Challenges and conundrums in the validation of Pediatric Fall Risk Assessment tools.

The 10-item Pediatric Fall Risk Assessment (PFRA) was developed to evaluate patients at low- or high-risk for falling. To avoid the unnecessary use of resources for children not likely to fall, children evaluated as high-risk are targeted for more intensive fall prevention interventions. In a retrospective, case-control design, the precision, accuracy, and error rate of the PFRA with patients ages 1 month to 24 years were evaluated.

The certified physician assistant iin the United States: a 2011 snapshot.

This analysis characterizes the most up-to-date demographic data and practice profile for certified physician assistants (PAs) in the United States.

Generations of certified physician assistants.

Attitudes, expectations, and behaviors vary across generational cohorts, which have implications for the physician-PA team. Among physician assistants, generational differences are further amplified by a dramatic shift in gender ratios, which have grown increasingly pronounced with each new generation.

Using practice analysis to improve the certifying examinations for PAs.

A practice analysis is a tool that bridges knowledge and clinical performance into a format that permits assessment. For physician assistants (PAs), this contributes to a psychometrically sound examination administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). The 2004 practice analysis of 5,282 completed PA surveys (13.