Physician assistant : a guide to clinical practice /: a guide to clinical practice. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Ruth Ballweg, Darwin Brown, Daniel T. Vetrosky, Tamara S. Ritsema.
• Editors: Ballweg, Ruth; Brown, Darwin; Vetrosky, Daniel T; Ritsema, Tamara S
• Contents: Section I Overview 1. Maximizing Your Physician Assistant Education 2. History of the Profession and Current Trends 3. International Development of the Physician Assistant Profession 4. Physician Assistant Education: Past, Present, and Future Challenges 5. Safety in Clinical Settings 6. Regulating PAs: Credentialing: Accreditation, Certification, Licensing, and Privileging 7. Physician Assistant Relationship to Physicians 8. Healthcare Financing and Reimbursement 9. The Political Process 10. Interprofessional Practice and Education Section 2 Medical Knowledge 11. Evidence-Based Medicine 12. Research and the Physician Assistant 13. Keeping People Healthy 14. Common Clinical Procedures 15. Genetic and Genomic Applications in Clinical Practice 16. Chronic Care Perspectives 17. Considerations for a Logical Approach to Medication Prescribing 18. Complementary and Integrative Health 19. Geriatric Medicine 20. End-of-Life Issues Section 3 Interpersonal and Communication Skills 21. Communication Issues 22. Electronic Health Record 23. Patient Education 24. Providing Culturally Competent Health Care Section 4 Patient Care: Clinical Rotations 25. Family Medicine 26. Internal Medicine 27. Women's Health 28. Pediatrics-final in-need to send art for processing 29. Behavioral Science and Medicine: Essentials in Practice 30. Surgery 31. Emergency Medicine 32. Elective Rotations A. Cardiology B. Dermatology C. Orthopedics D. Oncology E. Other Medical Subspecialties F. Other Surgical Subspecialties Section 5 Professionalism 33. Professionalism 34. Clinical Ethics 35. Medical Malpractice and Risk Management 36. Postgraduate Clinical Training Programs for Physician Assistants 37. Managing Stress and Burnout Section 6 Practice-Based Learning and Improvement 38. Health Disparities 39. Medical Errors and Patient Safety Section 7 Systems-Based Practice 40. Health Care Delivery Systems 41. Rehabilitative and Long-Term Care Systems 42. Health Care for Homeless Populations 43. Correctional Medicine 44. Military Medicine 45. Inner-City Health Care 46. Rural Health Care 47. Working in Global Health 48. Patients with Disabilities 49. Mass Casualty and Disaster Management Section 8 Your Physician Assistant Career 50. Transitioning into Clinical Practice 51. Leadership Development 52. Becoming a PA Educator 53. Professional Service 54. Future of the Profession: Where Are we Going Appendix: Competencies for the Physician Assistant Profession Section IX Faculty Resources (online) Primer on Learning Objectives Primer on Item Writing Primer on Team-based Learning (TBL) Primer on OSCE
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (800 pages)
• Subjects: 610.7372069; Physicians' assistants; Clinical competence; Physician Assistants; Clinical Competence; Professional Role; Delivery of Health Care -- methods; Clinical competence; Physicians' assistants; United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323527408
• Related ISBNs: 032352740X
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