How to break into trauma surgery as a PA

Second year PA student interested in working in trauma surgery and being a part of trauma assessments, codes, placing chest tubes, intubating, first assisting, and rounding in the ICU.

What would be the best way to get to this level?

Apply straight into trauma surgery jobs at level II’s with no residents? Level I’s for the higher acuity cases?
Surgical fellowship/residency covering many subspecialties?
Crit care fellowship/residency?
EM fellowship/residency?

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u/padawb5 — 1 day ago

How to break into trauma surgery

Second year PA student interested in working in trauma surgery and being a part of trauma assessments, codes, placing chest tubes, intubating, first assisting, and rounding in the ICU.

What would be the best way to get to this level?

Apply straight into trauma surgery jobs at level II’s with no residents? Level I’s for the higher acuity cases?
Surgical fellowship/residency covering many subspecialties?
Crit care fellowship/residency?
EM fellowship/residency?

reddit.com
u/padawb5 — 1 day ago