@lyssllo from TikTok! - Alyssa - New Grad ENT PA!

We recorded this right around Alyssa's first day as an ENT PA. You can hear the nerves.

You might know her as @lyssllo on TikTok. She's a brand-new grad, and this is that specific window where you've passed the boards, you have the credential, and you still feel like someone's going to figure out you don't know anything.

Everybody feels that. It passes. The people who do well in it are the ones who stay curious and keep asking questions instead of performing confidence they don't have.

She also talks about how shadowing and working different roles in healthcare shaped her, and about how much of this job is teamwork. Nobody practices alone, and being easy to work with is an actual clinical skill.

ENT wasn't on her radar at first, which is its own good lesson. Stay open. The specialty you end up loving might be one you've never thought about.

What we cover:

• Day one as a new grad ENT PA
• The gap between graduating and feeling competent
• Shadowing and different healthcare roles before PA school
• What PA school was hardest at
• Teamwork and collaboration in a real clinic
• Ending up in a specialty you didn't plan on

Resources:

Free Resume Download: https://www.thepaplatform.com/services/free-resume-download

Free PA School Application Timeline: https://www.thepaplatform.com/services/free-application-timeline

PA Program Map: https://www.thepaplatform.com/pa-platform-map

Pre-PA Counseling: https://www.thepaplatform.com/services/pre-pa-counseling

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