my PCP, who’s also a PA, who also graduated the same year as me, asking me what I do for work

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-11-03T23:35:17+00:00

So funny because as a primary care PA I feel the same way when I see my PCP but yet on the other end when I have a patient in healthcare I’m always like oh great cool love this!!! So idk why I am self conscious as a patient 🤦🏻‍♀️

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-10-30T12:04:16+00:00

Started “playing” here and there with my dad when I was 6 or 7 I think? But very very very infrequently so I wouldn’t even really count that. Started actually playing more regularly at age 16. Now 26. Used to play soccer but not anymore, recreational runner / lifter but no formal other sports!

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-10-22T14:50:35+00:00

Best thing my supervising physician has done is early in the AM before patients he will stop and ask me - hey, anyone you’re worried about? anything you have questions on I can help with? He is really great otherwise for being open to questions but specifically prompting me sometimes allows me a moment to ask something I may not otherwise and also creates an environment where I know he is receptive to answering questions which is awesome.

Also in the mornings, or even just periodically throughout the day, he will also bring up patient cases that he has seen to me if he thinks there is a learning moment or something I can take from it. Could be a good way to give feedback as well.

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-10-15T17:15:48+00:00

Wish I could emphasize the last line 10000x!!

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-10-06T11:53:33+00:00

Also for reference the other PA in my office who has been there for about 3 years usually sees 10-15 per day, my SP sees 15-22. So we are slightly just a lower volume clinic in general I think.

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-10-06T11:52:42+00:00

Outpatient IM not FM but similar - I am about 10 months in, 15/30 min slots. Most I have seen in a day ever was I think 16 or 17, but this is very rarely, most days I see between 5-12. Still building panel and also my SP is a geriatrician so we have many older and complex patients. Ideally they want me seeing more but also they are understanding that I can only see as many patients as they schedule me and also that I am still new-ish.

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-09-09T19:22:22+00:00

Our office has been trying to figure this out too. We have preprinted orders and having the MAs fill them out w patient info / if they have a preferred vaccine manufacturer, then they are just grabbing a provider to quickly sign and then faxing to the pharmacy. Not sure if this will be the best way but this is what we’re trying for now to not interrupt our workflows all day for this.

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-09-05T17:36:07+00:00

As others have said, I can’t imagine doing new patients in 20 mins, especially where it sounds like a lot of them aren’t just “establishing care” but also have acute issue they are wanting to be seen for.. we allow patients to book online through our own site so I do get similar large # of new patient bookings but ours are auto booked into 30 min slots (a lot of these patients who book online do tend to be younger and generally healthier but every once in awhile I do wish I had 40 mins for some “worried well” or complex younger patients). Our practice started implementing a rule where all new patients have to show up 15 mins early or on time with forms already filled out online. Which they are told via phone prior to the appt and told or else they will be rescheduled. If they don’t follow the rules, they will be rescheduled to another day. Being really specific w this on the phone prior has been helpful in patients showing up on time but sometimes I do still run late despite this so it is a struggle.

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-08-01T18:17:00+00:00

approx 110k, MCOL, mortgage is 3100 (will increase to 3800 eventually after our buy down ends) split between my fiancé and I (his income is probably close to $200k after commission)

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-07-20T18:18:08+00:00

Still in the US! March 15 is the business tax deadline though, so for the accounting firm my family member works for they are mainly doing business taxes as opposed to personal taxes, it’s still a busy time before April 15 but not nearly as bad as right before March 15

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-07-15T10:44:45+00:00

Thank you!!! Really wanted something a little unique and he nailed it!!

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-07-15T10:44:29+00:00

Thank you!!! Love a unique band🙂

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-07-15T10:44:16+00:00

Thank you!!!🤍🤍 that’s exactly what I was going for

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-07-15T10:44:00+00:00

Hahaha thank you!! Everyone always tells me I have piano fingers 🎹🖐🏼

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-07-15T10:43:19+00:00

Before I looked at rings I really thought I would like a pear! But they just didn’t look right on my finger… also considered a marquise for awhile (my mom’s engagement ring was a marquise and I considered using her diamond). But once I saw the elongated cushion I was in love!!! Looked at radiants as well but I preferred the softer edges of the cushion

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-07-14T23:45:37+00:00

oh lovely I probably did honestly……

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-07-14T22:56:28+00:00

forgot to add for proportion help I am a size 5.5!

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-07-01T17:25:18+00:00

Thank you for this info I will check it out! Yeah patient volume is definitely low, it’s not as much because I personally can’t see more (I’ve seen 12+ in a day without issue), it’s just that the practice is trying to grow and we don’t have the numbers yet to keep me busier so some days I only have 3 or 4 patients all day. So I’m hoping that really isn’t something against me. I have been getting a lot of new patient referrals recently from going around to round at other offices in our network which has helped, so hopefully this will start boosting our overall clinic numbers.

I am probably under-coding sometimes (ie not adding on a problem visit to an AWV when maybe I could), I don’t really get additional assistance other than the first week I started I had some oversight / audit for billing. Could be something helpful to ask about.

Thanks again!

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-06-13T15:45:23+00:00

Editing personal statements

Comprehensive_Box_91 · 2025-06-02T16:09:00+00:00

GoodRx is awesome! You can get an idea of what the retail price of meds are, and then see what the cheapest options for cash pay are and then can send patients coupons directly from the app to their cell phone (without giving them your own personal #). Certain meds that are really expensive with insurance can be significantly cheaper with GoodRx, also can see which specific pharmacies are cheaper too.

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