Friday, October 8, 2010

I am employed

Well I don't start until 10/18 but I have a job. I will be working in occupational medicine in a small clinic that handles people working in meat packing plants and agriculture, among other things. The physician I'll be working with is really quite nice and likes to teach, and has experience in ortho and neuro surgery. I'll be getting paid a lot more than I ever hoped to coming out of school too. I never would have told anyone I wanted to go into occ med a month ago but I am happy to have the opportunity to make a good living and learn medicine. There will be lots of procedures to perform which is cool. It feels more like occ med/urgent care so I think it will be able to carry my interest. The drive will be long (50 min, all rural highway, interstate), but no longer than when i worked in heath insurance (one hour for 19 miles of interstate highway!). I'll keep posting even though the blog is no longer about becoming a PA. Now it'll be about becoming a confident and effective PA.

3 comments:

Morning-Rounds said...

Congrats man! I had no doubt you would find a job. But it looks like you may have found one you will actually enjoy waking up to. What more can you ask for? Good luck! Keep us posted on how it goes.

Willy said...

Please continue to post! I have only recently discovered your blog and I intend to read it all!

Congrats on a new job and keep your loyal readers updated.

Paul said...

So happy for you. What kinds of procedures do you get to do? Very exciting!