Ballweg’s Physician Associate, 8th Edition

• Defines the physician associate role, serves as a key resource throughout the PA education program and beyond, and is uniquely designed to be used across the spectrum of lifelong learning—now fully updated and reorganized to reflect the changing role and profession of physician associates
• Addresses all six physician assistant competencies, as well as providing guidance for the newly graduated PA entering practice
• Contains new chapters that address emerging and critical issues: Current Issues and Future Directions; International Development of the Physician Associate Profession; Student Mistreatment; and Academic Integrity
• Features separate chapters for each of the 7 core clinical rotations and 6 common electives in the PA curriculum, with key guidance on how to prepare effectively and what to expect
• Includes quick-reference resources such as Chapter Outlines; Key Points; Clinical Applications; abundant boxes, tables, and images; and a rich collection of Case Studies that provide practice in the advanced clinical reasoning required of PAs.
• 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 and interprofessional collaboration, a growing trend in health professional education and practice aimed at improved collaboration for optimal health outcomes
• Provides access to essential online resources: A Primer on Item Writing; an appendix on Competencies for the Physician Assistant Profession; and A Primer on Learning Objectives
• An eBook version included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

By Tamara S. Ritsema, PhD, MPH, PA-C/R, Associate Professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA, Senior Lecturer, Physician Associate Programme, St. George's, University of London, London, UK; Darwin L. Brown, MPH, PA-C, DFAAPA, Academic Director, School of Medicine, Physician Assistant Program, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA; Bettie Coplan, PhD, PA-C, Associate Professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, Northern Arizona University, Phoenix, AZ, USA; Michael J. MacLean, MS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL, USA and Joseph Zaweski, MPAS, PA-C, Assistant Dean and Program Director, Physician Assistant Program, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, USA