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**Eagle5US** · 12-08-2004, 11:21

Well said...good explaination and reasoning. Thanks for clearing all of that up for us.

I went BACK to school after PA school for my Masters. Many PA programs (including the current military program or "IPAP") now generate a Masters degree within their core curriculum. I went through the IPAP before this was available.

The PA school transition is a mixed bag. But it will support my family and I once I retire, I am still doing PART of what I love (medicine) with the chance to work with the Family I love (Special Forces) if no longer as a shooter, then as a person keeping them healthy and alive.

As an 18D, you know everything there is to know, as a PA you realize how lucky you were not to kill anyone while you were an 18D - I did an Emergency Medicine preceptorship for my Masters, I realized how lucky I was not to have killed anyone yet. My trauma residency starts this summer, I am certain that I will be thankful in prayer that my former patients still walk this Earth.

Bottom line, in medicine you can never learn too much from too many sources or experiences. If it's your niche, you're happy with that prospect for the long term.

Eagle

12-08-2004, 11:21	#8
Eagle5US Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 2,536	Hey SeanM... Well said...good explaination and reasoning. Thanks for clearing all of that up for us. I went BACK to school after PA school for my Masters. Many PA programs (including the current military program or "IPAP") now generate a Masters degree within their core curriculum. I went through the IPAP before this was available. The PA school transition is a mixed bag. But it will support my family and I once I retire, I am still doing PART of what I love (medicine) with the chance to work with the Family I love (Special Forces) if no longer as a shooter, then as a person keeping them healthy and alive. As an 18D, you know everything there is to know, as a PA you realize how lucky you were not to kill anyone while you were an 18D - I did an Emergency Medicine preceptorship for my Masters, I realized how lucky I was not to have killed anyone yet. My trauma residency starts this summer, I am certain that I will be thankful in prayer that my former patients still walk this Earth. Bottom line, in medicine you can never learn too much from too many sources or experiences. If it's your niche, you're happy with that prospect for the long term. Eagle __________________ Primum non Nocere "I have hung out in dangerous places a lot over the years, from combat zones to biker bars, and it is the weak, the unaware, or those looking for it, that usually find trouble. Ain't no one getting out of this world alive. All you can do is try to have some choice in the way you go. Prepare yourself (and your affairs), and when your number is up, die on your feet fighting rather than on your knees. And make the SOBs pay dearly." The Reaper-3 Sep 04
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