Physician Assistant (PA)

Information Sources

Best Bets
Foundational Information
Medical E-Book Collections
Best Bets

• Access Medicine
• UpToDate 
• CINAHL 
• Cochrane Library
• PubMed
• ScienceDirect 
• Scopus
• TRIP Database 
• Google Scholar

Find full descriptions & explore more databases 

Foundational Information

Gather background information and terminology for medical/health topics

• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• MedlinePlus  – includes a medical encyclopedia
• UpToDate 
• The 5-Minute Sports Medicine Consult
• The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult

Medical E-Book Collections

• Access Medicine
• Access Physiotherapy
• ProQuest Ebook Central
• F.A.Davis PT Ebooks
• PubMed Bookshelf
• FreeBooks4Doctors

PA Exam Prep

PAExam Prep is an online tool that prepares physician assistants for PANCE and PANRE certification tests with more than 1,700 targeted test questions simulating the actual exam. You must sign up and create an account to use this tool (click SIGN IN in the top right corner of the web page).

Other Useful Resources

• HIV INFO 
• CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) 
• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health 
• National Guideline Clearinghouse 
• Clinical Trials 
• Health information in multiple languages 

Professional Associations

• American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) 
• National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) 
• NY State PA License Requirements 

• Physician Assistant Education Organization (PAEA) 

• PA @ CU

Medicine & Health In the News

• NEJM  (New England Journal of Medicine News)
• JAMA Network (Journal of the American Medical Association Network)
• NYT – Health – Research  (New York Times)

• ScienceDaily Health & Medicine News