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cover image - Physician Assistant: A Guide to Clinical Practice Elsevier eBook on VitalSource,6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323527415
Publication Date: 04-13-2017
Page Count: 800
Imprint: Elsevier
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Physician Assistant: A Guide to Clinical Practice Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition

by Darwin L. Brown, MPH, PA-C, DFAAPA, Daniel T. Vetrosky, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA, Ruth Ballweg, MPA, PA-C Emeritus, DFAAPA and Edward M. Sullivan, MS, PA-C

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cover image - Physician Assistant: A Guide to Clinical Practice Elsevier eBook on VitalSource,6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323527415
Publication Date: 04-13-2017
Page Count: 800
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    • Teaches how to prepare for each core clinical rotation and common electives, as well as how to work with atypical patient populations such as homeless patients and patients with disabilities.
    • A succinct, bulleted writing style; convenient tables; practical case studies; and clinical application questions throughout enable you to master key concepts and clinical applications.
    • Helps you master all the core competencies needed for certification or recertification.
      • Addresses all six Physician Assistant Competencies, as well as providing guidance for the newly graduated PA entering practice.
      • Includes quick-use resources, such as objectives and key points sections for each chapter, tip boxes with useful advice, abundant tables and images, and 134 updated case studies.
      • Features chapters for the 7 core clinical rotations and 5 common electives, with key guidance on how to prepare effectively and what to expect.
      • Provides updated health policy information, expanded information about international programs, cultural competencies, and pearls and pitfalls on working internationally as a PA.
      • Outlines the basic principles of Interprofessional Education – an important new trend in medical education nationally.
      • New chapters cover: Maximizing Your Education, Future of the Profession, Principles of PA Education, Managing Stress and Burnout, and many other topics.
      • Learn how to conduct a job search, expand into a clinical leadership position, or shape the future of the field with instructor resources for VST: case-based discussions and essay topics, and suggested written assignments and projects.
      • Evolve Instructor Resources are available to instructors through their Elsevier sales rep or via request at: https://evolve.elsevier.com
    • 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. Assuring Quality for Physician Assistants: 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. 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

      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. Patient Safety and Quality of Care

      Section 7 Systems-Based Practice

      40. Health and Health Care Delivery Systems

      41. Rehabilitative and Long-Term Care Systems

      42. Health Care for the Homeless

      43. Correctional Medicine

      44. Military Medicine

      45. Inner-City Health Care

      46. Rural Health Care

      47. International Health Care

      48. Patients with Disabilities

      49. Mass Casualty Natural Disaster

      Section 8 Your Physician Assistant Career

      50. Leadership Skills for Physician Assistants

      51.Be a Physician Assistant Educator

      52. Professional Service

      53. The Future of the Physician Assistant

      Appendix: Link to ARC-PA Website

    • Darwin L. Brown, MPH, PA-C, DFAAPA, Academic Director School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program Creighton University Omaha, NE, USA, Daniel T. Vetrosky, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA, Associate Professor (Ret) Department of Physician Assistant Studies University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA, Ruth Ballweg, MPA, PA-C Emeritus, DFAAPA, Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Director of International Affairs, National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Johns Creek, Georgia and Edward M. Sullivan, MS, PA-C, Physician Assistant, J. Kirkland Grant Obstetrics and Gynecology Practice, Mesquite, TX
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