You have been in your physician office administrator role for the past six months. A local high school guidance counselor asked you to give a presentation on Career Day discussing the roles and responsibilities of health care professionals. Using the resources provided in Week 4 plus at least three other peer-reviewed articles based on your own research, develop a PowerPoint presentation of 12–15 slides, complete with speaking notes.
Instructions
In your presentation, address the following:
Describe the need for health care management professionals.
Describe three clinical job roles that did not exist 50 years ago.
- Discuss the differences and similarities between a nurse practitioner and a physician assistant.
- Describe the role of the attending physician in terms of their responsibility to manage the care of the patient.
- Explain how health care administrators interact with direct care professionals.
- Please organize your presentation using the following outline:
- Slide 1: Title of the Presentation.
Slide 2: Brief explanation of the purpose of the presentation.
Slides 3–6: What Is a Health Care Professional and Why Do We Need Them?
- Describe the need for health care management professionals.
- Describe three clinical job roles that did not exist 50 years ago.
- Slides 6–8: Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
Describe each role.
- Discuss the differences and similarities between a nurse practitioner and a physician assistant.
- Slides 9–10: Attending Physicians and Management of Care.
- Describe the role of the attending physician in terms of their responsibility to manage the care of the patient.
Slides 11–12: Administrators and Clinicians.
- Describe the two roles.
- Explain how health care administrators interact with direct care professionals.
