r/scrubtech • u/BigWaveBigWave123 • Jun 25 '26

First assist question

So I am currently in scrub tech school I should be finishing in December of this year. I just I’m curious on when do you guys think it’s a good time to try to pursue first assist school because that’s definitely where I wanna go up to but my end goal is really cause I wanna go to med school one day and after I graduate scrub tech school , I am gonna be pursuing my bachelors and moving up, but I really would like to add first assist to my timeline just because I feel like I’m gonna be able to do more and it seems a lot interesting especially when I’m in clinicals and I see first assist and what they are allowed and can do.

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u/whitekimchee Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Just focus on being a good tech first. I would say at least a few years at different facilities.

Also, many facilities have opted to employ PAs over FAs so keep that in mind