Archives for November 2013

The Turkey Book – An Introductory Manual for The Wards

BY Stephen Pasquini PA-C Leave a Comment

What do you get if you “Gobble” instead of Google? In honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend, I thought it was the perfect time to give you my combined copy of the “The Turkey Book”. Designed to assist medical students on their clinical rotations the “Turkey Book”, as it is called, is a wonderful compilation […]

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A Physician Assistant’s Guide to Becoming an Epic Failure

BY Stephen Pasquini PA-C 34 Comments

Success is a Very Poor Teacher We learn the most about ourselves when we fail… so don’t be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure. Unsuccessful people are people who never fail. Obstacles to Successful Failing We must fail when it counts One of the […]

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