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Physician Assistant: Home

Resources for the Physician Assistant Program

Getting Started

Family Practice Guidelines by Jill C. Cash; Cheryl A. Glass
4th ed., Springer Publishing Company, 2017
Essential Clinical Procedures by Richard W. Dehn; David P. Asprey
4th ed., Elsevier, 2021
Orthopaedics for Physician Assistants by Sara D. Rynders; Jennifer Hart
Saunders/Elsevier, 2013
Physician Assistant: a Guide to Clinical Practice by Ruth Ballweg; Darwin Brown; Daniel Vetrosky; Tami S. Ritsema
6th ed., Saunders/Elsevier, 2018

Websites

Research on the Physician Assistant profession
These pages have links to information about using survey data collected by the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
Occupational Outlook Handbook--Physician Assistants
Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
Links to the Instructions to Authors pages for over 3,500 journals in the health sciences.

Journals

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Library Catalog
E-books

Professional Organizations

Your online Textbooks - Spring 2021

MPA 503-Diagnostic Skills and Procedures

Learning Radiology : Recognizing the Basics by William Herring
4th ed., Elsevier, 2020

MPA 504 - Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology by Bertram G. Katzung; Anthony J. Trevor
14th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2018.

MPA 511 - Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases by John E. Bennett; Raphael Dolin; Martin J. Blaser
Publication Date: 2020
9th ed., Elsevier, 2020.
Medical Microbiology by Patrick R. Murray; Ken S. Rosenthal; Michael A. Pfaller
9th ed.,Elsevier, 2021

MPA 522 - Principles of Medicine

CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 by Stephen J. McPhee; Michael W. Rabow; Maxine A. Papadakis
59th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2019.
Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice, by Robert B. Daroff; Joseph Jankovic; John C. Mazziotta; Scott L. Pomeroy
7th ed.,Elsevier, 2016.
Clinical Neurology by Roger P. Simon; David Greenberg; Michael J. Aminoff
10th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2018
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2) by J. Larry Jameson; Dan L. Longo; Stephen L. Hauser; Dennis L. Kasper; Joseph Loscalzo; Anthony S. Fauci
20th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2018
Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease- 2 Volume Set by Mark Feldman; Lawrence S. Friedman; Lawrence J. Brandt
11th ed., Elsevier, 2021.

MPA 531 - Patient History and Physical Diagnosis

Smith's Patient Centered Interviewing: an Evidence-Based Method by Auguste H. Fortin; Richard M. Frankel; Robert C. Smith; Francesca C. Dwamena; Brenda L. Lepisto
4th ed., Lange/McGraw-Hill, 2019.

Your Textbooks - Fall 2020

MPA 500 - Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology of Disease : An Introduction to Clinical Medicine by Gary D. Hammer; McPhee, Stephen J.
8th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2019.

MPA 501 - Human Anatomy

Human Anatomy, Color Atlas and Textbook by John A. Gosling; Philip F. Harris; John R. Humpherson; Ian Whitmore; Peter L. T. Willan
6th ed., Elsevier, 2017.

MPA 512 - Principles of Medicine

CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 by Stephen J. McPhee; Michael W. Rabow; Maxine A. Papadakis
59th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2019.
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2) by J. Larry Jameson; Dan L. Longo; Stephen L. Hauser; Dennis L. Kasper; Joseph Loscalzo; Anthony S. Fauci
20th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2018

MPA 524 - Psychosocial Dynamics in Healthcare

Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States by James Knickman; Brian Elbel
12th ed., Springer Publishing Company, 2019.
Multicultural Health by Lois A. Ritter; Nancy Hoffman; Donald H. Graham
2nd ed., Jones & Bartlett, 2017.

MPA 530 - Patient History and Physical Diagnosis

Smith's Patient Centered Interviewing: an Evidence-Based Method by Auguste H. Fortin; Richard M. Frankel; Robert C. Smith; Francesca C. Dwamena; Brenda L. Lepisto
4th ed., Lange/McGraw-Hill, 2019.

MPA 640 - Comprehensive Examination

CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 by Stephen J. McPhee; Michael W. Rabow; Maxine A. Papadakis
59th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2019.
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2) by J. Larry Jameson; Dan L. Longo; Stephen L. Hauser; Dennis L. Kasper; Joseph Loscalzo; Anthony S. Fauci
20th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2018

NCCPA Content Blueprint Organ Areas

MPA 643 - Principles of Medicine III

CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 by Stephen J. McPhee; Michael W. Rabow; Maxine A. Papadakis
59th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2019.
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2) by J. Larry Jameson; Dan L. Longo; Stephen L. Hauser; Dennis L. Kasper; Joseph Loscalzo; Anthony S. Fauci
20th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2018

MPH 644 - Research Methods

Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health by Lisa M. Sullivan
3rd ed., Jones & Bartlett, 2018.
Introduction to Health Research Methods by Kathryn H. Jacobsen
2nd ed., Jones & Bartlett, 2017.

Physician Assistant Summer 2020 Reserve Textbook Trials

Introduction to Health Research Methods : A Practical Guide by Katherine Jacobsen. 3rd ed., Jones & Bartlett Learning. 2021.

Multicultural Health by Lois Ritter and Donald Graham. 2nd ed., Jones & Bartlett Learning. 2017.

Rapid Interpretations of EKGs by Dale Dubin. 6th ed., Cover Publishing. 2000.