Service learning in the form of community-based projects, combined with interprofessional education, may provide a solution to PA students’ lack of preparation in collaborating with interprofessional teams to improve patient safety
Pediatric patients with suspected bowel and bladder dysfunction may not need specialty intervention if they receive appropriate treatment in primary care.
Gender, race, and ethnicity may influence both stress and sense of belonging in physician assistant programs.
Short-term marijuana use may be more beneficial than long-term use for patients with chronic pain.
A survey found that most PAs are following JNC 8 guidance and recommending lifestyle changes as first-line treatment for their patients with hypertension.
Prevalence of alcoholic fatty liver disease remained relatively unchanged from 2001 to 2016, but alcoholic fatty liver disease with fibrosis stage 2 and 3 or greater increased significantly.
Patients who underwent cholecystectomy with either a usual care approach or a more restrictive selection strategy experienced a suboptimal reduction in abdominal pain.
Patients with irritable bowel disease planning to start immunosuppressive therapy may need to receive a pneumococcal vaccination beforehand.
Investigators conducted a meta-analysis to identify predictors of poor postoperative pain control with a goal of developing personalized care pathways to improve outcomes.
To determine the effects on colorectal cancer screening response rates, researchers compared various forms of financial incentives with the same monetary value.
