The Physician Assistant Student's Guide to the Clinical Year: Family Medicine

“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
Includes full digital access on Springerpub Connect

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

Authors

Gerald Kayingo, PhD, PA-C, is the director of the Master of Health Services, Physician Assistant Studies program, and an assistant clinical professor at the University of California (UC), Davis.

Deborah Opacic, M.M.S., EdD, PA-C, DFAAP has held clinical and academic appointments at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University and Allegheny General Hospital.

Mary Carcella Allias MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, is the Director of Didactic Education and an Assistant Professor in the Physician Assistant Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh.

Maureen Knechtel, DMSc, PA-C, holds a Bachelor of Health Science and a Master of Physician Assistant Studies, as well as a Doctor of Medical Science with a focus in medical education. She has spent her clinical career as a physician assistant specializing in general cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology. She teaches electrocardiogram (EKG) recognition and interpretation to both physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Throughout her career, she has been a guest lecturer nationally and locally on topics including EKG interpretation, ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Dr. Knechtel is a fellow member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants, and a Cardiovascular Team Member with the American College of Cardiology. She currently serves as academic coordinator and associate professor with the Milligan University Physician Assistant Program in northeast Tennessee.

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