QUESTION 31 OF 35

After graduating from the Mercy College PA Program, what medical specialty would you like to pursue?

The interview panel asks this question to see where your interest lie. Graduates of the Mercy College PA Program are employed in some of the best hospital centers in and around the Tri-State area within the following medical specialties:

- Outpatient medicine or primary care
- Emergency Medicine
- Orthopedic Surgery
- General surgery
- OB/GYN
- Neonatology

Others are employed in hospital-based medicine, critical care, urology, pain management, rehabilitation medicine, breast surgery, oncology, pediatrics, addictive medicine, dermatology, and interventional radiology.

There is no wrong answer to this question. The interviewers merely want to know what medical specialty you want to pursue and why.

"After graduating from the Mercy College PA Program, I will pursue a career in Emergency Medicine. I chose this specialty after working as a paramedic for seven years. I enjoy the excitement and challenge of emergency medicine and feel this specialty fits my skills and experience."

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