Networking 101
Networking 101 by Kayla Bassett, PA-C We’ve all heard it before: “it’s not about what you know, its about who you know”. The power of networking is something…
FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR APPs: An Interview with Frank Randall, MPA
We had the recent pleasure to interview Frank Randall, MPA, who is a financial planning professional that specializes in working with many APPs and other healthcare workers. His…
THE ESSENTIAL CLINICAL YEAR RESOURCES FOR PAs
Our goal at The PA Blueprint is to keep you as informed as possible, and one way we can do that is to connect you with the clinical…
NEGOTIATING FOR MORE: How to recognize and build leverage
NOT JUST SWEET-TALKING Fine, I’m just going to come right out and say it: Don’t let any talking heads convince you that the only thing standing between you…
SHAYNE’S FAVORITE PRIMARY CARE RESOURCES
In 10 years of primary care and urgent care medicine, I’ve vetted quite a few resources, and have some personal favorites. I figured I would share those with…
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Getting those requisite 1-2 years of experience
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re graduating soon and looking for jobs, reading through postings that sound great, only to scroll down further and find the dreaded…
Career | Career Advice | Jobs
JOB POSTINGS: What you need to know
We all look at job postings. Perhaps you’re a clinical year PA student and searching for your first job…how exciting and overwhelming at the same time! Or, you…
A JIMMY OF ALL TRADES
OUR INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY G. FROM PA COLLECTIVE We are particularly excited to share with you our interview with Jimmy G., who many of you may recognize as…
GUEST POST: Beth and Katie from Pre-PA Clinic
THE PA BLUEPRINT: As we’ve said previously, one our of favorite aspects of being PA-preneurs is connecting with our colleagues in this space, and we’ve really enjoyed our…
PRACTICE OWNERSHIP: INTERVIEW w/ TESS MACQUEEN, PA-C
Full transparency to start: Tess MacQueen and I go way back to the grind of PA school at the University of New England, where we graduated together in…
BOARD VITALS: BLACK FRIDAY CME SAVINGS!!
If you’ve read The PA Blueprint or our blog posts, you know that we love all things CME! We even have an entire chapter of the book dedicated…
Why am I refinancing my student loans?
Why am I finally refinancing my student loans? It feels so good to be finally saying “F@#* off, Fedloan!” Since I started payments in 2012, I’ve found working…