"A lifesaver - not just for PA students, but for faculty and administrators trying our best to prepare them. Perfect for students to read and use on rotation."
- James Van Rhee, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA, Program Director, Yale Physician Assistant Online Program
The first pocket-size resource to guide PA students through their internal medicine rotation
Prepare for and thrive during your
clinical rotations
with the quick-access pocket guide series,
The Physician Assistant Student's Guide to the Clinical Year.
The
Internal Medicine
edition of this 7-volume series,
discounted when purchased as a full set
, delineates the exact duties required in this specialty.
Written by experienced PA educators, this guide details the clinical approach to
common presentations
such as chest pain, dyspnea, and fever. It also provides a systems-based approach to more than 60 of the
most frequently encountered disease entities
you will see in this rotation, including cardiac arrhythmias, pneumonia, and hepatitis.
Distinguished by brief, bulleted content with handy tables and figures, the reference offers all pertinent
laboratory and imaging studies
needed to confirm a diagnosis, with
medication and management guidelines
. This guide also describes the
most common procedures
you will learn during the internal medicine rotation, including bone marrow aspirate and biopsy, lumbar puncture, and thoracentesis.
Key Features:
Provides a
pocket-size
overview of the PA internal medicine rotation
Describes common clinical presentations, disease entities, and procedures
Offers a step-by-step approach to diagnosis and treatment planning
Includes
clinical pearls
throughout
Complements the 2019 NCCPA
PANCE blueprint
Includes two bonus digital chapters!
Three guided case studies to reinforce clinical reasoning plus 25 rotation exam-style questions with remediating rationales
Includes full digital access on Springerpub Connect
Other books in this series:
The Physician Assistant Student's Guide to the Clinical Year:
Family Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Surgery
OB-GYN
Pediatrics
Behavioral Health