Paula Phelps

Paula Phelps
Idaho State University | ISU · Department of Physician Assistant Studies

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Purpose: The Idaho State University Physician Assistant (PA) program was one of the first PA programs in the country to incorporate medication-assisted treatment (MAT) into its curriculum. This manuscript documents the impact of the course. Methods: In the spring and summer of 2018, 61 students and 12 local providers enrolled in an elective MAT...
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Purpose Cultural competence is a critical component in health care services. The relationship between health disparities and prejudice and discrimination is well documented. Prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior are modifiable through training yet few programs have evidence-based training. No published data has reported on baseline leve...
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ISU PAS offers a Medication Assisted Treatment course. Students provided reflections on their learning, attitude shifts, and intentions to purse the X waiver. Student essays reflected increases in knowledge, and attitude shifts (minor, major) as well as openness to pursuing the MAT waiver.
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Purpose: To assess the prevalence and causes of burnout in rural physician assistants. (PA in this article refers to personal accomplishment. To avoid confusion, we will spell out physician assistant throughout the article, instead of using PA to refer to both physician assistant and personal accomplishment.) METHODS: Physician assistants who prac...
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In a period of budget reductions and calls for accountability, an online course delivery system, such as WebCT, presents an innovative approach to curriculum design. This paper describes a comprehensive implementation of WebCT in the Physician Assistant (PA) Program at Idaho State University (ISU). It focuses on the results of employing WebCT in a...

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