Carly Career Connect

Early Career Connect: Staying Well in Medicine—Mental Health & Burnout

Date: March 31, 7-8 p.m. ET

PAs in their first 5 years of practice are invited to join PA Katarina (Kat) Astrup for an informal session on mental health and burnout. PA Astrup will discuss early signs of burnout, key contributors to burnout among PAs, and realistic strategies for burnout prevention and recovery, drawing from both her personal experience as a formerly burned-out PA and her current work as a PA in psychiatry.

The session will conclude with a guided group discussion centered on reflection, connection, and mutual support. Participants will leave with practical, actionable steps they can take to protect their mental health while navigating the demands of early clinical practice.

The presentation will be recorded and made available on Career Central. To protect attendee privacy, the discussion that follows will not be recorded. This event is available exclusively to AAPA members.

Speaker

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Katarina (Kat) Astrup
PA-C

Katarina (Kat) Astrup, PA-C

Katarina (Kat) Astrup, PA-C, has 11 years of clinical experience as a PA, including five in psychiatry. She currently works in telepsychiatry and is the host of the PA the FI Way podcast where she explores burnout prevention and treatment while supporting holistic well-being in medicine. Her work covers mental and financial health through the lens of financial independence with a focus on using money intentionally to create freedom and flexibility.

Drawing from firsthand experience navigating burnout early in her career and later transitioning to a more sustainable, part-time clinical role after paying off student loan debt, Kat brings lived experience to conversations about intentional living and well-being in medicine.