A change in plans

Ever since I met Sam his plan for the future was to become an orthodontist. He had a great experience with his orthodontist, which I'm still trying to figure out how it was so great he had braces twice! But nonetheless that was "the plan"


Well whenever we talked about the road to dental school and beyond it never felt quite right. It felt more and more uneasy lately as the University of Utah contemplated starting a dental school. There were lots of conversations with those around us about debt, starting your own business, insecurity of a job once school is completed, and the long road of school.
Throughout all of these conversations it just never felt right.

New options were explored but Sam just never felt like he really new the full extent of his options. He knew that he didn't like the idea of business, accounting, marketing, lawyer etc. SO he felt a little stuck not knowing where to look for a future career. You know how we automatically resort to the big name careers, lawyer, doctor, dentist etc. Well big thanks to my Erik and Lyndsay who talked with us about some of the options they wished they had considered prior to jumping into medical school. We explored these options and Sam decided to switch tracks slightly and aim for PA school. I say switch tracks slightly because most of the requirements for PA school are similar to those of dentistry. The biggest difference is the patient to patient interaction prior to PA school.

PA=physciain assistant. They are everywhere typically you specialize just like a doctor and can do just about anything, ER, family practice, Cardiology, oncology, orthopedics etc etc. They are high in demand and the demand is growing. We are really excited to switch paths and finally feel good about the path that we are on. So watch out cause Sam is on the lose and now starting to work a few hours a week as a health screener to start on his hours, he's also considering HCA and phlebotimist. If you have any other suggestions we'd love your insight!

So sorry to all the family and friends that were planning on getting a good deal for all their dental problems, we'll be paying full price like the rest of you!