Chapter 7


After reading chapter 7, I feel that spread is the most important factor related to my future career as a Physician Assistant. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 38% job growth rate for the Physician Assistant profession through 2022. The influx of providers and spread of the profession, will hopefully allow more individuals to become aware of the profession. Many individuals do not know what physician assistants are, and some people refuse to see one for medical care. I also believe that the growth of the profession would bring more knowledge to the medical community. With more physician assistants, more medical professionals would be involved to share their thoughts, ideas, and stories regarding cases and medical information. Not only will this help other professionals, it will help patients as well.

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Using websites such as blogs, will allow medical professionals, especially physician assistants, to communicate with each other and share knowledge about medical cases and how they deal with certain aspects of the profession.

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I find these chapters truly helpful to relate to my future career. I find it very interesting that I am able to relate a textbook written for education majors, and people in the education field to my future profession in the medical field. I did not realize how closely related social networking was throughout every profession. I feel as though this class and this chapter especially showed me how much really goes into each profession and how different professional utilize different tools to help them succeed.


Nussbaum-Beach, Sheryl, and Lani Ritter. Hall. The connected educator: learning and leading in a digital age. Solution Tree Press, 2012.

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  1. UnknownApril 5, 2018 at 6:23 AM

    I can relate to what your saying about chapter seven because I to want to be a physicians assistant. I think it would be helpful to read other medical blogs and relate to others through blogs. I will be able to learn from others experience to help my future. I find that learning from others is easier and more helpful then learning the material from reading and test taking.

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