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Looking Through The Window©: A Metacognitive Instrument To Teach Physical Exam To Pre-Clinical Pa Students, Wayne Mathews

Posters and Presentations: Physician Assistant

The initial transition from pre-clinical learning to clinical immersion is a significant and unique phase in a PA student’s education when students transition from spending more time learning in the classroom to experiential learning in the clinical setting. One essential component of that transition is the teaching of physical examination skills. The author introduces an instrument based on metacognitive theories of learning called WINDOW©. The instrument is evaluated using two consecutive PA student surveys employing a Mixed Methods approach.

Student response gauged at two phases was positive: 79.31% agreed the WINDOW© instrument was relevant to clinical problem solving; 72.42% thought …

Lived Experience Of The Advanced Practice Provider On The Burn Surgery Service, Susan Lee Smith

Health Sciences Program Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this qualitative dissertation study was to examine the lived experience and meaning making of challenges, benefits, satisfaction, and professional sustainability for the advanced practice provider in the burn surgery specialty service. The problem addressed was the knowledge gap resulting from a lack of literature describing aspects of the advanced practice provider role in the burn specialty. An interpretive phenomenological analysis, informed by the philosophy of Dr. Martin Heidegger, was undertaken. Participants were solicited from the American Burn Association Advanced Practice Provider (APP) special interest group site. The results provided a thick description of the lived experience of …