DOCTOR vs PA (Physician Assistant) - Q & A 

Hope you guys enjoy my special guest!! 😍

So we are just going to ignore the fact that she was a practicing PA at the age of 21!!!

Is anyone else physically blown away by her hair?

It is easier to be married with another medical professional as a medical professional. A lot of the time people from another careers don't understand the schedule.

I get female cop vibes from her

So your wife doesn't do RU-vid? I would love to watch videos PA life.

I can’t imagine having “full autonomy” as a provider at 21 years old... I decided to go to med school instead of becoming an NP so I could have the extra schooling.

All these men in the comments talking about “she’s scary” No. 🙄 Seems like you weak males are just intimated by a strong, assertive woman. Ignore the losers, love you two as a couple!! 💪💕

1) You’re a physician 2) Your wife is stunning 3) Shoutout to a fellow southerner 4) I’m jealous😂

My husband and I are both in the legal field. He's and attorney and I am a paralegal assistant finishing school to become a paralegal. Its great to be able conversations and both understand the lingo and actual laws. We at times will debate the outcome of certain high profile cases. And our family is always calling for legal advice. But I am planning to go to PA school.

Fantastic video! Great synergy. Cool to see the parallel of the collaborative relationship between a husband and wife and a Doctor and PA.

You guys do not know how helpful this is! I am a senior in High-school and was trying to decide if I wanted to go the PA or MD route, as I have always wanted to be a pediatrician, and have just learned about how capable PA's are! Thanks so much for this!

she lowkey sound like Janice from Friends lmao

I'm looking at becoming a PA but I feel like I've had some questions that you can't look up on google and you guys helped answer those for me. Thank you! I hope you guys continue to make videos like these.

The Doctor and PA should be a regular session. It is so nice to hear both perspectives.

Love the collective vibe and energy, you two 🖤 Great info as well, just what I was searching for - Thank u!

Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦! Your channel is the first realistic and down to earth medical channel I have encountered so far. No exaggerating and fake talks here! I love it! I'm a premed student right now and I was wondering if you can make a video about your premed journey!!! Thanks a lot! 😊

I'm currently a Pharmacy Technician. I do not want to become a pharmacist but still want to be in medicine. This is playing a big part on me deciding what I want to do. Thank you, it was very helpful and informative!

Wow. She is such a beauty. Would love to see her more!!! Also it's super cute to see you two together

I love her! She seems like a outgoing fun person. You too are so great for each other

Y'all are awesome! My husband and I have recently been at a crossroads for whether he should choose the pediatrician or PA route and this video was super helpful! Not only did I love the fact that y'all are married too but also that you both provided insight from both physician and PA perspectives. Good luck with your residency and I hope God blesses y'all with beautiful baby Cellinis! I look forward to watching more videos!

You got the most stunning lady as your better half😍🥰 you both look good together👌🏾

This was super informative, thanks guys! She’s so lucky to have gone to a school that allowed her to get that all done in four years!!!!

That’s sick how you guys are both have a solid career and it’s something you both are connected to.

Aw this was great. I'm in PA school while my hubs is starting residency soon so it's awesome to see you guys!

I live for the woman’s confidenceeee ✨✨✨✨✨

A new video great. I am currently a 2 years radiologist student in Italy. You help me so much with your videos and I’m improving my English thank to you. I really like both of you, amazing couple.

Thank you for the video on the differences between Doctor vs. PA. Your information is truly helpful! Keep up the PA input.

Congrats Dr. Cellini and Andriana. Good vid.

Could you talk about the increase rates in med students and physician suicide. It’s a huge unspoken issue in the medical field.

PA vs nurse practitioner video if possible plz. Thanks

Y'all are so cute!! I love how you guys finish each other sentences omg. This video is so helpful! I'm still deciding with path I want to take, so this is great information to know about both PA and MD! :)

Who else is here during this pandemic now discovering this channel and may I say they are so cute together 🙏🏽, May God Bless them two

Very nice collaboration! PAs are almost non-existent here in Nigeria. It was great getting to learn more about you guys (PAs).

ayyyy y'all answered my question! Lol, awesome video, my girlfriend is in PA school right now and i'm in medical school pursuing IR in my 3rd year. Weird, I know. Love your videos!

