Catching up with Mike, the Finance Fellow and his job as a PA in Acute Care/Trauma Medicine Find Mike here: Twitter: @thefinancefello Blog: www.TheFinanceFellow.com Email: [email protected]  Don’t wait: 30-day free trial of Audible with a free book of your choice! – http://www.pastartup.co/audible Subscribe to this podcast: http://bit.ly/pastartup Twitter: @pastartupDOTco Mike is our first repeat guest on the podcast; he was in episode 7, “Talking Finances with the Finance Fellow”, available here and show notes here…but today he’s back talking about his life as a Trauma/Acute Care coordinator.  He has a great work/life balance, good working relationships with supervising physicians, residents, nursing staff, and more…maybe Trauma/Acute Care is right for you? Here’s what we talk about: History of finance to medicine path Working as an EMT in NYC during school Treating a man who had a heart attack in an elevated train house How his EMT experience influence his rotations (including medical forensics!) Living off campus, with a 1.5 hour commute Advice to himself as a new grad First job in Emergency Medicine Transitioning to Trauma Not having other PAs to learn from on the new job What the Trauma job means for a PA Responsibilities as his hospital was awarded Level I Trauma status Training new interns every year Respect from resident, even though we’re not doctors Typical day/week in Trauma Rounding hand-off First assisting with Acute Care surgeons Favorite part about trauma Least favorite part about trauma Send Q&A questions to us: [email protected] Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast above, follow us on Twitter (@PAStartupDOTco), and sign up for email updates below.  Man, am I bossy or what? Ok, ok…that’s all!  Thanks for coming by…I appreciate it!