My doc is a good friend. She is the best doc I have ever had, but more than that she is a good friend.
Years ago when she let slip about her "friend" (of 30 years no less) we crossed the line from just patient to friends, and that has continued to grow. She calls just to check in (as we do) and we spend an hour or so chatting about life. She is bound and determined that she will get me employed in something that gives me the health coverage that she knows I need. Her latest suggestion is that I become a PA. She thinks I have the skills and temperment. It will only take a little school.
mmmm.....more like 2 years after the basic batchelors. And then their is the whole issue of working climate....can I even consider being part of an establishment that tells people how their illness can be treated based not on sound medical principle but on the financial...the same system that will judge her performance not on the good she does as a doctor, but by the compliance of her patients. I appreciate her good thoughts, compliments to my skills and concern, but the medical establishment is nothing but corporate in medical white.however....this does not resolve the question of "what do I want to do with my life"....
Saturday, October 21, 2006
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I read your blog frequently and I like the idea about you being a P.A. Just don't focus on the limitations or barriers, but on the possibilities and potential. There are plenty of settings, traditional and not so traditional, where a P.A. can make an impact-- rural settings, community clinics, inner city, private practice, hospitals...Just don't limit yourself and if you work rural, student loans can be greatly reduced if not entirely writen off...
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