With Nova Scotia’s medical staff shortages, long surgery wait times and lingering barriers to primary care, physician assistants say they are an untapped resource in the province. Read the full article here: Physician assistants say they could help ease pressure… Read more »
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Sadly, physician assistants stuck on sidelines
January 20th, 2022Frustrated and tired. That’s how I’m feeling. I’m a military-trained physician assistant (PA) with over a decade of medical experience who could be helping to provide care that is so desperately needed here in Nova Scotia. PAs are here in the province,… Read more »
Opinion: Expanding Physician Assistants in New Brunswick will Make Health Care More Dependable
February 10th, 2021With the Government of New Brunswick recently pledging to undertake a major consultation process and vowing in a news release from January 27th that All options on table as province looks to future of health care, officials are being urged… Read more »
Physician Assistants are like adding a top six forward to the hockey team
February 9th, 2021Insights from Dr. Neil Gibson on working with Physician Assistants. Dr. Gibson is a clinical professor at the University of Alberta and a General Internist practising critical care at the Sturgeon Community Hospital in St. Albert. Having served 32 years… Read more »
A bit of excitement, a bit of guilt
January 4th, 2021Canadian PA, Maureen Taylor spoke with Ismaila Alfa on Metro Morning earlier this month after receiving her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination. Listen to the news segment: A bit of excitement, a bit of guilt: Maureen Taylor, a Physician… Read more »