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Emergency Medicine

Do you thrive under pressure, enjoy solving puzzles, and prefer to have a wide range of generalized knowledge? Becoming an Emergency Medicine PA may be right for you! According to the 2022 AAPA Salary Report, 7.8% of PAs practice in emergency medicine, making it the third most popular specialty for PAs. PAs who practice emergency medicine as their major specialty area earned more than PAs in other major specialty areas ($124,800) although some surgical subspecialties are paid far more than emergency medicine.

In this live learning experience, you will meet an experienced Emergency Medicine PA and hear about a typical day in practice; get an overview of skills, procedures, and medical knowledge you will need to be successful in the field; explore case studies; get advice for job search, interviews and more.

Speaker: Brian Palm, PA-C

Brian Palm, PA-C, works nights in a metro-Atlanta Emergency Department. With nearly 10 years of experience working at both a trauma center and rural-based community hospital, he has treated thousands of patients. After being accepted to PA school as a below-average applicant, he became passionate about helping others, regardless of background/statistics, to become physician assistants. Brian manages the team of PAs behind myPAresource, a website specifically focusing on proofreading personal statements to help applicants tell their story.