So I really made the rounds in the health policy circles in DC.
I worked for a lobbying firm horizon government affairs for a while, and then I spent some time on Capitol Hill and the office of Senator Ron Wyden. And after that, I really started to look for other opportunities to really build out sort of my health policy bonafides so I got roles at the American Society of Anesthesiologists. It was there where I first started doing expose to some of the different players in DC from associations to agencies to the legislature. Right? So it was there where I first did my large grassroots advocacy day. And that's really how I got sort of exposed to this world of advocacy in DC. I've always had an interest in HIV work and work with underserved communities. And so the way that I happened upon health policy is I started my first internship at the AIDS Institute. And so during undergrad I started looking for some internships in the Political Science arena, because that was still my area of interest. It's really tough hours, it's very low pay. So when I went to undergrad, I moved to DC with that thought in mind, and I eventually considered that maybe the campaign lifestyle wasn't the best fit for me, potentially. And I always thought that I would potentially go into political campaigns. I had always been interested in politics and advocacy. And it was very much inculcated in high school for me, even in some of the lower grades, I have the possibility of you know, pursuing the PA profession as possible career. So I think I'm a little bit of a unique story where I didn't happen upon the PA profession, I actually had quite a bit of awareness of the profession growing up. Will you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you ended up serving in a role with the physician assistant Education Association. And also one of the things for me that I think is really, I hope we'll talk about is the length of time it takes to get change in Washington DC people may or may not be surprised how long it can take to get a bill to get through. I think our listeners will be really interested to hear where some of the challenges are. We'll talk Tyler thank you so much for taking the time to share with us kind of what pa EA is doing in the advocacy area. As always, you can learn more about our guest on our website at pa path.
We also talked about how easy it is to get involved to advocate for our profession, our communities and our patients. Over the past five years, we talked about student involvement in advocacy and the key issues that PA is advocating for.
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Tyler is the Senior Director for Government Relations at pa da and he shares his perspective from working with our professional educational organization. Today we speak with Tyler Smith from the physician assistant Education Association about the importance of advocacy and government relations. Definitely I'm really thankful for the interest in our profession, and the issues that our applicants, students and educators face in the world of healthcare in higher education.
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And we are quickly approaching our 10,000 Download for our podcast. Well, hello, and thank you for joining us it is good to be back after a brief break to set up our new studio near the Catalina Mountains in southern Arizona. What we have really focused on in the past couple of years is really building up the infrastructure to allow for a more powerful presence in Washington. We are glad you could join us as we seek to better understand the PA profession.
Welcome to this episode of the PA path podcast, I'm your host, Kevin Lohenry.
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