Career Resources
What Every Pre-PA Needs to Know About PA School Interviews
Are you ready to ace your PA school interview? Follow these top tips to help you succeed.
Emergency Medicine
Do you thrive under pressure, enjoy solving puzzles, and prefer to have a wide range of generalized knowledge? Emergency medicine may be right for you!
Advice for New Grads: Landing Your First PA Job
Looking for your first PA position? Whether you’re a student or a recent graduate – this is your insider guide to networking, negotiating, and finding your passion!
Tips for Contract Negotiation, Using the AAPA Salary Report
Every day, PA Career Coach Jennifer Hohman uses the AAPA Salary Report to help her clients negotiate their employment contracts. In this article, Jennifer shares how she leverages the Salary Report for her client’s benefit.
Three Steps for Bouncing Back from Career Setbacks
Career disappointments and setbacks are parts of the professional journey that will happen to almost every PA at some point—and they can feel devastating. In this article I’d like to explore some ideas and approaches for responding to career setbacks so that you not only rebound but return to your practice with greater zest and confidence.
Spring Cleaning Your Finances
Are you nervous about upcoming student loan payments? Do you want to reevaluate your budget but don’t know where to start? “Spring Cleaning Your Finances” is a quick guide to reviewing your spending, setting big goals, and planning for financial freedom.
PAs in Dermatology Offer Advice for Breaking into the Competitive Specialty
In Huddle’s latest Ask Me session, PAs in dermatology Amber Blair, MMS, PA-C, and Kristin Rygg, MPAS, PA-C, fielded questions from students and practicing PAs looking to enter the dermatology specialty.
Back to the Basics: Why Mentorship Matters and Strategies on How to Create and Maintain a Successful Mentor/Mentee Partnership
Are you interested in a certain specialty, or in the PA profession, and finding it difficult to connect with PAs? Unsure of how to approach a colleague or professor about partnering on an idea or project? In this webinar, guest speaker Jacquetta Woods Melvin, MPH, PA-C shares strategies for navigating your professional growth with a mentor.
Effective Patient Communication: Background, Benefits + Best Practices
This article is an overview of effective patient communication, from background to benefits to strategies and pitfalls that the clinician should know.
Contract and Salary Negotiations
: You’ve landed your first PA job – now it’s time get the salary and perks you want! PA educator James R. Kilgore, DMSc, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA, shares tips and tricks for negotiating the terms of your contract.
PA Money Sense Interactive Budget Guide
Take control of your student loans before PA school graduation with the PA Money Sense Interactive Budget Guide. Available free to AAPA members!
“How I Paid Off $150K in Less Than 5 Years”: Extreme Budgeting for PA Students and New Grads
Learn how one savvy PA managed to pay off her loans in just five years. Sam Ngo, PA-C shares tips for how to live frugally, pay down debt, and achieve financial independence.
Skills and Strategies for Media Interviews
The media is an important way to reach the public and policymakers so they better understand who PAs are, what you do, and how they can support your work. This video covers the simple skills and strategies PAs can use when participating in media interviews.
On-Ramp to Advocacy
Are you fired up about the many issues facing the PA profession but not sure where to begin with getting involved and making an impact? Learn more about how students and early career PAs can start on the path to advocacy.
Burnout Can Occur Early Among PAs and PA Students
Although one might think that burnout only occurs in seasoned PA providers, even students can experience burnout. There is hope for the student and early career PA. A national trend toward addressing the mental health of our medical providers includes new assessments and onboarding.
