The PA Is In | Tracy Bingaman | Physician Assistant/Physician Associate/PA-C/PA-S/PA Student

How do I find work-life balance as a primary care PA? How can I get out of my 2-year contract before the time is up? How do I get a job in Dermatology without experience?  How can I break into the Aesthetics Industry as a PA? How can I compare two offers and choose which is best for my career? How can I leverage a competing offer to earn more money? Answering recent and common questions about all...

This ONE skill will help you to earn more money, work less hours, and have more compliant patients?! It sounds too good to be true, right? But I’ve seen (and used) this skill for myself. Negotiation is NOT something that we learn in clinical or didactic learning in PA school. In fact, it’s often skipped over completely in our PA education! Basically, the skills you need to be able to increase your...

Feeling trapped in a negative mindset? Trying to overcome a mistake you’ve made in the past as a provider?  For your life and your career, finding tools to help you shake out of that negative mindset spiral and see things objectively promises to increase resilience, flexibility and the opportunity to grow out of hard situations. Plus, you start to fill your toolbox with tools you can use again and...

Someday someone is going to ask you to prove your value as a clinician. Knowing your objective value as a healthcare provider will help you to negotiate, pitch a new workflow, increase the care your patients are receiving and help your administrators to understand just what you do.  Tracking your numbers is information that is incredibly valuable. Knowing your revenue helps you to strategically ap...

Why self-care strategies matter during seasons of sunshine and seasons of rain. I'll tell a little story from life and remind you why you get to choose what self-care you need during this time. https://www.tracybingaman.com

When I burned out “rest” simply wasn’t a part of my vocabulary. As a busy clinician, an inpatient provider, working in a high acuity specialty, I wasn’t resting at all. Sometimes we teach the things we need to learn the most. Rest is one of those things. Press play to learn everything I needed to know about rest in the depths of my burnout.  PA PAY ONE SHEET https://www.tracybingaman.com/one   COA...

You’ve probably heard by now that you NEED to know your value as a provider, right? If you ask me, it should be right at the top of your priority list as a clinician.  Have you ever wondered why the administrators and practice managers care so much about those end-of-the month RVU spreadsheets? What’s the big deal with the data?  How could truly having a handle on your numbers, your revenue, and y...

Recently I was speaking to PA students when one of them asked if shift work or office hours would be better for a first job. She wanted to know which was most likely to cause burnout and which schedule would work well.  Like many PAs, this decision is one that I’ve grappled with at different turning points in my career practicing clinical medicine. It sparked a great conversation as a part of that...

Are you a Physician Assistant (PA) or Physician Associate seeking to enhance your professional journey and overcome challenges like burnout, career transitions, or job changes? Look no further! In this enlightening episode, we delve into the transformative power of life and career coaching tailored specifically for PAs. Join us as we explore how life coaching and career coaching can revitalize you...

You’ve graduated from PA school & passed your PANCE, what’s next? How do you determine the best specialty for you as a new PA-C?  Are there jobs that can help you to achieve work-life balance? How do you find a job that will work for your lifestyle? I’m sharing my top ten tips for new graduate PAs. It’s the advice I wish I’d been given as a new graduate joining the ranks of healthcare workers....

What to expect from The PA Is In during this Summer season. Press play for a reminder to lean into rest and pump the brakes or lean into work and hit the gas, depending on what season you are in. https://www.tracybingaman.com

I figured out what we are missing in healthcare. Culturally we’ve gotten it wrong in recent years.  The missing ingredient: humanity. We’ve forgotten that it’s supposed to be people taking care of people. We have lost touch with compassion, kindness and vulnerability.  Here are three ways to restore humanity to healthcare. MEG LEDDY’s SHOW https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/burnout-what-i-have-...

How do I set boundaries with work? I believe that boundary setting should be a clinical skill. We need to be able to set boundaries to have sustainable careers in healthcare. Why don’t we learn how to set a heathy boundary in PA school?  Boundaries are necessary for living a life that feels good, aligns with our values, and setting boundaries is crucial for finding a way to thrive while practicing...

