Watch Maureen Taylor’s January 26 appearance on The Weekly with Wendy Mesley talking about misinformation around the coronavirus (jump to the 6:30 mark). You can also read the related article here. Prior to pursuing her PA career in Infectious Diseases, Maureen… Read more »
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‘Whether it’s 300 or 700, it’s not enough’: Canadian health care slow to adopt physician assistants
December 10th, 2019At a time when hospitals and clinics across Canada are overburdened by rising demand for health care, there are concerns health authorities are overlooking one possible solution: physician assistants (PAs)… read more.
Sailing with Siblings
November 18th, 2019When Captain Monica Phillips, a Regular Forces Physician Assistant, received her posting to HMCS Ottawa she knew it was coming with an added experience. For the first time in their more than 20-year careers, Capt Phillips and her brother Petty Officer… Read more »
PA Katy Kosyachkova advocates for others battling stomach cancer
November 10th, 2019Katy Kosyachkova lives without a stomach. She was diagnosed at age 21 with stomach cancer and had a total gastrectomy. Her entire stomach was removed. She had no symptoms until she fainted during a final university exam. No one suspected… Read more »
Retired PA Writes About Experience In Rwanda
November 7th, 2019Derrick Nearing is a retired Canadian Forces physician assistant who served in Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Afghanistan. At the conclusion of the war in Rwanda, he was deployed as a medic. He Opinion article was published in the Globe and… Read more »