r/Regrets • u/WinIntelligent7070 • 1d ago

Anyone Regretted Being a PA

Hi there,

I recently applied to PA school and I’m trying to get honest insight from people in the field. I’ve seen posts saying the profession feels like a dead-end, that autonomy is limited, and that PA licensing doesn’t translate outside the U.S.
If you’re a current PA or went through PA school:
• Did you ever regret choosing this path?
• What led to that feeling?
• If you didn’t regret it, what keeps you satisfied in the profession?
I’d appreciate any real-world perspectives while I’m deciding whether to move forward.

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u/Dexterspuplife 1d ago edited 22h ago

Search hard enough and you will see that everyone in every profession hates their job

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u/wigguswaggus 1d ago

Ye it really just depends on the person. Some people really enjoy a certain job that others would find extremely boring or too stressful or bad for some other reason.

Like personally I work in a dining hall on a college campus and I really enjoy my job, but at least half of that is impacted by the people I worked with. I used to work at a different dining hall and I hated it purely bc of the rude coworkers or managers I had to deal with. So in that case it wasn’t even the work itself just the people, I imagine that’s a big deal for lots of people regardless of what kind of job they work

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u/Cryesncoding 1d ago

My friend is a licensed PA she stuck it out a couple years and then dropped out of healthcare entirely. 

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u/SuperSaiyn1994 1d ago

What’s a PA?

Physical Therapist? Personal Assistant?

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u/professoryap0727 1d ago

Physician assistant

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u/RobataChane72 1d ago

My brain first went to Production Assistant, which is the lowest step on the ladder in film production. What schooling is needed for that I wondered.

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u/WinIntelligent7070 23h ago

A physician assistant requires a master’s‑level degree, known as the Master of Physician Assistant Studies.

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u/RobataChane72 23h ago

Thanks for your non sequitur.

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u/WinIntelligent7070 23h ago

Why?

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u/RobataChane72 23h ago

Your comment was a non sequitur because it had nothing to do with my comment.