Health Policy Analysis

Statement of issue:  School meals are required to meet specific nutrition standards to operate the school meal programs. However, meat served in U.S. schools wouldn’t meet the quality or safety standards of fast-food restaurants. In addition, a vast majority of vegetables being consumed by the children as French fries. Even though there have been some improvements in school meal programs, we have a long way to go. With the childhood diabetes and obesity on the rise, necessity for a change in how children eat is obvious. As Dr. O.Robbins says, “As long as tens of millions of families depend on …

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Ethics Reflection Essay

       This essay is a reflection on the Ethics course, a part of York PA program curriculum, and it includes aspects I foresee as central to my clinical practice as well as ethical frameworks I am looking to implement to achieve their accomplishment.         My desire to become a Physician Assistant stemmed from interactions with a few very inspiring people who dedicated themselves to helping others, not only at their workplace, but everywhere they went, without expecting anything in return. I believe it is the ultimate higher purpose that I want to dedicate myself to and becoming a Physician Assistant …

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Ambulatory Medicine Rotation Reflection

      Urgent Care was a perfect specialty for a first rotation. At Centers, I was allowed to do everything the providers did and eventually saw patients on my own, as well as came up with Diagnosis and Treatment plan. What was different from the didactic year is documenting and the way we actually performed the visits. My Center was seeing between 200 and 300 patients a day so visits had to be brief, focused, but still deliver the optimal patient care and customer service. Documentation had to also cover medicolegal issues such as patient education to seek emergent medical help …

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