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Introduction The history of the physician assistant (PA) profession is the story of volunteers who made great strides for the profession and for patients against sometimes long odds. These pioneers worked tirelessly to secure recognition for the profession, obtain reimbursement…
Introduction Physician assistant (PA) education is an exciting potential career for practicing PAs to consider. For PAs who enjoy teaching and mentoring students, becoming a PA educator offers many opportunities for career advancement, an enormous variety of tasks and experiences,…
Introduction In the 50 years of the physician assistant (PA) profession, PAs have worked hard to establish themselves in the workforce as flexible and caring clinicians who can increase health care access, decrease health care costs, improve the efficiency of…
Introduction Physician assistant (PA) education is modeled on the broad, generalist design of physician education. PA students learn each organ system and how they interrelate as a whole body system to promote health and well-being or to cause alterations in…
Learning outcomes At the conclusion of this chapter, the reader should be able to: 1. Describe the transition from physician assistant (PA) student to early career PA. 2. Discuss how reflection-in-action assists the novice PA in recognizing learning needs. 3.…
Introduction Mass casualty incidents (MCIs) can result from both natural disasters, such as hurricanes, and human-made disasters, such as terrorist attacks. MCIs tax medical infrastructures and require urgent responses from medical personnel from many different disciplines. Physician assistants (PAs) are…
Learning outcomes After reading this chapter, the student will be able to: 1. Recognize the existence of health inequities in people with disabilities. 2. Identify their responsibilities for ensuring patients with disabilities receive comprehensive health care services, including acute, chronic,…
Introduction The opportunity to work abroad, whether that means updating the skills and knowledge of local providers for a couple of weeks or committing to a longer-term stay of months to years and providing essential health care to displaced populations…