You guys are so enjoyable to watch!!! Great video!🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️

Loved this video! Super unique perspectives👍🏽

You should collab with DR. Mike

This video is awesome!! I am on my way to becoming a PA as well. Love that you're helping people become more informed of the role and life of a PA! It's crazy to me how many people are still in the dark. Your wife is incredible and if she ever wanted to start her own youtube channel I would TOTALLY watch every episode! PLEASE post more videos with her.

Thank y’all for sharing your jobs and explaining them. It’s very interesting to hear what you do. Good luck on your new jobs.

Your wife is GORGEOUS!!! I always enjoy watching your videos. I am hopefully going to become a physical therapist once I finish my undergrad in kinesiology and it's nice to see things from a different perspective than I usually see them in.

I'm also a PA and I love when another fellow PA steps up to increase awareness of our awesome profession! I work in family medicine in Pennsylvania. I would like to add: yes, combination programs for undergrad and PA school still exist. I did a 5 year combined undergrad and master's program and at 23, I had my MS and sat for my PANCE.

couple goals :) Awesome video guys, giving some recognition to PA-Cs!

Definitely helpful! You two are great!

Hey I thought this video was great, I am currently in PA school now so being able to hear both your views on the medical field was awesome and will help me in the future understanding what I will be responsible for vs. a doctor. I would love to see more on both you in videos! :)

Thank you so much for this video! I am actually torn between both medical school and PA school routes. However, in the end, I needed to hear that a PA-C's schedule and their utilization as far as specialties are what I'm looking for. 🙌🏼 Best of luck for the both of you on continuing your careers and later enjoying a family along the way. 👌🏼

This video was so helpful!!! Thank you both!

I am premed and had my first baby 4 months ago. After being with him, realizing that med school, residency, and fellowship for ortho surgery (my passion) is going to take me away from my family for so many years at a time. I am 100% going into medicine as a provider, but I’m heavily leaning towards PA so I can have much better hours and actually start practicing pretty soon. Thank you for uploading this video!

I’m currently studying as a pa at 20 in the UK and I’m loving it, I can’t wait to Graduate next year and start working!

Great video! My boyfriend is currently a medical student and I am pre-PA..would love to see more videos of Andriana talking about her career as a physician assistant and any recommendations she may have for pre-PA applicants :)

I love this video with both of your perspectives!! Please do more!

Woah. I didn’t know PA’s existed. I thought the only way to get a job where your medically helping people was to go to med school and become a doctor. It’s actually really cool to know there is a financial option I can afford to do instead. Coool.

I watched while doing my chem hw ! now I want this degree more than ever thank you guysssssss 💛

You guys are awesome!! Love this channel !!

I've been a PA for 26 years in Emergency Medicine. Good points for future MD's / PA's and great video you 2!!

Day in the life of a PA!!

You two are super cute! Just found your channel and my daughter has been trying to decide which route to take. Sharing your video with her now. Best of luck to you both! God bless. 💕

That's awesome you are patient with your family with medical needs.

You guy are so cute!!!! PA was my major I left school to have my daughter. I also have a back ground in medicine. I wouldn’t totally love to find a husband in the medical field. You guys get each other’s passions. I’m so going back💕

Side note to her being ridiculously smart and amazing her hair is AMAZING

Really enjoyed this. I'm in my mid 20's and strongly leaning towards PA school. I absolutely love the idea of doing what physicians do. I really hate being in school though. It took me awhile to settle on the medical field, and even longer on the PA path. Unfortunately I'm trying to play catch up with my undergrads. Honestly I'm really jealous of the people my age in PA school or even graduating right now. I kick myself every day knowing that could have been me if I had played my cards differently. Sometimes I feel like I'm too far behind to start this path. After all, my 20's will be long gone before I can even think about working as a PA... I generally see consistent job satisfaction with PAs though, and that's really motivating to me. I know they make WAY less than MD's, but if it means I can get to work quicker as a professional, I'm all for it. I can see myself as a great psychiatric PA. But I've still got a long road ahead and that brings me down sometimes. I really appreciate videos like this though. Please keep it up. Its just the sort of thing people like me need to hear once in awhile.

