By Hannah Constantin

 Learning tasks by first-hand observation of daily behavior.  Basically, I followed Dr. Benton and sometimes Elizma, a physician’s assitant.

 Called Dr. Benton’s office…a lot!  Read the HIPAA paper work and took a test over the material.  Then, I was ready to go.

 EVERYTHING is done electronically!  Nurses use laptops to type in vitals and symptoms that show up on Doctor’s computer.  Immediately after seeing a patient the doctor/PA go to their office and type everything they did.  Almost 50% of what they do is paperwork.  templates

 Many of the patients we saw were babies.  Well visits  Parents easily frightened.  Common things we saw…  Allergies  Ear infection  Exymia

 A P.A. is a licensed health professional under the supervision of a physician.  They provide a broad range of health care services.  P.A.s  Perform physical exams  Diagnose illnesses  Develop and carry out treatment plans  Suture wounds  Assist in surgery  Can write prescriptions  And more…

 Malpractice insurance is lower for a P.A.  P.A. doesn’t have to work as much.  MDs have bigger salaries.  Time  It takes a lot longer to become a doctor!

 Not immunized  No antibiotics  No oral rehydration  Malnutrition

 Only 5 diseases account for half of deaths  Pneumonia  Diarrhoea  Malaria  Measles  AIDS

 Antibiotics for pneumonia  A simple mix of water, salt and sugar for diarrhea  Insecticide-treated mosquito nets and appropriate drugs for malaria  Proper nutrition

 Agape in Action  Flying Doctors of America  Global Health Ministries  Hospitals of Hope Ministries  Medical Ministry International  UNICEF  LOTS more!

 Volunteer  Give money to organizations that help  Become a doctor/get medical training