Behind the Scenes: Urgent Care PA Shares Insider Knowledge!

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Welcome to my interview with a veteran Physician Assistant (PA) who has over 20 years of experience in urgent care! We explore the diverse patient cases, procedures, and operational insights, from onsite testing to unique schedules. Drawing from his experiences, he reveals key skills for success and offers valuable advice for PAs & NPs looking to work in urgent care. Whether you're a healthcare professional or just curious about urgent care, join me for a captivating journey into this dynamic specialty.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Journey to Urgent Care
02:54 Is Urgent Care New Grad Friendly?
03:53 Transitioning Into Urgent Care
04:22 Patient Population in Urgent Care
04:58 Patient Count in Urgent Care
07:32 Labs & Imaging in Urgent Care
08:20 Support Staff
09:04 Working with a Physician in UC
10:11 Patient Complexity in Urgent Care
11:19 Consults in Urgent Care
12:33 Follow-Up in Urgent Care
13:28 Procedures in Urgent Care
14:18 Escalation of Care
15:59 Antibiotics in Urgent Care
16:43 Common Conditions in Urgent Care
17:24 Holidays in Urgent Care
17:43 Schedule in Urgent Care
19:31 Downsides of Urgent Care
22:11 Compensation in Urgent Care
23:53 PAs vs NPs in Urgent Care
24:38 Changing Specialties to Urgent Care
25:50 Emergency Room vs Urgent Care
26:53 Questions to Ask When Interviewing
27:48 What's Great About Urgent Care?
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@TheMedicineCouch 3 месяца назад

Would you work in urgent care? Do you think it's a great specialty or frightening!?

@ccfalcon88 3 месяца назад

Thanks for publishing this video. I love your fox sweater btw 😊 I'm interested as a soon to be new grad FNP (10 years nursing experience mixed wound specialist, ICU mother-baby), but I am afraid of being overwhelmed as a new grad FNP. Still I am also interested in being in the mix of things and being engaged in my environment. I have definitly heard mixed reviews from NPs about the workplace quality. That freaks me out the most!

@TheMedicineCouch 3 месяца назад

Thanks! I love my fox sweater too! 😃 As we tried to point out in the video, UC is a specialty that has HUGE variability between settings. Definitely take your time and check out jobs you are interested in. Don't be afraid to ask questions at the interview and don't be afraid to ask for at least one day of shadowing in the clinic. While you are there, talk to everyone working that day, not just the provider(s). See if they think it's a good place to work and if they feel supported. You can't ever really know for certain if a place is right for you, but if you do you best to scope it out as much as possible, you give yourself a better chance. And if you start working there and realize it's not the right place for you and the problems can't be fixed, don't be afraid to move on! Another things I would say is to consider looking at occupational medicine jobs. They almost always have a fair amount of urgent care cases (mostly ortho, lacerations, foreign bodies) but they are normally much slower paced and without all the "train-wreck" patients. Congrats on your upcoming graduation and best wishes in your career!

@johnumbach7064 3 месяца назад

The medicine seems very learnable, doable and potentially rewarding. The volume expectations attached to the high satisfaction expectations is what seems a bit daunting.

@johnumbach7064 3 месяца назад

He quoted averaging 3 pts / hr but I more commonly hear 4 is the minimum and often much more.

@TheMedicineCouch 2 месяца назад

@@johnumbach7064 I am right there with you. The volume definitely scares me. I will say I've read many social media threads where providers talk about how many pts they see in UC. I would have to say, the majority answered about 38-45. Some were much higher and were dying, others were a little lower. I think if someone is looking at UC, it would be smart to really do their homework on a location there were considering working at. It really is so variable! One smart move may be to consider occupational medicine. You get a lot of UC type cases and experience, but the volume is usually significantly less!

@fdllicks 3 месяца назад

My experience. It sucks. Patients are all Karens. They are WAY WAY overcharged. When they get their $10,000 bill they immediately write a handwritten bill complaining about you. Why? Because they heard at the gym and yoga class that another Karen depressed housewife got their bill cut in half by writing a complaint letter. So the administrator calls you into his office wondering why you got your 500th complaint letter. But the real answer is bcz the patients know they get their bill cut in half with a complaint letter.! Urgent care sucks

@TheMedicineCouch 3 месяца назад

I didn't have that experience when I worked UC, but that was 7 years ago, so I'm sure things have changed. Yes, the billing issues is one of those things that providers have no control over (other then setting the visit code), but that can negatively impact them. Definitely one of the frustrations in medicine. Well, that and administration not having your back!