The Physician Assistant Students Guide to the Clinical Year: Pediatrics [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 pediatrics rotation

Prepare for and thrive during yourclinical rotationswith the quick-access pocket guide series,The Physician Assistant Students Guide to the Clinical Year. ThePediatricsedition 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 tocommon presentationssuch as cough, fever, and skin changes. It also provides a systems-based approach to more than 60 of themost frequently encountered disease entitiesyou will see in this rotation, including dermatitis, pharyngitis, and otitis media.

Distinguished by brief, bulleted content with handy tables and figures, the reference offers all pertinentlaboratory and imaging studiesneeded to confirm a diagnosis, withmedication and management guidelines.This guide also describes themost common proceduresyou will learn during the pediatrics rotation, including foreign body removal, reduction of subluxed radial head, and administration of nebulizer treatments.Aspecial chapter on management of urgent pediatric conditions,such as asthma exacerbation, head injuries, and fractures, is also included.

Key Features:

• Provides apocket-sizeoverview of the PA pediatrics rotation
• Describes common clinical presentations, disease entities, and procedures
• Offers a step-by-step lCB