Physician Assistant Personal Statement

"Make a difference today for someone who is fighting for their tomorrow"-Jim Kelly. Growing up residing in a small, under populated rural area I noticed how my community lacked access to health facilities and providers. Noting that this was a necessity to have, yet so scarce, I decided that being a health care provider was the career for me. I grew up always surrounded by the health care setting; my mother was a Lab Technician who worked with several Physician Assistants. I was often in her office during after school hours of my elementary/middle school years. I mainly would take note from the Physician Assistant: how knowledgeable she was when it came to medicine, how she cared for patients, and more importantly how she put a smile on their faces. I so dearly yearned to have to same effect, or an even greater one, on individuals. During my undergraduate year, I gained a tremendous amount of experience in the health care setting in various areas from volunteering at health fairs, assisting with health seminars, working as an Athletic Trainer and an Emergency Department Medical Scribe. Although, nothing prepared and reassured me more that being a Physician Assistant was for me than when I took on an internship position with a Physician Assistant at a clinic in a rural town.
A few minutes later, the nurse knocked on the door to announce that the first patient of the day was ready to be seen. Normally, the physician would allow me to evaluate the patient first unaccompanied by her, to see what I would make my diagnosis out to be but today was different; we went in to see the patient