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Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (694 download)
Download or read book Physician Assistant Perceptions of Limited Health Literacy written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terri Ann Parnell
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826161723
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Health Literacy in Nursing written by Terri Ann Parnell and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart
Author : Frances M. Angerer-Fuenzalida
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Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (972 download)
Download or read book Quality and Importance of Education on Health Policy and Public Health Topics written by Frances M. Angerer-Fuenzalida and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to assess the perceptions of graduating physician assistant students about the importance on topics of health policy, reform and public health as well as their perception of their preparedness in these areas. PA accrediting bodies have broadened the scope of program standards by requiring PA educators to expand curricula to include these content topics. Physician assistants are important players in the U.S. healthcare system, which is undergoing systematic reform. The question to be answered was: Do PA students identify these topic areas as important and, for each topic area, do they feel adequately prepared with sufficient knowledge for clinical practice? Participants in the study included 352 PA students from 14 PA programs randomly selected from 4 geographic regions of the continental U.S. The programs were all single campus, non-probation, master's level and fully accredited for at least 5 years. A 20-item instrument, the Health Policy Perception Tool, was developed and validated for data collection. In general, the majority of PA students rated content items high on the importance scale. However, they displayed a wide range of ratings on their perceived preparedness in each content area. Findings were aggregated into 3 areas: health policy and reform, health system structure/function and public health. Health policy/reform items demonstrated the highest disparity, with students indicating that they were least prepared on areas relating to the Affordable Care Act, newer concepts such as Patient Centered Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organizations. They also rated health system structure/function items as moderately important, but they indicated they were ill prepared. PA students did indicate that public health topics were very important to them and they rated their level of preparedness on these items moderately high. The findings from this study have implications for PA education leaders. PA programs appear to be addressing public health issues well; however, PA education leaders must address the low levels of preparedness in the other areas of healthcare. Better curricular incorporation and practice of these topics is necessary to create a more "holistic" approach to providing medical care. Essential learning outcomes need to be adopted to ensure that PA students can critically analyze and respond to policy and reform issues that will affect their practice and the medical community they will be a part of. PA Educators must ensure that this is supported across the entire PA curricula and educational experience to ensure that PA students are trained not merely as "technicians" but as healthcare professionals. They need to assure that PA students are empowered with the resources they need beyond how to diagnosis and treat disease, i.e., the broad understanding and knowledge of the healthcare community they will operate.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309133319
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Health Literacy written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-06-29 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To maintain their own health and the health of their families and communities, consumers rely heavily on the health information that is available to them. This information is at the core of the partnerships that patients and their families forge with today's complex modern health systems. This information may be provided in a variety of forms â€" ranging from a discussion between a patient and a health care provider to a health promotion advertisement, a consent form, or one of many other forms of health communication common in our society. Yet millions of Americans cannot understand or act upon this information. To address this problem, the field of health literacy brings together research and practice from diverse fields including education, health services, and social and cultural sciences, and the many organizations whose actions can improve or impede health literacy. Health Literacy: Prescription to End Confusion examines the body of knowledge that applies to the field of health literacy, and recommends actions to promote a health literate society. By examining the extent of limited health literacy and the ways to improve it, we can improve the health of individuals and populations.
Author : Aaron Melucci
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Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Emerging Healthcare population's perception of the physician assistant written by Aaron Melucci and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose: With population aging, affordable healthcare legislation, and projected primary care practitioner shortages, the physician assistant (PA) will be an increasingly utilized resource to ensure accessibility to high quality healthcare. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that influence the way patients perceive delivery of medical care by a PA. Methods: An email containing a self-reported online questionnaire was sent to 1,000 randomly selected, current GVSU students between the ages of 18 and 25. Forty-seven of the returned surveys met inclusion criteria. Students who were enrolled in a PA program or failed to submit a complete survey were excluded. The survey gathered data to determine demographics, accuracy of a patient’s perception of a PA, and sources of discomfort with medical care delivered by a PA. Results: Our data indicated that sources of patient discomfort could be related to the perceived level of education and training of the PA, however this was not statistically significant. Sixty-eight percent of the 47 respondents were female, with 91.5% of all respondents being Caucasian. Sixty-two percent reported their hometown as suburban, 27.7% as rural, and 10.6% as urban. Education of a PA was listed as the most common source of discomfort with 100% of the less knowledgeable group and 59% of the more knowledgeable group; the two knowledge groups were defined by assessment of how accurately respondents answered questions about PA scope of practice. Education of a PA was also the most common source of discomfort for those with previous interaction with a PA (41%) and those with no previous interaction with a PA (62.5%). Discussion: Our data suggest that patient awareness about the rigorous academic and clinical training, of the PA may improve their perception of the PA as an important component to high quality healthcare. Further evaluation of a broader patient population would be appropriate to determine the contribution of other variables to this issue.
