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Educating physician assistants as agents in cancer control: issues and opportunities
Quentin W Smith1, Carl E Fasser, Laurel R Spence
1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Background:
Lifestyle factors (eg, smoking, diet) and compliance with screening recommendations play a role in cancer risk, and emerging technologies (eg, new vaccines, genetic testing) hold promise for improved risk management.
Methods:
However, optimal outcomes from cancer control efforts require better preparation of health professionals in risk assessment, risk communication, and implementing health behavioral change strategies that are vitally important to cancer control.
Results And Conclusion:
Although physician assistants (PAs) are substantively engaged in cancer-related service delivery in primary care settings, few models exist to facilitate integration of cancer control learning experiences into the curricula used in intense, fast-paced, 24- to 30-month PA training programs.
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