 Okay so I've answered this question like various different ways on different videos that I've done on this channel but again it was posed a different way that I haven't really talked about before and so I just wanted to address that and it is about working in PA school. So is it a good idea for you to work in PA school? Let's get into the video right now. What's up you guys? It's Sedona. Welcome back to my channel. Okay so I had a question posed by Anne and so I'm going to read this question for you all. She was asking specifically about working in PA school and kind of just trying to figure out like you know how do you go about answering that question okay? So it is interview season. People are getting asked all different types of questions in your interview so make sure that you are prepared up the wazoo for your interview because anything can be thrown your way. And Anne who was asking me she says hi Donna thank you for the video I have a question if they ask you during the interview are you going to work while in school or do you plan on keeping your position upon acceptance should you answer honestly and say yes if you plan on working and perhaps mention the job is per diem or say not or say no even if you plan on working and I'm referencing this to per diem positions not part time or full time as I know those will take away from study time thank you for your help. Okay and so I don't know I mean I don't know who like the majority of my viewers I know your age range but you know maybe not everybody knows the difference between per diem and part time and full time. So obviously full time is your general like 40 hours a week part time is like about 20 or so hours a week and per diem is essentially as needed. So typically you might work like once a week for sure and then you know as needed okay. So there's not really truly any guaranteed per se time as with your full time in your part time jobs. So that's why it's a little bit more flexibility in terms of keeping that job if you were to get into PA school and so she's specifically asking about per diem positions. Now I know that that is like it's the what threw me off a little is like should you answer honestly and for me you should always answer honestly. I don't like people like going into things where you're actually supposed to be an honest person like an honest provider you know telling your patients what's really going on with them like start your career off with honesty just be honest you know we learn that as little kids you know honesty is the best policy so go ahead and continue to be honest and I would absolutely answer that answer that question honestly and I think that it would be beneficial for you to say yes you know I do plan on keeping my current position however my position is per diem especially if you live in an area that you're going to be going to school in right you know it's different if you're like moving from state to state then you know that changes like no I'm not keeping my position or well my position is an hour and a half away so I'm not going to be keeping that or yes I am going to keep it I'm going to work it on the weekends whatever it is just be prepared to not only answer that question but the question that follows it whether it be well our policy is that our students don't work how do you feel about that or what do you plan to do if you were to be accepted or you know the question might follow as in so okay how do you see yourself managing both PA school and a part time or per diem job so make sure that you're prepared for all aspects of questions and rounds of questions that can come from you answering that question as a yes or no and then as long as you're prepared and you know exactly what your your plans are then you should be fine you guys hear me say it all the time the plans of the diligent need to prosperity so if you're planning in terms of hey I'm gonna work per diem I'm gonna work two days out of the month because you know I want to have like some kind of play money while I'm in PA school then do that if you need the job I know many people who are like we're still firefighters and nurses and CNAs while in PA school because they needed the job they had a family that they had to like provide for and they still made it it wasn't easy you know there are some tests and quizzes and things that may not have like gotten the best grade that they could have gotten had they had a little bit more time on their hands but they made it and they are PAs and so it is possible to not only go to PA school but to hold down a full time and part time job definitely a per diem job but you just have to really like compartmentalize your life and plan diligently so that you don't allow your schooling to suffer because you're paying a ton of money for that okay alright and so I hope I answered your question my answer like just in a wrap up form is yes answer it honestly always answer the questions honestly that should always be your policy okay and then you know hopefully they take that honesty and they can see that you've made the necessary changes and adjustments and plans to make sure that you succeed not only in PA school but in life alright thank you guys if you have any other comments or questions for me go ahead and leave them in the comment section below please go on over to Adam the PA on Instagram and get that see University on on Instagram you can follow me there you should also check out get that see University comm because we didn't help you not only get into but through PA school and I know like a lot of you are in the throngs of the PA school process so we're here to help okay thank you guys so much for watching I will talk to you guys next time