US Army Physician
Assistant Handbook, Second Edition
Contents
Section 1. The Army Physician Assistant Profession
1.
From Vietnam to Afghanistan: The History of the Army Physician Assistant
2. The Council of Junior Physician Assistants
Section 2. Training, Certification, and Career Management
3. Role of the Physician Assistant as the Specialist and
Veterinary Corps Education Branch Chief
5. The Army Orthopedic Physician Assistant
6. The Army Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant
7. The Army General Surgery Physician Assistant
8. Attending Intermediate Level Education
9. Licensure, Credentialing, and Granting of Clinical
Privileges
10. Maintaining Certification and the Continuing
Medical Education Categories
Section 3. Physician Assistant Positions and Roles
12. Role of the Battalion and Squadron Physician
Assistant
13. Role of the Security Force Assistance Brigade
Physician Assistant
14. Role of the US Southern Command and Joint
Interagency Task Force-South Physician Assistant
16. Role of the Aeromedical Physician Assistant
17. The Army National Guard Physician Assistant
18. Physician Assistants in Tactical Medicine Training
Programs
19. Role of the Clinic Officer-in-Charge
20. Role of the Army Physician Assistant in the
Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade
21. Role of the Army Service Component Command Physician
Assistant at US Army Africa
22. Role of the Theater Special Operations Command
Physician Assistant
23. Role of the Brigade Senior Physician Assistant
Section 4. Topics of Interest
25. Role of the Division Physician Assistant
26. Role of the Physician Assistant as the Congressional
Legislative Liaison
27. Role of the Physician Assistant in a Joint
Environment
30. Role of the Physician Assistant in the Disability
Evaluation System
31. What Physician Assistants Need to Know About Operational
Virtual Health
32. Role of the Physician Assistant in Research
33. Role of the Physician Assistant in Global Health
Engagement
34. Role of the Civilian Physician Assistant in a
Military Medical Treatment Facility
35. The Independent Medical Opinion Process and the
Physician Assistant’s Role
36. The Four Pillars of the Physician Assistant
Profession
38. The Interservice Physician Assistant Program
39. Training With Industry
Program Opportunities for Physician Assistants
40. Role of the Chief and Deputy Chief, Army Medical
Specialist Corps
41. Role of the Physician Assistant Consultant and
Army Medical Specialist Corps Office
42. Role of the Corps Senior Physician Assistant
44. The Army Acquisition Corps: Basic Knowledge for
the Army Physician Assistant
45. Role of the Physician Assistant in the US Army
Medical Department Board
46. Role of the Forces Command Physician Assistant
47. Role of the Command Surgeon at the Installation
Management Command
48. Physician Assistants in the US Army Reserve
50. Role of the Physician Assistant as Human Resources
Command Career Manager
51. Role of the Physician Assistant in Army Medical
Recruiting
52. Role of the Special Operations Forces Physician
Assistant
53. Role of the Guantanamo Bay Physician Assistant
54. Role of the 3d US Infantry Regiment Physician Assistant
55. Role of the Basic Officer Leaders Course
Physician Assistant Instructor/Writer
56. Role of the Captains Career Course Physician
Assistant Small Group Leader
57. Role of the Combat Training Center Command
Surgeon
58. Role of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and
Escape School Physician Assistant
59. Army Physician Assistant Role in Weapons of
Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams
60. Role of the White House Physician Assistant
(Tactical Medical Officer)
61. Role of the Defense Health Agency Medical
Logistics Directorate
62. Role of the Physician Assistant in Occupational
Medicine
63. Role of the Inspector General
64. Role of the Medical Command Allied Health
Officer
65. Role of the Army Capability Manager–Army Health
Systems Physician Assistant
66. Continuous Process Improvement Using Lean Six
Sigma Concepts
68. Barriers to Treatment Outside the Continental
United States
69. Special Pay for Army Physician Assistants
70. Transitioning From the
Military: Lessons Learned From Retired Army Physician Assistants