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Masters PA, Spanish Translator, Sports Medicine

November 18, 2014

Hilda was an indigent patient who spoke only Spanish, so I was called in to translate. The news was terrible, and it was my duty to deliver her the test results and the prognosis. Hilda had an inoperative brain malignancy. If the diagnosis had been made earlier, Hilda would have survived. I felt hel…

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Masters PA Studies, At-Risk Communities, German

November 18, 2014

My family has no medical connection I can trace, nor can I claim an early longing to become a PA, nurse, or doctor. I was, until relatively recently, happy to be a dedicated and reasonably well rewarded ‘back room girl’ working as a Research Analyst. However, over the years, I have met people who pr…

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PA, Student Pilot, Iran, Dean’s List, Spanish

October 29, 2014

Since I became a student pilot, flying has helped to prepare me for medical emergencies better as well as refined my ability always to stay calm and achieve efficiency through optimal communication. My first solo flight required immense preparation, which my father, a pilot of twenty-two years, was …

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PA Masters Polish Speaker, Healthy Living

October 29, 2014

“Does anyone speak Polish?” The director of rehabilitation was concerned about a recently admitted Parkinson’s disease patient who was failing to take her medication and who was anxious and confused following her recent diagnosis and admission to the acute rehabilitation facility where I was a volun…