How to get your healthcare/patient care hours for PA School!

Hola amigos! My name is Mario Navarro. I am a second-year PA student at UC Davis in Sacramento, CA. In this video I dive into my recommendations and tips on getting your patient care experience hours for PA school. If you're a pre-PA with no hours, this video is for you!

Links:
CHE UCD IG page: @che_at_ucd

My goal with this channel is to increase the presence of our Latino and Hispanic providers and be a resource for all pre-PA/PA students! For a limited time, I am offering one-on-one personalized Zoom sessions to meet all of your pre-PA and PA student needs. You can sign up and view the affordable pricing using the Calendly link below. I look forward to meeting you.

Timestamps:
0:00-0:57 Intro
0:57-1:14 What is a PA?
1:14-1:50 PA School Application Overview
1:50-2:41 Why do you need hours?
2:41-3:09 CASPA FAQ
3:09-5:00 Types of pre-PA experience categories
5:00-5:37 Patient Care Experience Overview
5:37-9:04 EMT-B/Paramedic/ER Tech
9:04-10:33 Medical Assistant
10:33-11:03 CNA
11:03-11:40 Mental Health Tech
11:40-12:55 Medical Scribe
12:55-13:32 Phlebotomist
13:32-16:34 Other jobs
16:34-17:56 My Main Takeaway!

Thank you for watching.

The information in this video is entirely my own views and opinions. I do not represent the views or opinions of the Univesity of California, Davis ("UC Davis".) Any topics or advice discussed on this channel is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images, and information, contained in this video is for general information purposes only and does not replace a consultation with your own medical health professional.

Hope you guys enjoy the video. Animo plebes!!

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[Lauritadays]

the visuals>
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the son & wife>

great info!

[AMP_Chronicles]

This video needs WAY more views. Mad Youtube is not recommending it enough smh. So informative. Subscribed :)

[DanielGonzalez-kjbx]

another very informational and good video ! 👨🏻‍⚕️💪🏻, love the videos Mario

[JDuran-vkyq]

This is a super clutch video Mario. Great job 👍🏼

[itzallanaortega]

Quiero agradecerte mucho por tu video, es muy informativo y es justo to que necesitaba. Cómo alguien que no tiene a nadie más que recurrir tu video me a ayudado mucho. Thank you!

[peytonweiss]

This is an incredibly high quality video. Thank you so much!

[angelreyes]

I am also a first generation immigrant. Born and raised in LA. koreatown. I have been a surgical tech for two year. 1st year worked in the Main Operating room and Now I am a Scrub tech for labor and delivery. I am thinking real hard going in to PA school through west coast university but they offer a MPA ( Master of Physician assistant)

[mariareynanavarro]

Felicidades hijo cuanta informacion y que importante para todos las personas que tienen esa vocacion 👳si se puede plebes👍🙏❤

[shiannemoore]

Hey! So I am a undergrad psychology student as we speak and I saw that you graduated in psychology. How did you get your science classes out of the way?

[Daraniashley]

Hi Mario, how did you make this video? slideshow and camera? I would like to use this for my research presentations! Great video and love your

[ascend]

Super high quality informative video! For PA school would we need both HCE and PCE or is PCE more important ? I'm planning on becoming a full time medical scribe after graduation as my primary source of PCE, so if I got that would I need to do any of the other 5 or is racking up all my PCE hours from medical scribe ok? As for HCE I was wondering would volunteering at a hospital on the side would be good since I'd be doing full time as a scribe? Also besides getting HCE and PCE is it also important to gain volunteer hours that are non PCE or HCE such as providing food for the homeless?

[insomniang]

Hello! I see that you graduated from UCLA. I am a high school senior that has UCLA as a choice to attend and was wondering how you liked it there? Do you feel that it’s a good school to go as a pre-pa student? Was maintaining a high GPA while accumulating PCE feasible? Thank you!

[peytoncody]

Hey I just graduated with my bachelors in health science and am looking at which PCE I should start with. I am leaning towards CNA but wonder if PA schools view those “less than” something like an EMT. Do PA schools view different PCE hours “better or worse”?

[RappRelevant]

Isn't it fact that a Bachelors Degree is needed to apply for a PA program?

[MzHoustonLovely]

I know you made this a year ago. But what about a hospital pharmacy tech?

[veronicasarabia]

Hola Que hay de “ Certified Hemodialysis Patient Care Technician “ ? Tengo 3 años trabajando con pacientes, prácticamente yo les doy el tratamiento y la enfermera solo supervisa o da órdenes .

Y cuantas horas mínimo necesitamos para ser candidato competitivo?

[mathewanaya]

Yo! I'm a first year student, looking to get into either nursing or becoming a PA. Do you think a BSN (Nursing) degree will give enough expierience to go to PA school after? And do you do your hours while studying undergrad? I plan on specializing if I do nursing, which will take two years anyways, so thinking doing a PA program for those 2 years.

[danielagonzalez]

Could shadowing a PA be considered as a way to get PC hours?

[daisyramirez]

Hi! Great video ! I am currently a pharmacy tech does this fall under any category?? I am also thinking of doing ABA therapy for my hours prior to PA school what are your thoughts ?

[jennifernavarro]

Can an ABA therapist or Bachelor's level mental health provider count as patient care hours?