Physician Assistant Genomic Competencies

Competencies for the physician assistant profession.

Preamble In 2003, the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) initiated an effort to define PA competencies in response to similar efforts being conducted within other health care professions and growing demand for accountability and assessment in clinical practice. The following year, representatives from three other national PA organizations, each bringing a uniqu...

Is physician assistant autonomy inevitable?

After a half-century of development, the physician assistant (PA) movement is robust, dynamic, and has moved onto the world stage in ways its creators never imagined.1 One of the recurring topics discussed by PAs, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physicians is the autonomy of PAs and advanced practice registered nurses. A historical connection with organized medicine endeared the PA to physicians...

Physician leadership: the competencies of change.

he U.S. health-care industry has exploded into 1 of the largest nd fastest growing economies in the world. Currently, it is arger than the Gross National Product of all countries except or the United States, Germany, and Japan. Unfortunately, it is ebatable whether the quality and the delivery of patient care ave kept pace with the economic growth rate of this garganuan entity. As the complexit...

Qualitative physician competencies: are they neglected?

Physician competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine.

THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH FOR ADULTS IN THE United States are related to lifestyle—tobacco use, poor diet, physical inactivity, and excessive alcohol consumption. US residents with these risk factors have plenty of room for improvement—including those who are asymptomatic and those living with chronic disease. Health behaviors could greatly influence future health and well-being, especially a...