Roles of a UAMS Physician Assist

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Roles of a UAMS Physician Assistant Graduate

1. Possess comprehensive medical knowledge and skills to practice medicine with a supervising physician in urban or rural areas in primary care or in any discipline of medicine.

2. Possess and utilize solid verbal and non-verbal communications skills to elicit information from patients and family in order to treat the entire patient and not just the disease process.

3. Perform a thorough complete and problem-oriented physical examination of a patient.

4. Order and interpret laboratory studies and diagnostic tests to better determine the appropriate management of a patient.

5. Formulate a differential diagnosis to accurately diagnose and manage a patient.

6. Manage acute illnesses and chronic medical diseases of a patient by writing prescriptions, writing inpatient orders, referring patients to medical specialists for consults or appropriate counseling.

7. Perform patient education of patients and family members to improve health outcomes of the patient.

8. Have ability to perform a wide array of clinical procedures to include but are not limited to venous and arterial puncture, IV access, lumbar puncture, suturing, skin biopsies, joint injections.

9. Practice evidence-based medicine with patient care to keep abreast of current medical practices.

10. Embrace diversity by being culturally aware of patient differences that influence health care and apply that cultural knowledge and skill to better care for diverse patient populations.

11. Appropriately document medical information to decrease the occurrence of medical errors in medicine.

12. Apply preventative strategies to patient care to improve the overall health of patients and prevent many chronic diseases from occurring.

13. Be involved in advocacy for the profession by educating patients and the community about the responsibilities and function of a physician assistant.

14. Maintain a level of professionalism, ethics, integrity and excellence that represents UAMS and the medical community.

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