Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are advanced healthcare practitioners with similar responsibilities, such as diagnosing illnesses and prescribing medications. However, their training and paths toward certification differ in significant ways. This blog post unpacks the key differences between NPs and PAs to help you determine which career path best aligns with your goals. What Is a Nurse Practitioner? A nurse practitioner (NP) is a licensed clinician who provides comprehensive healthcare to patients of all ages. An NP can work in virtually any healthcare setting, diagnosing patient conditions and prescribing medications. As of October 2022, nurse practitioners have full practice authority in 27 states, meaning that they can practice Read more
Jason Lum graduated from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and the University of California, Berkeley, with graduate degrees in public policy and law, respectively. He also completed intensive executive leadership training at MIT. Prior to his graduate work, Lum received a BA with college honors from Washington University in St. Louis, and upon graduation studied, lectured, and traveled throughout Southeast Asia as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar based at the National University of Singapore.
Lum’s professional experience touches upon the public and private sectors and both law and public policy. He served as an assistant to a member of Congress and to a state governor and also served as a law clerk at the United States Department of Justice. He has also practiced law at several large, multinational law firms, representing healthcare organizations.
Lum is the recipient of national awards in public policy and international affairs such as the Harry S. Truman Scholarship and the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in Public Policy and International Affairs, and fellowships from the Public Employees Roundtable in Washington, D.C., and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
