General Deciding on a career path (MD/DO v.s. Dentistry v.s. PA)

[TheBoneDoctah]

I'm a sophomore, and I am not sure what I want to do - MD/DO vs. Dentistry vs. PA. Work/life balance is important to me. How should I figure out what is the best option?

...have you done any shadowing?

You can have balance in any OR none of these fields. It depends on your practice.

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[Mr.Smile12]

It's a good start.
1) you need to shadow various practices and what those doctors/PAs/dentists do.

2) what is most important for you now? Debt vs ROI vs community visibility? Each comes with some costs and some delayed gratification.

3) there are many different types of PAs so you need to look them all up: Anesthesiologist Assistant, Surgical Assistant, Pathologist Assistant, for starters.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Agree, there's no substitute for shadowing to figure out which path would be best for you.