Clinical Leadership for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners Contributor(s): Huckabee, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826172210 ISBN-13: 9780826172211 Publisher: Springer Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $76.23 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Nursing - Management & Leadership - Medical | Allied Health Services - Medical Assistants - Medical | Education & Training |
Dewey: 610.737 |
LCCN: 2017037025 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 306 pages |
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Publisher Description: This groundbreaking text focuses on the practical knowledge and skills that both physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) need to be effective health care leaders in a multidisciplinary environment. Written by a recognized expert in physician assistant leadership, this engaging text helps PA and NP professionals--increasingly called upon to lead in a variety of clinical and administrative environments--to navigate the unique challenges they encounter. With an emphasis on concrete application of leadership principles, this text highlights interprofessional communication and the skills associated with becoming an effective leader in a variety of health care settings. Thought-provoking case studies provide real-world application of concepts throughout the text. Useful exercises throughout the chapters and appendices bring further clarity to the theoretical topics examined in the book. Key Features:
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Contributor Bio(s): Huckabee, Michael: - Michael J. Huckabee, PhD, MPAS, PA-C, is the founding director of the Mayo Clinic Physician Assistant Program and associate professor in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He has over 35 years of clinical practice as a physician assistant (PA), primarily in rural Nebraska. Dr. Huckabee has served as director of PA education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha and Union College in Lincoln, NE, and was a faculty member prior to that at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Over the course of his career, he has managed federally funded projects nearing $3 million that continue to support health care for underserved populations. Dr. Huckabee is widely published on several health care and educational subjects and is well known in the leadership field, speaking at conferences on topics such as Effective Leadership Strategies and Influencing Progress by Servant Leadership. Dr. Huckabee is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and has served as Abstracts and Brief Reports editor for the Journal of Physician Assistant Education. |