 So we've all been impacted by the COVID-19 virus over the past year and a half, a little over a year and a half, and there has been both good and bad that has come from this virus. And with respect to the PA profession and PA school and just healthcare in general, there are some good things that have actually come. And I think that that kind of also goes across the board, not just healthcare as well. Like it's becoming more and more acceptable for online classes and online schooling to happen. It's also becoming more acceptable or you're just more aware that, hey, you know, individuals can be efficient just as efficient, maybe even more efficient at home doing their work than they were in the office. And as such, there is a push, a move to tele remote work slash telemedicine and telehealth. And so I got a question about that very topic. And so that is what I'm going to be talking about in today's video. Let's talk about telemedicine. What's up, you guys sit down and welcome back to my channel. So I again, I'm going to be talking about telemedicine but more so telemedicine and telehealth while it pertains to the PA profession. Obviously, I am a PA. So that's what I'm going to be talking about. If you don't know anything about my channel, take a look around. If you like what you see, go ahead and subscribe. So I had a question posed by one of you all and the question said, I heard you can work as a PA online telemedicine. Is it actually possible? And if yes, do you have to get a separate degree for that? So, um, you know, we can like kind of tie trade or break down this question and I can answer the different parts. So is it possible to work as a PA in telemedicine? Yes, absolutely. It is absolutely possible. And there were these jobs prior to COVID-19, but there are so many more now. And I just want to like just kind of make it known that this is not just jobs that are remote now only because they're kind of transitioning back to the office space. But there are lots of different models. Okay, there are some people who have jobs as healthcare professionals, more specifically PAs that are like 50% remote or 75% remote. There are others who have it that are 100% remote and you're doing telemedicine in terms of primary care or mental health. And that is where I've seen a lot of PAs and NPs kind of make their mold in the APP sphere when it comes to telemedicine. It's typically in a primary care setting or dealing with the like mental health scope. So with respect to that, yes, there are many jobs. There are also jobs where you can be doing like after discharge from a hospital that you're kind of talking to or, you know, speaking with the patients to just ensure that they don't necessarily have to go back to the hospital prematurely. Maybe that's something that you can help them with. And I've seen jobs like that listed as well. So there are various different types of telemedicine and telehealth jobs available for PAs. But the majority of like the things that we would do apart from just your primary care or urgent care is it requires you actually being in with the patient and seeing the patient. So for me as a trauma PA, I cannot do telehealth. I can't do telemedicine. Only if I was doing it at the clinic. So we do have a trauma clinic where any of our patients that have come into the hospital as a trauma, that maybe we have done some type of procedure on them or, you know, surgery on them after they have been discharged from the hospital, they do come back to clinic because there are many visits after you've left the hospital that you may have to check on wound care and things like that. And so they come back into the clinic. And as a PA, I could do clinic telehealth visits as well. But again, if you need to actually see things, see the wound, you know, address the wound, all of those various different things, then you might have to come in. So yes, first answer to the question is yes, yes, yes, yes, it is possible. And also like the just really quick caveat, quick break. I want you guys to come back on Tuesday, because I do have a new school that I will be doing on Tuesday. And it will, I'm not even going to give it away. I'm not even going to give away what school I'm going to be talking about on Tuesday, but it will be live. And then I will be talking about another school on Friday through Get That See University. And that will be live as well. Okay, so just be sure to like join me in those different scopes. And also your girl hit 40k. Like can we like give ourselves, we did this. Okay, I didn't do this. We did this. And so I'm super excited about that. Super excited about hitting 40,000 subscribers. This is only because of you guys. So thank you so much for that. Love each and every one of you. Let me get back to that question though. Okay, so also the question asked, do you have to get a separate degree for that? No. Okay, so like in the PA scope, separate degrees, secondary degrees, more certification, that's not like really a thing, you know, we are trained as generalists. We deal with like primary care, urgent care, emergency medicine, you know, surgical PAs, we're trained in all of those various different scopes, so that we don't have to continuously go and get more training, I guess you could say through extra schooling or more certifications. Now you can get certifications on your own if you want to just have that piece of paper that says, Hey, you know, I'm trauma certified or I am ICU certified, you can find various different fellowships that you might want to take part of and things like that. But it's not necessary. So to do telemedicine and telehealth, no, it is not necessary for you to get a separate degree. However, what is necessary is that you get other more licenses. Okay, so to work as a PA in telemedicine, sometimes you're seeing patients in like another state. So if I'm in the DMV area, but I'm seeing patients in Florida, or I'm seeing patients in Pennsylvania, I'm going to need to have a license for Florida and a license for Pennsylvania. And so that is the only caveat and obviously license is cost money. So you're just going to have to be able to spend that money. And sometimes the telemedicine group or the locums group, if you're doing it through locums, they will pay for your licensure, but sometimes they don't. And so that is just an extra cost that you may have to incur. Okay, but that is it. You can work in telemedicine and you absolutely do not need to get a separate degree. Okay, so thank you so much for asking that question. 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