Optimal team practice
Introduction Optimal team practice (OTP) has been defined as “PAs, physicians, and other health care professionals working together to provide quality care without burdensome administrative constraints.” The goal of this…
Maximizing your physician assistant education
Overview and introduction Congratulations on choosing to be a physician assistant (PA) as we move beyond the 50th year celebration of the PA profession! As educators who have also enjoyed…
Physician assistant relationship to physicians
Introduction Ever since the physician assistant (PA) profession was developed, one of its defining features has been the relationship between PAs and physicians. When physicians created the PA profession, they…
Wound Healing
Wound Healing Edna Atwater Penny S. Jones OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, the reader will be able to: Define the phases of wound healing. Recognize the difference between healing by…
Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Disease
Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Disease Constance L. Hayes OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, the reader will be able to: Describe at least five systemic disorders demonstrating significant cutaneous signs and…
Hair and Nails
Hair and Nails Kim B. Sanders OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, the reader will be able to: List the anatomy and structures of the normal hair and nails. Name key…
Hypersensitivities, Drug Eruptions, Vasculitides, and Miscellaneous Inflammatory Disorders
Hypersensitivities, Drug Eruptions, Vasculitides, and Miscellaneous Inflammatory Disorders Cathleen K. Case Kelli Turgeon-Daoust OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, the reader will be able to: List the four general types of…
Cutaneous Malignancies
Cutaneous Malignancies Grace Chung OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, the reader will be able to: Distinguish between premalignant and malignant skin lesions by different growth patterns and clinical presentations. Identify…
Bullous and Vesicular Diseases
Bullous and Vesicular Diseases Constance L. Hayes OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, the reader will be able to: Distinguish between the different disease processes of pemphigus vulgaris, bullous pemphigoid, epidermolysis…
Connective Tissue Disorders
Connective Tissue Disorders Theresa Coyner Karen Congelio Katrina Nice Masterson OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, the reader will be able to: Identify and differentiate the most common connective tissue disorders….
