Often, doing the exact opposite of what everyone else doing is the best advice. Kiley dishes out a bit of that wisdom in the December issue of the Physician Assistant Exam Scholars Newsletter
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Enjoy the little things. If you barely pass an exam, it is still a pass. Treat yourself to lunch or a glass of wine. If you finally master a topic that took forever to comprehend, treat yourself to a study break. When your preceptor compliments you on your sutures, and it was your first time performing them on real skin, go have a dance party when you get home. It is so easy to get consumed with the stress of the material and forming into a provider that we forget this is a marathon that deserves minor celebration throughout! Enjoying the little things is what has gotten me through these first 1.5 years, and it’s going to get me through to graduation in 6 months!
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During your time in PA school, you find lots of ways to get torn to pieces. Friends, tests, attendings, and more will find ways to shake your confidence. Kiley points out the best way to build that confident foundation is out of granite, rather than out of cotton candy.
That’s the tip of the iceberg. If you’d like to see where the discussion goes from there, you’ll have to be a member of PAES. The deadline is tomorrow night. So, get crackin’.
Physician Assistant Exam Scholars
Brian Wallace
