Dawn Elliott Knapp, PA-C

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Top 5 Physician Assistant CV Mistakes

Taking the time to craft the perfect CV is an absolute necessity in today’s healthcare employment market. Gone are the days of typing and snail-mailing your resume. Job applications are entirely electronic, and your documents must run the gauntlet of application tracking systems (ATS) before landing in the inbox of a hiring professional.
Ensure that your documents are optimized for employers’ current application review methods so your resume gets bumped to the top of the pile. Avoid these top fi...
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Soft Skills Employers Look for in Physician Assistants

As a physician assistant (PA), you’re ready for a new challenge, have decided to move on from your current position, and want your CV and cover letter to accurately reflect your knowledge and experience. Listing your past jobs is a must, but there’s more to it than that. Employers want to know about your soft skills, which reflect your personality, character, and ability to interact with others. What soft skills are employers looking for and how can you demonstrate that you have those skills? Re...
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How to Improve Provider-Patient Communication

Ever wish that you could communicate more clearly with your patients and be sure you’ve addressed their concerns during their visits? Would it surprise you to learn that your patients want the same thing? Physicians may have a wealth of knowledge and empathy, but unless they’re skilled communicators, patients may come away from an encounter dissatisfied that they weren’t heard and their needs weren’t met.

Medical research is full of studies and suggestions on how to improve communication, and p
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Wellness Check for Women's Health Clinicians

Women are generally empathetic, caring listeners; it’s part of female nature. Their instincts are to teach, nurture, and provide comfort to others. Yet these same characteristics can predispose women’s health clinicians to burnout at a higher rate than those in other specialties or compared to male clinicians.

Obstetricians and gynecologists (Ob-Gyns) practice in a field fraught with emotional and sometimes controversial decisions, and the threats of staff shortages and medical malpractice clai
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Quick Guide to Physician Assistant Careers

Physician assistants (PAs) are nationally board-certified, licensed clinicians who practice medicine in every specialty and setting. Educated on a physician model, they are trained healthcare professionals who provide care as part of a patient-centered, team-based medical practice. PA education Is like a condensed version of medical school and residency. While their training is less intensive than that of a physician, PAs are thoroughly qualified to perform many of the same tasks as an MD or DO.
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