The PA Is In | Tracy Bingaman | Physician Assistant/Physician Associate/PA-C/PA-S/PA Student

Latest Episodes:

187: [UNICORN] Becoming a Bone Health Specialist with Jacqi Kernaghan, PA-C Mar 30, 2023

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One of my goals is to highlight Unicorn PAs who work in different, rare, and interesting fields this year. It’s one of those things that is fascinating to me: PAs who have taken a rare path, said yes to an opportunity, and leaned into a new field and loved it!

So this episode is all about how to identify that opportunity when it comes, and how it feels to step out of primary care and into a unique, relatively narrow specialty like bone health. Jacqi Kernaghan, PA-C is a PA who loved her career as a PCP but loves bone health that much more. Press play to discover how she leaned in, said yes, and how it turned out.

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186: [PA] Should You Be Calling Yourself “Physician Associate” Yet? Mar 28, 2023

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As you know, physician associate has taken the place of physician assistant as the professional title of choice, at least according to the AAPA. But, a professional title change takes time. How do you know when it’s “safe” and kosher to use physician associate in clinical settings?

Press play to understand where we are in this title name change process, what you need to know and what needs to be true in your state before you start officially calling yourself physician associate.

AAPA TITLE CHANGE TIMELINE https://www.aapa.org/title-change/process/timeline/

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185: [WORK] Healthcare Burnout 101: Symptoms, Causes, and a Cure Mar 23, 2023

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What could you do if you felt passionate and purposeful in your life and career again? If that’s not how you are feeling right now, you are not alone. Studies show that over 60% of healthcare providers report current symptoms of burnout.

Burnout, caused by prolonged or excessive stress that overwhelms your ability to cope. In 2020 in the midst of working inpatient Urology during the COVID-19 pandemic, I hit absolute rock bottom personally and professionally. I wasn’t the mom, wife, PA or human being I wanted to be. I was embarrassed at the way that I was showing up in the world. I was a shell of the former Tracy.

I want to encourage other PAs to tune out the voices telling you that burnout is normal and you have to sacrifice your own mental and physical health at the altar of a healthcare system that won’t love you back.

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184: [UNICORN] Ophthalmology: View from the Inside with Joel Ciolek, PA-C Mar 21, 2023

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As an undergraduate pre-PA student, Joel Ciolek realized that his passion and purpose was pursuing ophthalmology as a physician associate. Now Joel is one of less than eighty PAs practicing in ophthalmology and has become a spokesperson and trailblazer for this specialty.

The eyes are said to be the window to the soul and Joel shares his soul, knowledge and experience getting into an ophthalmology practice, staying there and where that journey has led him. We are sharing a no-holds-barred view of our experience with boundaries, burnout and negotiation.

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BONUS [BTS] How to View Time (Even When You're Burned Out) Mar 18, 2023

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This episode is all about TIME. How we view our time. How we see time. How we value our own time (and others). Being burned changes our ability to be present and in the moment.

This behind-the-scenes episode was adapted from an email I sent to my email inbox besties - a group of PAs just like you on a mission to improve their lives and strive towards Unicorn status - if you want to get encouraging emails like this in your inbox, head to www.tracybingaman.com/email and I’ll add you to my list!

183: [PA] A Career-Changing Way to View NPs Mar 16, 2023

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In many areas of medicine, nurse practitioners practice alongside physician associates and physicians, are a vital member of the team, and play a similar role as PAs in the care of their patients. So, as PAs, should we feel threatened by NPs in a personal and professional capacity?

Here’s the thing about healthcare - it’s not going anywhere - there are 99 million people in the United States without adequate access to primary care. There are plenty of jobs and patients to go around. Press play to change that “us” vs. “them” mindset when it comes to PAs and NPs and how we work together to take care of patients.

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182: [LIFE] 10 Years Married to One Crazy PA with Dan Bingaman Mar 14, 2023

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Give it up for 10 magical and mundane years married! Dan and I are celebrating a decade of marriage and doing life in an imperfect partnership. We dive into what’s going well, our most annoying habits, how we share the mental and logistical load of working parenthood with 5 kids together on this episode.

Pulling back the curtain, Dan shares what it was like to support me through burnout and how our marriage was affected during that difficult season.

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BURNOUT:

BURNOUT: WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR WITH MEG LEDDY https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/burnout-what-i-have-learned-so-far-with-meg-leddy/id1582720035
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181: [MONEY] 7 Signs You are Due for a Raise as a PA Mar 09, 2023

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We hear a lot of PAs saying that they feel like they are underpaid, overworked and underappreciated at work. Whether it’s increased job responsibilities or new graduates in your area with zero experience making more money than you, the signs are all there.

But how do you know specifically that it’s time for you to take the steps to renegotiate your salary and compensation package. I’m unpacking 7 signs that you are due (probably overdue) for a raise in your PA position!

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180: [UNICORN] How to Be a Bone Marrow Transplant PA Mar 07, 2023

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Is getting into a unique or rare specialty on your heart as a PA, but you feel like you just aren’t sure how to make that happen? Andrea Gamez is a Bone Marrow Transplant PA who shares her journey from Internal Medicine to BMT, and how her journey with travel and locum positions took her from New York to Texas, and Texas to Seattle, Washington.

Press play to learn what Andrea loves about her job, why BMT is her calling and the exact right place for her inside of medicine. Learn how to get registered as a bone marrow donor and how doing this could save a life.

Sign up to be a bone marrow donor here: https://bethematch.org/support-the-cause/donate-bone-marrow/join-the-marrow-registry/

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179: [PA] A Day in the Life of an Aesthetics PA Mar 04, 2023

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Aesthetics - botox, neuromodulators, hyaluronic acid fillers, biostimulators, thread lifts and more. I’m sharing what it looks like to live a day in the life as an Aesthetics PA.

My transition from traditional medicine into aesthetics came along with needing to reconcile my identity and separating who I am from what I do. I’ll unpack my favorite parts about my position in aesthetics as a Physician Associate.

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