So I have been in the PA program for 4 months and It has been quite a journey already.
There has been so much infomation already, that it's hard to stay on top of things, and we are not even in our 3rd or 4th year yet! I have been struggling, and quite frankly, it scares me. We have to have a 2.8 to stay in the program(over a period of 3 semesters) and I didnt make it. Mine was a 2.67. I was really dissapointed and was at the boarderline for a be in at least 2 classes, and didnt get there.
This quarter isnt starting off that great. I bombed my chemistry and biology and didnt do that hot in my health class, which should be review. I dont know what happened. There was just so much, and math is not my favorite subject, so I need to revamp my study and homework habits and just figure out something else. Seriously, chem hmwk takes me at least 12 hrs a week to finish online. One thing I have learned is that you have to be positive. A good attitude really makes a difference when you are overwhelmed...
I was praying about all this, and I really felt the peace of God that everything was going to be alright. So, whatever the circumstances, God's will prevails. There is nothing I can do but trust Him, and trust that this is the right place to be. It's hard for me to rest in that though, when you see others that are doing better than you in your classes, but I know there will always be people like that.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
So here's another PA student diary....
Just when there werent enough PA student diaries out there, here is another one! Just kidding. Actually I found 2. So ill just add mine until i can think of another clever name for my blog.
My name is Shani, 27....married to a wonderful man named Dave. Have cats and love my bathtub. I was just accecpted into the PA program at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. Very excited and amazed....only 25 lucky people get into this program a year out of 1000+ applicants. I dont write that to me like nah nah i got in, but instead when I tell you where Ive been you will be amazed too.
My PA journey started 3 yrs ago when I first got married. I had been just diagnosed with endometriosis. Endometriosis is a painful disease that affects about 5 million women a year. Like them, I was just glad to have a diagnosis and not thinking that I was going crazy. Over the next 3 years, I had 3 laps and one resection. It's amazing to look back and know that a couple years ago that you were an invalid and on medicine that makes you feel pregnant and also have menopause at the same time. eeesh!
One of the surgeries I had a PA assisted. She was friendly and I asked her questions about what she does, etc. I had never heard of a PA before. So she let me round with her and I also rounded with her husband. I got to sit in on a hernia repair. After that I was hooked. I looked at my options that thought that the only thing that was standing in my way was my health and math. :)
I started to learn everything I could about a PA, and also became EMT-B certified. I rode as much hours as I could on the truck- in a month I did like 120 hrs. All that looks great on an application so If you are pre-pa, think about becoming an EMT.
Here I am. I cant believe ill be starting soon, and I wanted to start this the summer before school. I will also be a patient care technician(have an interview thursday) so I should have alot of stories about that.
I will also try not to be too negative in my blogs, I think I sometimes sound sadder than I am, so if they are going that way, dont be afraid to tell me.
Shani
My name is Shani, 27....married to a wonderful man named Dave. Have cats and love my bathtub. I was just accecpted into the PA program at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. Very excited and amazed....only 25 lucky people get into this program a year out of 1000+ applicants. I dont write that to me like nah nah i got in, but instead when I tell you where Ive been you will be amazed too.
My PA journey started 3 yrs ago when I first got married. I had been just diagnosed with endometriosis. Endometriosis is a painful disease that affects about 5 million women a year. Like them, I was just glad to have a diagnosis and not thinking that I was going crazy. Over the next 3 years, I had 3 laps and one resection. It's amazing to look back and know that a couple years ago that you were an invalid and on medicine that makes you feel pregnant and also have menopause at the same time. eeesh!
One of the surgeries I had a PA assisted. She was friendly and I asked her questions about what she does, etc. I had never heard of a PA before. So she let me round with her and I also rounded with her husband. I got to sit in on a hernia repair. After that I was hooked. I looked at my options that thought that the only thing that was standing in my way was my health and math. :)
I started to learn everything I could about a PA, and also became EMT-B certified. I rode as much hours as I could on the truck- in a month I did like 120 hrs. All that looks great on an application so If you are pre-pa, think about becoming an EMT.
Here I am. I cant believe ill be starting soon, and I wanted to start this the summer before school. I will also be a patient care technician(have an interview thursday) so I should have alot of stories about that.
I will also try not to be too negative in my blogs, I think I sometimes sound sadder than I am, so if they are going that way, dont be afraid to tell me.
Shani
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