Great video!!! Thanks for sharing your experiences!💚

Cute! Loved it! Thank you for your care and dedication. Best of luck to you!

going to pa school in the fall and i am so excited! i loved this video, you guys are so cute together!

Excellent video ! I am a physician and work with Excellent PA's and NP's, These 2 groups are physician extenders: meaning they are supervised by physicians and SIGNIFICANTLY increase a physician's ability to provide quality care for more patients at the same time. Physicians do have more training. Generally PA's and NP's make very good money and have better hours

This was so helpful! I am going to school right now to be a PA. I get my AA in June and then I will continue my education towards PA. This just helped push me even more to be a PA and I know I am making the right decision. Plus she is so pretty! thanks guys (:

This has been so helpful!! I was deciding between physican vs pa route 🎉

Is it just me or is this guys girl dominating the relationship🤔?

I both chuckled & grinned really hard during your whole video. Love your guys' relationship! ♥ Post my BSN I am seriously contemplating PA school since PA's are interchangeable where I have found that NP's are locked in a specialty. Thoughts?

Yeah I agree it’s nice to have someone who understands health care because it’s such a different field than others experience

“direct extension of the physician “ i like that , thank you for sharing 🙏🏻

I like to see you together ,much love for both of you ..I’m radiology resident but I don’t have any idea about PA i think we don’t have this branch in my country .. Hope to see more videos together

How cute couple you guys are!! She’s so adorable Want vedios with her♥️♥️

Ya'll are precious! She is absolutely stunning!

Very helpful video as someone who is choosing between different fields (pharmacy school and PA school) thank you guys for explaining in depth and with such fun attitudes!

This video was awesome! You two are amazing :)

More Adriana please . More about PA school. How to know if you should go to Pa or MD school?

Super power couple! Can’t ignore the fact that you two are beauty and brains! 💖

I’m Really happy I found your channel, you kind of ignited something in me, a love for medicine I've always had but just recently came alive! ☺️

Firstly to become a Physician Assistant (PA), you must obtain a bachelors degree from an undergraduate education. This is non-specific but largely people tend to choose degrees in the sciences as the prerequisites for PA school are heavily science based (Bio 1,2 Chem 1, 2 Organic 1, Biochemistry 1, Genetics, Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology 1, 2). Next all PA schools require direct patient care hours to apply. The AVERAGE ACCEPTED APPLICANT has ~2000 hrs. Examples of obtaining direct patient care hours is through Nursing, Athletic Training, Physical therapy, medical scribe, etc. Once accepted to PA school there is two years. PA's are taught under the medical model which is the same model of medicine as Physician's. This is different then the nursing model which only nurses follow, such as NP's. The curriculum for PA school is a similar curriculum to accelerate doctors during World War 2. PA's first year is called the didactic phase. This is heavy book learning of medicine. The second year is called the clinical year. This is where PA's get 2,000 hrs in multiple specialties (Primary care, Orthopedics, OB/GYN, General Surgery, etc). To draw a comparison Doctors have two didactic years and 2 clinical years. Follow similar frame work for learning medicine but PA's have a generalist approach and MD's have a more thorough approach. After completing all of the requirements during PA school, PA students must pass the PANCE exam to become certified. The PANCE exam is a nationally certified exam. PA must retake the exam every 10 years to re-certify to practice as a PA. PA's are required to get 100 hours of CME units, which is similar to physicians. PA's and NP's have similar lengths in terms of schooling and I can delve more in depth of the differences if you like.

On my rehab unit the PA corrects all the mistakes the MD makes and also corrects all the “mental” harm he does to his patients. Thank god for PA’s.

Wow, that combined PA program sounds awesome!

You guys are great. Thanks for this video. Very helpful ❤

I can’t wait to be a PA! I’m an EMT now and my goal is to become an OBGYN PA!

I wish she could be my pa. I love her personality and she is so smart and pretty!!

Here in New Zealand we don’t have PAs , Practicing medicine is exclusively done by a medical doctor , now NP too (with some restrictions ) It’s unusual for the Medical Council to register a degree with the name of “assistant “ and also without 6 year medical school and at least two years of postgraduate internship before going to a residency program. I ve heard in the UK there as some PAs. I hope one day we get PAs here in New Zealand.You guys are pretty much needed.You do a great job!!!

