At 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.
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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 »
LETTER: ‘Common sense solutions’ needed to improve health care, says Cape Breton MLA
November 6th, 2019This month we’ve seen several rounds of surgeries cancelled at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital (CBRH) because the ER is bursting at the seams…more.