| | Searching Current Courses For Fall 2016 |
| |
Course: |
PAP 232
|
|
| |
Title: | Professional Seminar V |
|
| |
Long Title: | Professional Seminar V |
|
| |
Course Description: | Prepares the senior physician assistant student for entry to the profession. Topics include advanced medical ethical issues, professional behavior, legal aspects of practice, medical decision making, evaluation of medical literature, and current controversies in medicine. This course is a continuation of PAP 231. |
|
| |
Min Credit: | .5 |
|
| |
Max Credit: | 1 |
| |
Course Notes: | Entered new course 6/2/09 s@ |
|
| |
Origin Notes: | RRCC |
|
STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Make medical decisions based on the principles of evidence based medicine.
2. Evaluate the medical literature.
3. Understand the impact of socioeconomics, policies and systems on healthcare.
4. Understand reimbursement for PA services.
5. Document and code services accurately.
6. Understand and apply the principles of quality assurance and risk management.
7. Understand the laws governing healthcare and PA practice.
8. Understand the impact of culture on healthcare.
9. Understand and apply the basic ethical principles to medical decision making.
10. Obtain informed consent.
11. Understand and perform professional responsibilities and behaviors.
12. Participate in an effective healthcare team.
13. Understand scopes of practice, governing regulations, licensure, certification, and credentialing.
14. Understand professional liability.
15. Understand the history and present attributes of the PA profession.
16. Prepare an effective resume and cover letter.
17. Conduct an effective job interview.
18. Evaluate an employment contract.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Information literacy
A. Medical decision making
B. Principles of evidence based medicine
C. Evaluation of medical literature
II. Health policy and systems
A. Socioeconomics and healthcare
B. Healthcare delivery systems
C. Reimbursement, documentation, coding, and billing
D. Quality assurance and risk management
E. Legal issues in healthcare
F. Culture and healthcare
III. Ethics
A. Principles of ethics
B. Professional responsibility
C. Informed consent and confidentiality
D. Patient welfare
IV. The physician assistant profession
A. History of the profession
B. Current trends
C. Physician-PA teams and multidisciplinary practice
D. Scopes of practice and governing regulations
E. Licensure, certification, credentialing
F. Professional liability
Skip to top of page
