PAs in the News

Medical community divided over physician assistants scheme

http://www.oma.org/health/reports/07hpr.asp- OMA and Physician Assistants

Physician Assistants – A solution to wait times in Canada?
Healthcare Management FORUM Gestion des soins de santé – Summer/Été 2007

Launch date near for physician assistant program?

Will physician assistants become part of Canada's health care landscape? more..

Physician assistants (PAs) have been part of mainstream medicine in the US for 40 years, but outside the military are all but unknown in Canada. That may be about to change.

The next wave: "Physician extenders"?

They potentially an old solution to a very current problem... more

International PA development... more

April 16, 2007 | Vol 52 | No 15 Vancouver comes to the rescue
Victoria Lookout - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
“He was suffering from hypothermia when the physician’s assistant conducted triage on him in the RHIB,” said Lt(N) Kelly Rozenberg, Strategic Communications ...

Help for Hanover hospital
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre - Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
She says the physician assistant would greatly alleviate the pressure placed on Emergency Department doctors and nurses as well as speed up ER visits for ...
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Additional medical staff for hospital Cambridge Times - Cambridge,Ontario,Canada Two other medical professionals - a physician assistant and an acute care nurse practitioner - will also be recruited as part of the pilot project. ...