Ballweg’s Physician Associate, 8th Edition

SECTION I Overview
Chapter 1 History of the Profession
Chapter 2 Current Issues and Future Directions
Chapter 3 Physician Associate Relationship to Physicians
Chapter 4 Physician Associate Education: Past, Present, and Future Challenges
Chapter 5 Assuring Quality for Physician Associates: Accreditation, Certification, Licensing, and Privileging
Chapter 6 International Development of the Physician Associate Profession
Chapter 7 Health Care Financing and Reimbursement
Chapter 8 The Political Process

SECTION II Medical Knowledge
Chapter 9 The Postgenomic Era: Genetic and Genomic Applications in Clinical Practice
Chapter 10 Chronic Care Perspectives
Chapter 11 Considerations for a Logical Approach to Medication Prescribing

SECTION III Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Chapter 12 Effective Communication for Patient-Centered Care
Chapter 13 Patient Education
Chapter 14 Bridging Cultural Gaps in Clinical Communication

SECTION IV Patient Care/Clinical Rotations
Chapter 15 Success in the Clinical Year
Chapter 16 Safety in Clinical Settings
Chapter 17 Student Mistreatment
Chapter 18 Family Medicine
Chapter 19 Internal Medicine
Chapter 20 Women’s Health
Chapter 21 Pediatrics
Chapter 22 Behavioral Science and Medicine: Essentials in Practice
Chapter 23 Surgical Rotation
Chapter 24 Emergency Medicine
Chapter 25 Introduction to Elective Rotations
Chapter 26 Cardiology
Chapter 27 Dermatology
Chapter 28 Orthopedics
Chapter 29 Oncology
Chapter 30 Other Medical Subspecialties
Chapter 31 Other Surgical Subspecialties
Chapter 32 International Clinical Rotations

SECTION V Professionalism
Chapter 33 Professionalism
Chapter 34 Academic Integrity
Chapter 35 Clinical Ethics
Chapter 36 Medical Malpractice and Risk Management
Chapter 37 Postgraduate Clinical Training Programs for Physician Assistants
Chapter 38 Stress, Burnout, and Self-Care for PAs

SECTION VI Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
Chapter 39 Interprofessional Practice and Education
Chapter 40 Evidence-Based Medicine
Chapter 41 Research and the Physician Assistant
Chapter 42 Health Disparities
Chapter 43 Patient Safety and Quality of Care

SECTION VII Systems-Based Practice
Chapter 44 Health and Health Care Delivery Systems
Chapter 45 Post Acute Care, Rehabilitation, and Long-Term Care Systems
Chapter 46 Population Health
Chapter 47 Health Care for People Experiencing Homelessness
Chapter 48 Correctional Medicine
Chapter 49 Military Medicine
Chapter 50 Urban Health Care
Chapter 51 Rural Health Care
Chapter 52 Accessible Care for Patients With Disabilities

SECTION VIII Your PA Career
Chapter 53 Transition to Professional Practice
Chapter 54 Finding Your Niche
Chapter 55 Leadership and Advancement for Physician Assistants
Chapter 56 Be a Physician Assistant Educator
Chapter 57 Professional Service

Appendix Competencies for the Physician Assistant Profession
Index
Online Resources
A Primer on Item Writing
A Primer on Learning Objectives

Tamara S. Ritsema, PhD, MPH, PA-C/R, Associate Professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA, Senior Lecturer, Physician Associate Programme, St. George's, University of London, London, UK, Darwin L. Brown, MPH, PA-C, DFAAPA, Academic Director, School of Medicine, Physician Assistant Program, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA, Bettie Coplan, PhD, PA-C, Associate Professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, Northern Arizona University, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Michael J. MacLean, MS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL, USA and Joseph Zaweski, MPAS, PA-C, Assistant Dean and Program Director, Physician Assistant Program, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, USA