Clinical Resource Library Database

This article provides a baseline understanding of PrEP indications, prescribing, and monitoring, including a review of previously approved medication and an update on newly approved drugs, including emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (F/TAF).

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasingly common condition worldwide that leads to substantial mortality. This article summarizes key updates from the guidelines regarding the evaluation and management of CKD that can lead to better patient outcomes.

This comprehensive publication includes four overarching science-based dietary guidelines as well as key recommendations for each stage of life.

Proper patient selection is important, but which patients are good candidates for drugeluting stents, and how do we ensure the best long-term outcome?

This case shows the value of using the Kocher criteria and acute phase reactant C-reactive protein as diagnostic tools that can be used to advocate MRI to rule out this potentially devastating process.

Bisoprolol, carvedilol, metoprolol, and nebivolol are beta-blocker drugs used to improve survival in patients with systolic heart failure. This article reviews these drugs and how practitioners can initiate and titrate them for maximum patient benefit.

This article describes opioid use disorder in the United States, treatment gaps, safe treatment with buprenorphine, and PA prescriptive authority.

In the United States, skin cancer is a prevalent and sometimes preventable form of cancer that causes a significant disease burden in rural and urban communities. This article reviews teledermatology formats, barriers, and benefits to encourage integration of teledermatology modalities into clinical practice.

Obesity is a multifactorial disease comprised of various complications. This session will review the 5-As model (ask, assess, advise, agree, and assist/arrange), which is now being used to create patient-centered obesity treatment plans in primary care.

This article describes the use of ultrasound in the initial diagnosis of a patient with a pelvic mass. CT commonly is used to detect ovarian cancer, especially when the patient has nonspecific symptoms.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs created this resource for veterans in a mental health crisis.

This 3-part animated video series led by Corri Wolf PA-C, MS, RDN, uses a patient case to explain the role a PA plays in nutrition, nutritional counseling, and treatment.

The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion created this resource to help patients learn how to aim for a healthy weight.

Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the world. This session will discuss new staging criteria, risk factor modification, workup, stroke prevention, and treatment strategies including early ablation.

This article by the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) discusses what patients need to know about the side effects of weight loss medications.