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Welcome to the Physician Assistant Guide.
Check out the different links and resources these can assist with completing assignments.
The Physician assistant student's guide to the clinical year (7 volume, 1st edition) by There are a variety of resources available ---
Books --AHU Library has both print & ebook titles.
Journals -- key medical journals are found using the various databases. E-journals A-Z will confirm if the library owns a specific title electronically
Videos -- there are multiple products that offer video clips
Databases -- AHU Library has multliple databases specifically geared for your program
Physician Assistant: a Guide to Clinical Practice by Entering its 6th edition, Physician Assistant: A Guide to Clinical Practice is the only text that covers all aspects of the physician assistant profession, the PA curriculum, and the PA's role in clinical practice. It is designed as a highly visual and practical resource to be used across the spectrum of lifelong learning, enabling students and practicing PAs to thrive in a rapidly changing health care system. 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. Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Physician Assistant Acute Care Protocols - Fourth Edition by This is the Fourth Edition of the first compendium of acute care protocols created for the Physician Assistant. Over 140 concise, fast-reading protocols for Physician Assistants working in acute care within an emergency department, urgent care center, or family practice. Covers cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, toxicology, neurology, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, genitourinary disorders, electrolyte and acid/base disturbances, HEENT, trauma, pediatrics, geriatrics, gynecology, infectious disease, dermatology, hematology, psychiatric and social, environmental, medications, and disease management, among others. The book provides differential diagnosis, pertinent central clinical facts, and practice guidance in a bulleted outline format, for the purpose of furthering the relationship between the Physician Assistant and the Physician and for improving patient care and safety. The author Donald Correll, M.D. is a former Emergency Department Medical Director of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital (Tennessee), which treats 85,000 acute care patients annually.
Physician Assistants by Explore the past, present, and future of PA practice. The authors, noted educators, researchers, and practitioners, draw on extensive research to trace the evolution of the PA's roles and responsibilities in the delivery of health care services. Their presentation of historical content balanced with discussions of the ethical, educational, legislative, and economic forces that are shaping that the profession makes this a contemporary classroom tool for PA's learning their field and their roles. There are multiple areas that cover material important to a physician assistant, here are a few keys areas:
W 21.5 -- Physician Assistant Profession
W 62 -- Interpersonal Relations w/patients
WB 200 -- Physical Diagnosis
USE the NLM Call Number Chart on side of rows.
Some other areas --
WG -- Heart
WO -- Surgery
WM -- Pychology/Psychiatry
