The effects of Canada’s strained healthcare system is being felt in Saskatchewan in a number of ways… Read more.
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Sask. ponders physician assistants to relieve health-care strains
November 30th, 2022Physician assistants, which are currently allowed to work in Manitoba and Ontario, are often described as shadow doctors… Read more.
Could physician assistants relieve pressure on N.L.’s strained health-care system?
November 30th, 2022A physician assistant in Manitoba would like to see Newfoundland and Labrador regulate the profession so she and her fiancé — who are both health-care workers — can move to the province… Read more.
Opinion: Homegrown physician assistants would help keep doctors in rural Alberta
November 30th, 2022Sadly, rural health care tends to be an afterthought. When people visualize a hospital, they often think of a downtown emergency room, where people come in and get triaged to any number of services within a few blocks. Health providers… Read more »
York’s announcement of new medical school presents opportunity for creation of new Physician Assistant program
June 15th, 2021Canada needs Physician Assistants (PAs) to make health care more accessible, however, more training spots are needed to expand the PA model of care. The process of becoming a physician is a lengthy and complex one, as outlined in an… Read more »