Savanna Perry

The Pre-PA Club

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Welcome to your information source for all things relating to the physician assistant profession. While it's very desirable to become a PA, it's not easy to get there. From the extensive requirements of difficult prerequisites to having thousands of hours of experience, becoming a PA can be quite the challenge. Savanna Perry from The PA Platform Blog reveals all of her advice on how to reach your goals of becoming a PA. Savanna has been where you are and understands what it takes to look good on paper, and dazzle in an interview to land a spot in a PA program. While Savanna admits that she doe...

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Savanna Perry

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Episode 4: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Physician Assistant School 15.09.2017 19:02

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Episode 3: Shadowing Etiquette 10.09.2017 27:12

Once you've secured your shadowing opportunities, you want to make the best impression possible. In today's episode I'm sharing my tips and personal experiences to help you make the most of your time shadowing a PA, and hopefully securing a letter of recommendation! If you're looking for more ways to find hours, make sure to check out Episode #2: How to Find Shadowing Hours. Mentioned in this epis...

Episode 2: How to Find Shadowing Hours 09.09.2017 18:11

Shadowing a physician assistant is an important part of your application for PA school. Programs want to see that you've put in the time and effort that it takes to understand what you're jumping in to. The only problem is that finding shadowing hours can be very difficult. I'm sharing some tips in today's episode to help you find opportunities for shadowing. Mentioned in this episode: CapYear Tr...

Episode 1: Welcome to The Pre-PA Club Podcast - Meet Your Host, Savanna Perry 29.08.2017 22:55

In this first introduction episode, you'll hear about how I made the decision to become a physician assistant, and how that led me to starting The PA Platform, and why I am now adding this podcast as part of the website. For more on the website visit this link, and you can also leave a voicemail question there to be answered on a future podcast - www.thepaplatform.com/podcast/episode1 I would appr...