Healthcare Policy, Law, Ethics and Professionalism for Physician Assistants

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This course introduces the concepts and basis of health care policy, the creating and implementation of health care law and the fundamentals of medical ethics, including autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. In addition, this course will cover the importance of professional ethics and professionalism and the ways this is monitored and managed. The course will also include the historical development of the physician assistant profession and how to obtain and maintain state licensure and board certification. Class discussions will include the ethical, philosophical and social dilemmas in health care and the role of culture, religion and the law in clinical practice.