Becoming A Physician Assistant

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” This quote, made by Abraham Lincoln, can be used to describe the career decision making process. In my essay, I’ll be discussing my career decision making process through the use of self-assessment, research on specific careers, and my plans for the future. Self-assessment, which is the process of learning about oneself to assess the features that make oneself, can be used in the career decision making process to learn more about oneself and what one may be interested in as their career field. Popular forms of self-assessment include discussions with friends and family, reflective exercises such as journaling, and tests. Tests used for self-assessment include the Myers-Briggs and the Holland …show more content…
I chose to research the physician assistant career field because I am interested in possibly pursuing that career one day. I learned that becoming a physician assistant requires much work because most college programs require that one has a least two years of college and completed a number of courses in areas such as biology, chemistry, English, and math. Some programs also require that one has prior health field experience and the hours required range from 200 to 2,000. Becoming a physician assistant requires that one takes and passes the physician assistant national certifying exam and takes recertification tests every six years. Physician assistants can find careers that are tailored to a specific field like dermatology and cardiology or find careers that are more generalized in family practice clinics. To find this information, I used websites like careercruising.com and learninghowtobecome.org. I also gained information from my aunt who is a nurse and my grandmother who was also a nurse. This information is relevant to me because it will help me make a career decision and help me know what is expected of me if I choose to enter one of these …show more content…
I discussed the career decision making process through the use of self-assessment, research on specific careers, and my plans for the future. Self-assessment was important in the career decision making process because it taught me more about myself and the things I might be interested in. Researching the career of a physician assistant taught me the work it takes to reach that possible career field. Thinking about my plans for the future helped make me realize that I have a lot I need to consider and do in the next four years in order to reach my education, career, and life

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