Author : M. Ed Osborne
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1449677347
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (496 download)
Download or read book Health Literacy From A to Z written by M. Ed Osborne and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2012-11-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear communication of your health message can make all the difference in effective patient care. Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Second Edition is an easy to use handbook designed for the busy health professional. Filled with ideas and strategies that can be used in everyday practice, Health Literacy from A to Z is a first-of-its-kind resource. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.
Author : Sharona Kanofsky
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323733166
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (237 download)
Download or read book Intrinsic Skills for Physician Assistants An Issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, E-Book written by Sharona Kanofsky and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest edited by Sharona Kanofsky, CCPA, PA-C, MScCH, is devoted to Intrinsic Skills for Physician Assistants. Articles in this important issue include: Introduction to Physician Assistant Intrinsic Skills: From bedside manner to clinical competencies; Physician Assistant Professionalism: What is it?; Reflective Practice for Physician Assistants; Practical Ethical Decision-making for Physician Assistants; Communication Considerations for Physician Assistants: Building trust and gathering information; Collaboration for Physician Assistants: Working in a team; Leadership and Advocacy for Physician Assistants; Comparing Canadian and American Physician Assistant Competencies; and The Value of Physician Assistants in the Canadian Healthcare System. A CME program is also available to subscribers of Physician Assistant Clinics.
Download or read book TOFHLA written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309139805
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Measures of Health Literacy written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-12-30 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health literacy-the ability for individuals to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services to facilitate appropriate health decisions-is increasingly recognized as an important facet of health care and health outcomes. Although research on health literacy has grown tremendously in the past decade, there is no widely agreed-upon framework for health literacy as a determinant of health outcomes. Most instruments focus on assessing an individual's health literacy, yet the scope of health literacy reaches far beyond an individual's skills and abilities. Health literacy occurs in the context of the health care system, and therefore measures of health literacy must also assess the demands and complexities of the health care systems with which patients interact. For example, measures are needed to determine how well the system has been organized so that it can be navigated by individuals with different levels of health literacy and how well health organizations are doing at making health information understandable and actionable. To examine what is known about measures of health literacy, the Institute of Medicine convened a workshop. The workshop, summarized in this volume, reviews the current status of measures of health literacy, including those used in the health care setting; discusses possible surrogate measures that might be used to assess health literacy; and explores ways in which health literacy measures can be used to assess patient-centered approaches to care.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309447321
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Relevance of Health Literacy to Precision Medicine written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-12-04 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 20, 2015, President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) in his State of the Union address. The PMI, by developing new approaches for detecting, measuring, and analyzing a wide range of biomedical information including molecular, genomic, cellular, clinical, behavioral, physiological, and environmental parameters, is intended to enable a new era of medicine in which researchers, providers, and patients work together to develop individualized care. Part of this effort included the creation of a national, large-scale research participant group, or cohort. The PMI Cohort Program is aimed at extending precision medicine to many diseases, including both rare and common diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, and mental illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, by building a national research cohort of 1 million or more U.S. participants. An important challenge to assembling the PMI Cohort will be to reach individuals who are socioeconomically disadvantaged. Individuals who are socioeconomically disadvantaged have lower health literacy; often belong to racial, ethnic, and minority communities; and are often less likely to participate in research studies and biorepositories. To explore possible strategies and messaging designs, the Roundtable on Health Literacy formed an ad hoc committee charged with planning and conducting a 1-day public workshop on the intersection of health literacy and precision medicine. The workshop participants discussed a variety of topics including an overview of precision medicine and its potential, the relevance of health literacy to the success of precision medicine efforts, and perspectives and understanding of different groups, such as health care providers, consumers, and insurers. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Author : Kayla Ann Czmowski
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (649 download)
Download or read book Patients Perceptions of the Physician Assistant Profession written by Kayla Ann Czmowski and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Volpe
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Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Knowledge and Perceptions of Undergraduate Students Regarding the Physician Assistant Profession written by Mark Volpe and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physician assistants (PAs) are healthcare providers licensed to practice medicine under physician supervision in the United States. Despite the increasing popularity and utility of the profession, knowledge of the role of PAs remains scarce among many segments of the population. The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge and perceptions of the PA profession among undergraduate students, as well as what factors are associated with better knowledge and perception of the profession. Using a cross-sectional survey, information was gathered regarding knowledge and perception of PAs. A total of 364 students were surveyed from randomly selected undergraduate classes at a Connecticut public university. Knowledge scores were significantly higher (p
