Joint Effort PAs
We're two orthopedic surgery physician assistants discussing PA school, life as a PA, cases and topics related to orthopedics, and much more!
Joint Effort PAs
Latest Episodes
Lessons from Hamilton for the Ortho PA
In this special episode, we're taking a trip to the room where it happens and exploring what one Broadway phenomenon can teach us about life in medicine. From My Shot and early-career ambition to Wait For It and learning that ...
Patellofemoral Pain Explained
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: the diagnosis everyone has heard of, but nobody can seem to explain in less than 30 seconds.This week, we're tackling one of the most frustrating conditions in orthopedics. Why does PFPS seem to affect every...
Wednesday Musings of the Ortho PA
Welcome back to Joint Effort PAs, where this week we ask the important questionIs the grass actually greener somewhere else... or are we just looking at it from a distance and ignoring the weeds?In this episode, we're servi...
The Ortho PA Archetypes
Are you the golden retriever PA? The procedure goblin? The apex predator? Or the one one minor inconvenience away from overload? 👀This week we’re spinning the wheel of PA archetypes and calling out every ortho personality type we’ve work...
Orthopedics in the Age of AI
What happens when artificial intelligence enters the ortho world? In this episode of Joint Effort PAs, we dive into the rapidly growing role of AI in orthopedics and medicine — from clinic documentation, imaging interpretation, and patient educ...
