This course provides an overview of selected health care delivery issues affecting primary care physician assistants. The first half of the semester is devoted to examination of the history and evolution of the PA profession, current PA practice demographics and regulations, principles of quality assurance, risk management, and medical literature evaluation. The second half of the semester is devoted to the study of the ethical dimensions of PA practice. Topics include moral principles and ethical theories, as well as a series of seminar discussions on contemporary ethical issues confronting primary care providers in the 20th and 21st centuries. Enrollment in the Physician Assistant Program.
Emphasis is on primary care problems with substantial overlap in the major medical specialties.
Enrollment in Physician Assistant Program or consent of instructor. Enrollment in Physician Assistant Program or consent of instructor. This is a survey laboratory course covering common laboratory procedures performed in the primary care clinical setting. Emphasis will be placed on performing and interpreting basic clinical tests. Enrollment in the Physician Assistant Studies Program.