This week the new UNM Physician Assistant (PA) Program students will begin their orientation.
Education
PA students spend most of their first 18 months learning alongside the medical students. PA students immediately use the skills and resources they learn from Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (HSLIC) faculty in their Health of New Mexico Block. Within a few weeks, they will apply different skills and use resources for their series of Clinical Reasoning courses that they take during the first 18 months of their program. They will learn these skills and resources at a training session on Tuesday July 16th.
Resources
Many of the resources that students will use for their Clinical Reasoning courses can be found in the HSLIC Clinical Reasoning Guide: https://libguides.health.unm.edu/clinical_reasoning
Popular resources include:
- AccessMedicine
- ClinicalKey
- LWW Health Library: PA Rotations/Specialties
- LWW Health Library Board Review series
Throughout their time at UNM PA students will access reserve resources for their blocks and courses such as textbooks, manuals, models, and videos. PA students can freely access the thousands of other texts, journals, and other information sources to supplement the reserve resources placed by block or course faculty members.
Services
HSLIC faculty and staff can provide PA students assistance through the HSLIC Ask a Librarian link on the HSLIC homepage or in-person. Contractors are renovating the main entrance Second-Floor area so simply climb the stairs or take the elevator to the Third Floor to find the HSLIC in-person service desk.
We look forward to working with you over the next 27 months!
Jon Eldredge and Robyn Gleasner