princess287love]

Samy Awwad just you.

[@seriliz00]

Probably no one besides you. That's where she got her bachelors degree.

[@thecruize9034]

She is beau.... euhm *strange mumbling*

[@laylaasalie3902]

But what's the difference between a PA and MD?

[@tomare6479]

Alottayears

[@laylaasalie3902]

@@tomare6479 I meant, as in what they do? We don't have them where I'm from.

[@brettson4644]

From what i understand, PAs and MDs play the same role for the most part in hospitals. You can go to the hospital and only ever see the PA (which is okay because they are very well trained) but once a patient has a condition that is outside the scope of practice that a PA is capable of that is when they hand it off to their supervising physician. If you know how ambulances works, ( im my opinion) a PA is to the MD as an EMT is to the paramedic on an ambulance.

[@calgo6254]

PA = 3 years of training - Assistant MD = training never stops (minimum 7 years) - Boss

[@steph8007]

PA ( bachelors + 2 years of PA school ) MD (bachelor's + 4 years of medical school + 3-7 years of residency (depends on speciality) + optional 1-2 years of fellowship PAs essentially have the same roles as doctors but PAs do not have the same level of education and training as a doctor. This means that in certain circumstances they will need to get something approved or passed off to a doctor in order to treat a patient. The autonomy of a PA varies from job to job.

[@lucaspastrelli679]

You can tell that the student Laura, is very OCD or just EXTREMeLY structured and a perfectionist. Seems like the type who would have a melt down if she doesn't get a A or better Plus, I can see that she is the type that will definitely have many walls up when interacting with her patients and staff in the future. Wont wanna get into an argument with her :/

[@geddon436]

how can you tell that? What is she saying that give you that impresssion?

[@julianamckeehan4314]

That is a pretty mean judgmental view of someone you've never met and just saw for a few minutes in a video. :/

[@calgo6254]

he def smashed

[@reneejohnson9835]

Now the guys are commenting on her appearance yet no one is calling them gold diggers while on men surgery videos women comment the same thing and get attacked calling them gold diggers. The bigotry *eye roll*

[@julianamckeehan4314]

^^^^^

[@Happygolucky159]

I dont see really a difference between a PA and nurse

[@lookupsensation]

thekidthatsurvived the big difference is that an RN cannot write prescription. Cannot see patients on their own unless they are an NP (graduate level nursing). The main difference between nursing and any mid level providers (PA,NP) or MDs is a focus on diagnostics, being able to diagnose diseases/conditions/etc. While the philosophy of a nurse is more directly involved in the comfort and care of the patient. Mid levels and MDs won’t get the vitals themselves, change dressings, check up on ADL for the patient, etc. That is what nurses do

[@tannercassel2173]

April Day DNP actually have autonomy whereas PAs do not. But you are correct about the differences between RNs and PAs

[@joshualaughlin2385]

@@tannercassel2173 false. PA have autonomy. Just as much as an NP. The difference is Nurses (RN, NP) are based on a patient-centered model and PA's are based on a disease-centered model. Yes NP can technically run their own practice but that's really only primary care (Depends on the state). PA is more comparable to an MD or DO than an NP is. That's why you see them more with specialists. and you see more NP in primary care.

[@henryguhoh1669]

@@joshualaughlin2385 false, lol depends where you work and which state you are at.

[@asyasmith7370]

As a PA student I am here to say that they do have autonomy. The difference btw PAs and NP is that PAs can prescribe narcotics, and the can easily switch specialties whereas NPs mostly have to go back to school and be recertified to switch a specialty. But PAs have their own patients, prescribe and diagnose.