Melinda Frances Blazar

Journal Article J Contin Educ Health Prof · October 1, 2024 INTRODUCTION: Health professions preceptors require skills and knowledge to effectively meet the educational needs of interprofessional students in clinical environments. We implemented a mini-fellowship program to enhance the knowledge, skills, and self-e ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Perfectionism in Physician Assistant Students: Implications for Wellness Curricula

Journal Article Medical Science Educator · January 1, 2024 Objectives: There is growing consensus that wellness strategies should be incorporated into health professions education; however, there is more to be learned about developing targeted, effective curricular interventions. Study objectives were to identify ... Full text Cite

Creation of an asynchronous faculty development curriculum on well-written narrative assessments that avoid bias.

Journal Article BMC Med Educ · April 14, 2023 BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic in parallel with concerns about bias in grading resulted in many medical schools adopting pass/fail clinical grading and relying solely on narrative assessments. However, narratives often contain bias and lack specificity. ... Full text Link to item Cite

From clinician to coach: The gift of CenteringPregnancy.

Journal Article JAAPA · January 1, 2023 Full text Link to item Cite

Physician Assistant Program Policies to Assess and Address Student Reports of Mistreatment During Clinical Training.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · September 1, 2022 INTRODUCTION: Many physician assistant (PA) students experience mistreatment in clinical learning environments, and accredited PA programs are required to define, publish, and make readily available policies and procedures for student reports of mistreatme ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

COVID Collaborations: A Physician Assistant Program and Health Department Partnership.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · September 1, 2022 The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the displacement of clinical-phase medical learners across the country. Physician assistant (PA) and other health professions programs were challenged to innovate and offer alternate learning experiences that ... Full text Link to item Cite

Addressing the Opioid Crisis: A Dynamic Case-Based Module Set for Interprofessional Educators, Learners, and Clinicians.

Journal Article MedEdPORTAL · 2022 INTRODUCTION: In 2017, the opioid crisis was declared a public health emergency in the United States. The CDC has called for a multifaceted, collaborative approach to address the opioid epidemic. Though many resources have been made available for provider ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

PA job availability in primary care during 2014 and 2016.

Journal Article JAAPA · July 2020 OBJECTIVES: The objective of this project was to evaluate demand for PAs by examination of job postings. We compared proportions of PAs in primary care with proportions of job postings in primary care in 2014 and 2016 and described job postings for PAs by ... Full text Link to item Cite

A novel curriculum to train physician assistant students how to write effective discharge summaries.

Journal Article Med Educ Online · December 2019 Background: Physician assistants (PAs) are an integral part of inpatient care teams, but many PAs do not receive formal education on authoring discharge summaries. High-quality discharge summaries can mitigate patient risk during transitions of care by imp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perinatal IPE simulation can improve collaborative competencies

Journal Article Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice · June 1, 2019 Full text Cite

Population health initiatives for primary care at Duke University School of Medicine.

Journal Article N C Med J · 2014 To help shape the future of health care in North Carolina, Duke University School of Medicine has implemented several new initiatives aimed at providing primary care providers with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to improve population health ... Full text Link to item Cite

Course on care of patients with chronic illness: patient-centered medical home model.

Journal Article Educ Health (Abingdon) · 2014 BACKGROUND: In the United States, the Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an emerging concept in primary care that is guiding clinical reorganization to meet the needs of patients with chronic illness. We developed a one-semester curriculum to teach th ... Full text Link to item Cite