There are many ways, including but not limited to, clinical leadership as a Physician Assistant (PA), to create a fulfilling and sustainable career in healthcare. The idea of a leadership ladder, that is linear, one step at a time, is not the only path to success in medicine.  Today we are going to redefine that corporate ladder as the jungle gym that it is. No longer are careers in healthcare som...

Demonstration AI Dictation SOAP Note for 35 y/o patient with appendicitis.

In this episode, we shine a light on the five essential questions that every Unicorn PA – Physician Assistant (PA) should ask themselves and their PA colleagues. By reflecting on these thought-provoking questions, you'll gain invaluable insights to deepen your connection with yourself and those around you, ultimately enhancing the human experience within healthcare. We dive into the significan...

Thea Nolan is an Interventional Radiology PA who used her voice to instigate an FDA medical device recall when she identified faulty ports. Despite initially feeling like she wasn’t being heard and no one else at her facility seemingly concerned about the faulty devices, Thea persisted in listening to her inner voice.  Have you ever been afraid to speak up, whether you’re worried about retaliation...

What my recent class on flexibility and stretching taught me about assessing and integrating new evidence-based strategies into my clinical practice of medicine and the way that I live my life... COACHING 1-ON-1 NEGOTIATION CONSULT https://calendly.com/the-pa-is-in/negotiate   FREE 30-MINUTE COACHING CONSULT https://calendly.com/the-pa-is-in/gen-call    LINKS SHOW NOTES https://www.tracybingaman.c...

How do I get it all done? It never seems like there are enough hours in the day, or, more-specifically, time outside of work.  Here’s how to create more space between the hospital and clinic ad your home life. Work-life balance is hard to nail down, but more margin in your life is a great step in the right direction. If you’re feeling like you’re constantly rushing from one thing to another, from...

Becoming a PA is an all-consuming quest. But it can cause us to wrap up our identity in our career and forget about who we are as human beings. How do you define yourself? Do you have an identity outside of your job? Press play on this episode to hear from my dear friend, Brie Marks, on how it can be easy to lose yourself in your career. And when life happens and jobs change, how do you define you...

We delve into the world of Continuing Medical Education (CME) conferences, specifically tailored to benefit Physician Associates. Whether you're a seasoned attendee or new to the CME scene, this episode will equip you with valuable strategies to extract the most education and networking opportunities from these conferences. Join us as we uncover the secrets to unlocking the ultimate potential...

Alex Cristofori shares his Unicorn PA job on today’s episode. He is a hematology PA caring for sickle cell patients at Johns Hopkins. Alex shares how his patients’ resilience, optimism and energy are contagious and inspire him to be a better PA.  Tune in to hear how employers can create better onboarding processes for new employees, especially new grads, so that they can learn and grow quickly wit...

Working in medicine and as a healthcare worker is but a small part of your life. The stress and complexities associated with this fast paced environment can lead to burnout and compassion fatigue.  Learn where you fall on the stress continuum. Are you simply surviving, in crisis and in need of drastic changes? Are you thriving while working in medicine? Press play to find out!  THE STRESS CONTINUU...

Is bedtime a struggle in your house? Do your children resist going to sleep or always end up in your bed at some point in the night? Do you struggle as a parent not having restorative, unbroken sleep each night? Have you wished there was a way to create positive, peaceful routines around bedtime and sleep in your home? Aurielle Martin is a Family Medicine PA and sleep consultant. She helps parents...

I just thought that it was unlimited refills for storage in your gmail inbox. Unfortunately this is not the case. In fact, there is a distinct limit on the amount of storage that Google gives you *for free* in your inbox.  Here’s what I learned from Google telling me that I’d reached my limit storage wise. They set a boundary. I ignored it. Here’s how it went…  COACHING 1-ON-1 NEGOTIATION CONSULT...