Recently, the Canadian Physician Assistant Educator Association (CPAEA) has undergone a name change and is now known as Physician Assistants, for Research, Scholarship & Education in Canada (PARSEC). The change comes as the organization expands its work beyond supporting PA… Read more »
CAPA News
CAPA Submissions on Reforming B.C.’s Regulatory Framework For Health Care Professionals
January 10th, 2020The Canadian Association of Physician Assistants (CAPA) has responded to consultation opportunities on the British Columbia Ministry of Health’s efforts to modernize the provincial health profession regulatory framework. Cayton Report In June 2019, the Government released and consulted on the… Read more »
Expanding physician assistants key to tackling shortage of health care providers and meeting needs of patients
November 27th, 2019OTTAWA, November 27, 2019—On November 27 Canadian physician assistants (PAs) are marking National Physician Assistant Day and renewing their call for provincial and territorial governments to lift regulatory road blocks that prevent them from practicing in parts of the country… Read more »
A Message From CAPA’s President on Remembrance Day
November 11th, 2019Today we remember more difficult times and the sacrifices of others. Thank you to the PAs who give and have given so deeply of themselves for the safety and health of our country, and of people in need around the… Read more »
CAPA announces 4th annual Recognition Award recipients
October 29th, 2019An emergency medicine PA at the forefront of advocacy, a physician who led Alberta’s Physician Assistant Demonstration Project, and an educator who has helped launch the careers of numerous PAs are the three individuals honoured this year with a recognition… Read more »