In this issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest editors Lucy W. Kibe and Gerald Kayingo bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Advances in Patient Education: An Integrated Approach. Educating patients promotes patient-centered care and allows them to take responsibility for their health when properly informed. This issue serves as a resource for PAs to improve patient education techniques both individually and as part of a care team when dealing with various patient populations. - Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including empowering patients through health information; promoting health equity and social justice; patient education on genomics; ethical considerations and future directions in patient education: emerging technologies and innovations/artificial intelligence; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on advances in patient education, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest editors Lucy W. Kibe and Gerald Kayingo bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Advances in Patient Education: An Integrated Approach. Educating patients promotes patient-centered care and allows them to take responsibility for their health when properly informed. This issue serves as a resource for PAs to improve patient education techniques both individually and as part of a care team when dealing with various patient populations. Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including empowering patients through health information; promoting health equity and social justice; patient education on genomics; ethical considerations and future directions in patient education: emerging technologies and innovations/artificial intelligence; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on advances in patient education, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest editor Diane Bruessow of Yale School of Medicine brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Gender Minority Medicine. Filling a knowledge gap in transgender health in primary care, this issue features articles by top experts that focus on up-to-date standards regarding clinical care, hormone therapy, inclusion, hormone therapy and surgery, and more. Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including interpreting gendered lab results; deferring puberty in transgender adolescents and associated clinical care; administrative considerations (or creating a welcoming environment) for transgender inclusion; navigating transgender health in the uniformed services; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on gender minority medicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest editor and PA Kara-Ann Valentine brings her considerable expertise to the topic of General Orthopedics. Top experts in the field discuss the interprofessional collaborations involved in the treatment and management of orthopedic conditions; review common orthopedic conditions in a head-to-toe approach, discussing presentation, diagnosis, work-up, treatment and management; and cover the evolution of prosthetics and possible future of the specialty. - Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including pearls for ordering and interpreting imaging in orthopedics; orthopedic pearls in the pediatric patient; the evolution of prosthetics; orthopedic emergencies; hip pain and what it could mean; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on general orthopedics, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest editors Kim Zuber (Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Alexandria, Virginia) and Jane S. Davis (University of Alabama Medical Center) bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Behavioral Health. Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on Behavioral Health, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

This issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest edited by Sharona Kanofsky, CCPA, PA-C, MScCH, is devoted to Intrinsic Skills for Physician Assistants. Articles in this important issue include: Introduction to Physician Assistant Intrinsic Skills: From bedside manner to clinical competencies; Physician Assistant Professionalism: What is it?; Reflective Practice for Physician Assistants; Practical Ethical Decision-making for Physician Assistants; Communication Considerations for Physician Assistants: Building trust and gathering information; Collaboration for Physician Assistants: Working in a team; Leadership and Advocacy for Physician Assistants; Comparing Canadian and American Physician Assistant Competencies; and The Value of Physician Assistants in the Canadian Healthcare System. A CME program is also available to subscribers of Physician Assistant Clinics.

- NEW and UNIQUE! Expanded coverage of interprofessional collaborative practice includes the latest Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. - NEW! Updated coverage of APRN roles related to implementation of healthcare in the U.S. reflects current and anticipated changes in APRN roles related to healthcare reform. - NEW! Coverage of IOM and QSEN has been updated and expanded. - NEW! Refocused International Development of Advanced Practice Nursing chapter has been rewritten to be more global and inclusive in focus, to reflect the state of advanced practice nursing practice throughout all major regions of the world. - NEW! Expanded content on the role of advanced practice nurses in teaching/education/mentoring and health policy related to the APRN role is featured in the 6th edition.