Author : Timothy R. Gengembre
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Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Survey of Patient's Attitudes Towards Physician Assistant Competency and Friendliness written by Timothy R. Gengembre and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of patient's attitudes towards physician assistants was conducted during the spring of 1988. The 194 patients whose attitudes were analyzed were members of a 65,000 member staff model HM00 in metropolitan Milwaukee who had visited one of that organization's physician assistants in their practice. The findings indicate that physician assistants are successful in demonstrating attitudes of friendliness and competency to all their patients, regardless of the patient's age, sex, race, occupation, educational level, or number of visits to a particular health center. In addition, patients have diminished perceptions of physician assistants' friendliness when the number of visits by the patient range from 6 to 10 visits. The results indicate that when a patient's health care is being managed by a team of primary care specialists (i. e., a team of physicians and physician assistants) there is an optimum time that the role of the physician assistant should be explained to the patient. The patient's care is best when the triangle of allegiance between the doctor, the physician assistant, and the patient is cultivated with good education about the roles of each.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428925449
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Literacy and health outcomes written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R.A. Logan
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1643680757
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (436 download)
Download or read book Health Literacy in Clinical Practice and Public Health written by R.A. Logan and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Health literacy is the ultimate global currency of health and well-being. Without health literacy, medicine fails, public health fails, and people pay the cost for these failures with their lives. As this book goes to press, the world is confronted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Improving health literacy becomes increasingly important if we are to successfully confront the challenges that stress our systems of medicine and public health like never before.” (Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, former Surgeon General of the United States, in his foreword to this book.) Two years ago, HTI published the book Health Literacy: New Directions in Research, Theory and Practice. Together with that earlier volume, this book: Health Literacy in Clinical Practice and Public Health: New Initiatives and Lessons Learned at the Intersection with other Disciplines, strives to enumerate and expand our understanding of the multidisciplinary connections which underpin the field of health literacy. The book’s balance between research and practice is a response to the feedback the editors received about the previous publication, which focused more on HL theory and research. With reports of specific health literacy research initiatives and interventions, particularly in clinical practice and public health, the book covers contemporary health literacy research and practice and is divided into three sections. Section one explores health literacy’s capacity to foster progress in clinical practice and public health; section two provides insights into health literacy initiatives and lessons learned from diverse healthcare stakeholders; and section three examines health literacy’s similarities with – and differences from – related health research disciplines. The book sets the practice and research of health literacy on an evidence-based, thoughtful, effective, efficient, and applied course. As Dr Richard Carmona says in his foreword: “It is enthusiastically recommended for all health and medical practitioners and researchers.”
Author : Erin Sherer
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Physician Assistant Students' Perceptions of Cultural Competence in Providing Care to Diverse Patient Populations written by Erin Sherer and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students indicated that specific classes focusing on cultural topics, discussions about cultural issues, and clinical experiences were the most useful for promoting cross-cultural education. Future investigation might explore the effectiveness of standardized approaches to training, how student perceptions align with actual care outcomes, or examine how diversity within PA programs impacts students' preparedness to provide cross-cultural care.
Author : Ruth Ballweg
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 032352740X
Total Pages : 761 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (235 download)
Download or read book Physician Assistant: A Guide to Clinical Practice written by Ruth Ballweg and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entering its 6th edition, Physician Assistant: A Guide to Clinical Practice is the only text that covers all aspects of the physician assistant profession, the PA curriculum, and the PA's role in clinical practice. It is designed as a highly visual and practical resource to be used across the spectrum of lifelong learning, enabling students and practicing PAs to thrive in a rapidly changing health care system. - Teaches how to prepare for each core clinical rotation and common electives, as well as how to work with atypical patient populations such as homeless patients and patients with disabilities. - A succinct, bulleted writing style; convenient tables; practical case studies; and clinical application questions throughout enable you to master key concepts and clinical applications. - Helps you master all the core competencies needed for certification or recertification. - Addresses all six Physician Assistant Competencies, as well as providing guidance for the newly graduated PA entering practice. - Includes quick-use resources, such as objectives and key points sections for each chapter, tip boxes with useful advice, abundant tables and images, and 134 updated case studies. - Features chapters for the 7 core clinical rotations and 5 common electives, with key guidance on how to prepare effectively and what to expect. - Provides updated health policy information, expanded information about international programs, cultural competencies, and pearls and pitfalls on working internationally as a PA. - Outlines the basic principles of Interprofessional Education – an important new trend in medical education nationally. - New chapters cover: Maximizing Your Education, Future of the Profession, Principles of PA Education, Managing Stress and Burnout, and many other topics. - Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
