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The Physician Assistant Profession: Collaboration Through Interprofessional Education

The Physician Assistant Profession: Collaboration Through Interprofessional Education
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Author(s): Katherine G. Ervie (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, USA)and Julie Wright Banderas (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, USA)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 21
Source title: Building a Patient-Centered Interprofessional Education Program
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Steven D. Waldman (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, USA)and Stephanie Bowlin (Western University of Health Sciences, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3066-5.ch010

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Abstract

In the United States, quality healthcare is an expectation. The accepted healthcare delivery approach relies on interprofessional, collaborative, and person-centered teams. As a result, health professions education must implement education and training to graduate a healthcare workforce that is competent in interprofessional collaboration. Physician assistants (PA) have an important role in the healthcare team. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a historical background to the interprofessional collaborative healthcare team, the formation of interprofessional education (IPE) competencies and partnerships, and the valued role of physician assistants. The need for evidence-based results to guide IPE curricular decisions for PA programs and characteristics of published IPE activities involving PA students are summarized. Potential barriers to successful interprofessional education and resolutions to those challenges are discussed.

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