The Physician Assistant Student's Guide to the Clinical Year: Family Medicine: With Free Online Access!

The Physician Assistant Student's Guide to the Clinical Year: Family Medicine: With Free Online Access!
ISBN-10
0826195326
ISBN-13
9780826195326
Category
Medical
Pages
330
Language
English
Published
2019-09-26
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Authors
Edd, PhD, MPAS

Description

“A lifesaver – not just for PA students, but for faculty and administrators trying our best to prepare them. Perfect for students to read and use on rotation.” – James Van Rhee, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA, Program Director, Yale Physician Assistant Online Program The first pocket-size resource to guide PA students through their family medicine rotation Prepare for and thrive during your clinical rotations with the quick-access pocket guide series, The Physician Assistant Student’s Guide to the Clinical Year. The Family Medicine edition of this 7-volume series, discounted when purchased as a full set, delineates the exact duties required in this specialty. Written by experienced PA educators, this guide details the clinical approach to common presentations such as abdominal pain, headache and fatigue. It also provides a systems-based approach to more than 70 of the most frequently encountered disease entities you will see in this rotation, including diabetes, anxiety, and coronary artery disease. Distinguished by brief, bulleted content with handy tables and figures, the reference offers all pertinent laboratory and imaging studies needed to confirm a diagnosis, with medication and management guidelines. This guide also describes the most common procedures you will learn during the family medicine rotation, including incision and drainage, joint injections, and skin biopsies. Key Features: Provides a pocket-size overview of the PA family medicine rotation Describes common clinical presentations, disease entities, and procedures Offers a step-by-step approach to diagnosis and treatment planning Offers clinical pearls throughout Reflects the 2019 NCCPA PANCE blueprint Includes two bonus digital chapters! Three guided case studies to reinforce clinical reasoning plus 25 rotation exam-style questions with remediating rationales Other books in this series: The Physician Assistant Student’s Guide to the Clinical Year: Internal Medicine Emergency Medicine Surgery OB-GYN Pediatrics Behavioral Health

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