Hi!
I (20F) already made a post yesterday for my friend on something different so sorry for anyone seeing my user again. I also already asked this on physician assistant Reddit and I guess I thought I could get more advice here since it's broader here.
I am a senior undergrad (international relations major and minor in public health) and I graduate after this Fall semester. I have already decided that I want to work within the healthcare field and was looking into going to get an MPH or becoming a PA. I want to be able to build a career where I can do both clinical and non-clinical work. Clinical work I think I would enjoy is working one-on-one with people with medical conditions and learning about specialties and working within them (in certain fields such as dermatology, primary care, maybe global work, etc.) I believe I would want to work for communities and help make change outside of clinical work and work on the prevention of medical conditions and diseases from occurring as well too (and other social determinants.)
These are all ideas and I believe I am trying to form a clinical and non-clinical healthcare career for myself.
However, I have been told that getting a dual MPH/PA degree means that the MPH is essentially useless and that you won't get the most out of an MPH degree. Then I saw that people just with PA degrees only work clinical mostly (not a lot of work for PAs is consulting, being a liaison, clinical research, or health educator) and that if I don't want that I shouldn't be in that field.
(Let me state I chose PA because becoming an NP or MD/DO means not having that ability to switch between specialties as easily. Not because of the work. Also, I love teamwork settings and I don't have to be calling the shots. I am willing to do that work if it aligns with what I want.)
My questions are: Are there healthcare fields that encompass what I am looking for besides MPH or PA? Or does anyone know if it is possible to do this with a PA or MPH or both?
Thank you to anyone who reads this and helps. Sorry for any grammar and much appreciated.
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