MPAS Explore the benefits and problems associated with teaching interdisciplinary teamwork in PA programs. Experience and discuss a longitudinal case that can help students appreciate the importance of collaborative primary care. In small groups, participants will share ideas of the skills and knowledge they consider most important to reinforce prior to the beginning of clinical rotations. Groups will report their ideas and a comprehensive list of transitional activities will be generated. Based on continuity and critical events theories it encourages students to review their own lives while gaining insight into patients' histories and needs.
Instructors find it a valuable tool for class discussions.
Shadowing allows a PA student to follow a practicing clinician as they go about their daily duties. The intent is to introduce the PA student into the culture of the clinician, especially as regards the PA role. This same approach was taken during a PA Program self-evaluation, with some very interesting results.