Super helpful video! Thanks guys

amazing videos, keep them up

Mrs. Celini, Which school did you go to as an undergrad ?

I enjoyed your video and welcome as much info as possible to explain the PA profession to the public. Very helpful! Even now they are jimmying around with our name! I hope it starts with "His Veritable Eminence, but it probably won't. Still, I wish I had a dime for every time a patient asked me "Why didn't you just become a doctor?!" I met Dr. Stead personally and worked with a psychiatrist colleague of his for years. So, as an experienced PA for several decades, I would like to add this comment: Each and every PA is governed by the medical laws of the state they are licensed and work in. It varies from state to state. I say "work in" because in my state (NC) a PA does not technically "practice" medicine. The NC Medical Act defines a PA as "performing medical acts, tasks, and functions." Nurse practitioners, on the other hand, are listed as being able to "practice" medicine. This is huge oversight, but makes a crucial difference. Why? For a number of reasons, but mostly reimbursement and autonomy. By not being able to "practice medicine," PAs are not allowed to be individually credentialed with Medicare, Medicaid, and some other insurance companies for reimbursement. Therefore, they must bill those services under their supervising physician's NPI, and he/she must be physically present at the practice. So if a PA happens to own and operate her own clinic (a medical practice?) she still cannot legally bill under her group or individual NPI, if her supervising physician isn't inda house. A Nurse Practitioner, on the other hand, may practice independently. Not fair? Well, it has to do with the semantics in the various Medical Acts - usually enacted by non-medical wise guys, and the folks who take them out to dinner. There are many other State differences too, that was just an example. Some states still don't allow PAs to prescribe controlled substances. My state will not allow me to prescribe a controlled substance (or change a prescription for one) after three months without consulting my supervising MD and gaining his approval. So if I work in psychiatry, I can't refill your Adderall on month four, regardless of whether you have been stable on it for years, unless I consult my MD. Very dumb. If I want to decrease your pain medication, gotta ask the doc! I will say that most supervisors are awesome, but even a detailed, generous collaborative practice agreement cannot undermine the applicable medical statute. I could go on but you get the point. Years ago, I worked a locum tenens job in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska (Yes, it was a blast BTW!) but I was unable to suture fishermans' laceration (90 percent of the job) until I obtained permission from an MD who also was required to sign the note. I hope it's not like that anymore... ...but it depends on the state! On the other hand, I was trained in the Air Force, and because you can't sue Uncle Sam, I was doing vasectomies on day two (an exaggeration, sort of) and zapping vocal cord nodules on day three. On the outside, it's up to the fat cats at the state capitol. In Mississippi, not long ago, a monkey on an organ grinder could practice more medicine than a PA. In conclusion, if you want to know what the limitations are on a PA versus an MD, please consult your state's medical statute. The best docs and PAs practice medicine in community with each other, and other providers, because they love people, and love to help them feel better. And then there are others... ; ) Thank you for what you do! Amen. JD.

More of her please 🙏🏻 you guys are great together 😍😍

What school did you go to that had a combined undergraduate with a PA program?

y'all are seriously goals

Thanx for making this video,it was a real help for me to choose my career paths, A BIG THANX!!! ❤❤

more about physician assistants please! thats what I want to go into, and Id love as much information as i can get about the profession. Im currently an undergrad health sciences: pre-clinical major, and I graduate in the summer of 2020. ill be applying for PA schools starting in 2020, and I am going to look into scribe jobs soon for experience and DPC hours. if Adriana could also go into what to expect when applying for programs, as well as how to make yourself more competitive, etc, that would be amazing! cant wait to see more of your videos! i just subscribed :) thanks guys!!

JUST THOSE FIRST 40 SECS ALREADY GOT ME SMILING LIKE AN IDIOT. JUST KEEP DOING YOU, GUYS ❤

Love the end hahah you guys are awesome!

New kid on the block. Congrats!

My 2 cents- General Surgeon here- if I send a patient to be evaluated by a specialist, I expect a specialist. Not a person who did 4 years undergrad and 2.5 of “med school” with what can only be described as “circumstantial experience”, evaluating said patient. If I find out this happened, I will never send another patient to you. I’m looking at you dermatology.

this video was very helpful! i’m deciding between a PA or a physician!