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Dessie Paraskevas Hammond
PA-C Emergency Medicine at San Leandro Hospital & Co-Founder of E33Bayarea- Wedding and Event Coordinating.
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Great question!
I have been a licensed PA for almost a year now and I am personally very happy with my choice. I work full time, and have a side business doing wedding coordination. I am married, but don't have kids, so I can't speak to that but I do have more free time and get more sleep than my MD colleagues at work. I personally chose to be a PA over being an MD for a better work-life balance and I have found that I made the right choice for me. I also think that it depends on what specialty you choose (ie. surgery vs. primary care) but overall my experience is that PA's have more opportunities for a better work life balance because of less schooling etc... Hope this helps! physician-assistant students-interested-in-career-as-physician-assistants
I have been a licensed PA for almost a year now and I am personally very happy with my choice. I work full time, and have a side business doing wedding coordination. I am married, but don't have kids, so I can't speak to that but I do have more free time and get more sleep than my MD colleagues at work. I personally chose to be a PA over being an MD for a better work-life balance and I have found that I made the right choice for me. I also think that it depends on what specialty you choose (ie. surgery vs. primary care) but overall my experience is that PA's have more opportunities for a better work life balance because of less schooling etc... Hope this helps! physician-assistant students-interested-in-career-as-physician-assistants