Authors
: Gerald Kayingo, Deborah Opacic, Mary Allias
Features
: Springer Publishing Company, paperback
"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 MedicineSurgeryOB-GYNPediatricsBehavioral Health