| 04/18/07 - 07:20 AM  
 
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spitmetal wrote: working in australia count as working in the US????????????'
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| | 04/18/07 - 08:01 AM  
 
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bbb, would my working as a physician assistant in a walk in clinic in ontario,canada be of any help ...would that be on par with an observership in US.
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| | 04/18/07 - 08:50 AM  
 
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Observership means no clinical expereinces......
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| | 04/18/07 - 09:00 AM  
 
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welcome back bbb, good to hear from you again, how was your trip??????????
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| | 04/18/07 - 09:14 AM  
 
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thanks for the prompt reply bbb. so is this job of mine as a physician assistant any good if my goal is to get a residency in family medicine? i appreciate yu taking time out to reply to so many of us.
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| | 04/18/07 - 10:12 AM  
 
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PA's touch patients? Then it's clinical.
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| | 04/18/07 - 10:13 AM  
 
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Dr.Lecter wrote:welcome back bbb, good to hear from you again, how was your trip??????????  Thanks for asking, Dr. Lector (and noticing that I was gone)! It was good - I networked and learned alot from fellow program administrators (might be my new title). Lots of ideas!
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| | 04/19/07 - 02:13 AM  
 
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yes i have good patient contact...i take histories, do a bit of counselling and help the physician do minor procedures in the clinic. and also do a kinda secretarial job for him. bbb, thanks v. v. much for the very prompt and very helpful replies have a good day.
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| | 04/19/07 - 06:24 PM  
 
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do you think getting 1 or 2 months of observership would help me to get some electives????
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