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Patricia McKelvey Dieter

Patricia McKelvey Dieter

Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Physician Assistant Program
patricia.dieter@duke.edu
Box 104780 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
800 S. Duke St., Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

NP and PA transition to practice: A scoping review of fellowships and onboarding programs.

Journal Article JAAPA · December 1, 2023 OBJECTIVES: Newly graduated NPs and physician associates/assistants (PAs) benefit from transition to practice (TTP) support to move successfully into practice. TTP programs (such as onboarding programs, fellowships, and residencies) hold promise for improv ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Nurse practitioner and physician assistant transition to practice: A scoping review of fellowships and onboarding programs.

Journal Article J Am Assoc Nurse Pract · December 1, 2023 BACKGROUND: Newly graduated nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) benefit from transition-to-practice (TTP) support to move successfully into practice. Transition-to-practice programs (i.e., onboarding programs and fellowships/residencie ... Full text Link to item Cite

Scarcity of Primary Care Positions May Divert Physician Assistants Into Specialty Practice.

Journal Article Med Care Res Rev · February 2017 BACKGROUND: Physician assistants (PAs) are often suggested as a partial solution to predicted primary care workforce shortages, but a declining proportion of PAs are entering primary care practice. Policy efforts have focused on increasing primary care PA ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dr Carek's Commentary on Training PAs and NPs.

Journal Article Fam Med · October 2016 Link to item Cite

Dr. Carek's Commentary on Training PAs and NPs

Journal Article Family medicine · October 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

Promoting faculty professionalism: a case-based approach.

Journal Article Perspect Med Educ · August 2015 INTRODUCTION: Professionalism is a key attribute for health professionals. Yet, it is unknown how much faculty development is directed toward skills and behaviours of faculty professionalism. Faculty professionalism includes boundaries in teacher-student r ... Full text Open Access 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

Use of Team-Based Learning to Facilitate Interprofessional Education

Journal Article JOURNAL OF INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE · March 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

The physician assistant teaching fellowship: A model for faculty recruitment.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · 2010 PURPOSE: the rapid growth of the number of physician assistant (PA) programs in the last two decades has resulted in a heightened demand for qualified and experienced PA faculty. Barriers to recruitment and retention of faculty include the need for diverse ... Full text Link to item Cite