Veterans Health Administration's Physician Assistant Primary Care Residency: An Evaluation of the First 3 Years.

Purpose: Results from an evaluation of a 12-month postgraduate Veterans Health Administration (VHA) residency in primary care for physician assistants (PAs).

Methods: Descriptive and open-ended data were collected to describe the experience of faculty and trainees participating in the first 3 years of this pilot residency. Quantitative data were summarized using descriptive statistics.

Referral patterns and perceived barriers to adult congenital heart disease care: results of a survey of U.S. pediatric cardiologists.

Objectives: This study sought to elucidate referral patterns and barriers to adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) care, as perceived by pediatric cardiologists (PCs).

Background: Management guidelines recommend that care of adults with moderate/complex congenital heart disease be guided by clinicians trained in ACHD.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed to randomly selected U.

Parental knowledge regarding lifelong congenital cardiac care.

Objective: To assess parental knowledge regarding lifelong congenital cardiac care (LLCCC).

Background: National guidelines recommend that nearly 50% of adult survivors with congenital heart disease (CHD) receive LLCCC; the number of adults who receive such care seems far less. Inadequate parental knowledge of LLCCC might contribute to care interruption.