Can you love your profession and also step away from it? Absolutely. Seasoned surgical Physician Assistant, entrepreneur, writer, personal statement professor, and online educator Karen Calcaño PA-C joins your host Erika del Pozo MOT, OTR/L and shares her current burnout situation, balancing your energy input and output when you’re burned out, ‘medfluencers,’ the struggle of the divine mission of healthcare and the struggle between the calling and the practicality of that, the pros and cons of being a PA-C, and more. We also get into the high cost of getting into healthcare and the societal norms surrounding this calling.

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