Chapter Outline History of Postgraduate Residency Education Program Development Currently Available Programs General Characteristics of Existing Programs Application Process Admission Requirements Clinical Settings Curriculum Credential Awarded Stipends and Fringe Benefits…
Chapter Outline What is Medical Negligence? Duty Breach of Duty Causation Injury and Damages Other Theories of Recovery Abandonment Informed Consent Elements of a Lawsuit Initial Filings Discovery Stage Settlement…
Chapter Outline Chapter Organization What is Ethics? Theories and Principles Methodology American Bioethics History “God Squad”: An Early Ethics Committee Tuskegee Study Beecher Papers Belmont Report Quinlan Case Cases Case…
Cardiology Sondra M. DePalma Chapter Outline Cardiology and Approach to the Patient Physician Assistants in Cardiology Physician Assistants in Cardiology Subspecialties The Cardiology Rotation What to Expect and Know Clinical Environment…
Chapter Outline Understanding the Importance of Professionalism Elements of the Physician Assistant Competency of Professionalism Behavior Toward the Patient Values: Respect, Compassion, and Integrity Primacy of Patient Welfare Ethical Principles…
Chapter Outline How do Practitioners in Emergency Medicine Approach the Patient? What do Physician Assistants in Emergency Medicine Typically do on a Daily Basis? What will I be Expected to…
Chapter Outline History of Mental Illness Myths and Stigmas Attached to Psychiatric Illness Awareness of your Own Biases Empathy and Rapport The Physician Assistant–Patient Encounter The Approach to the Patient…
Chapter Outline History Pediatric Rotations Well Child Visits and Immunizations Ambulatory Pediatrics Hospital Pediatrics Foster and Adopted Children Newborns Failure to Thrive Oral Health Developmental Disabilities Behavioral and Mental Health…
Chapter Outline Approach to the Patient What to Expect on Clinical Rotations Surgery Service Inpatient Service Outpatient Service Labor and Delivery and Postpartum Expectations for a Successful Rotation Interprofessionalism on…
