A common interview question that stumps many well-intentioned PA school interviewees is "Why did you choose PA over NP?"
This is a classic question that you must be prepared for. Do you have an answer?
This is a clip from one of our recent mock interviews. It provides the perfect foundation on which you can construct your answer to this question.
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"I took a pathway in healthcare that has led me to the PA track. It is a natural progression for me. I have a strong biology background, and I love the diagnostic aspect of medicine. The medical model inspires me, and I want to learn from that. I also work with PAs and NPs, and I understand the value of both of them, and I know what great clinicians they both are. But for me, I feel that I don't have that extensive RN training going into this, and I feel like the benefit of the PA training for me is that it offers a broader clinical foundation if I don't have the nursing background to draw from. It will provide me with extra clinical rotations and a more extensive generalist foundation in medicine that I am looking for at this point."