CAPA is recruiting members to join the new Revenue Generation Committee. We’re looking for three PA members-at-large from across Canada who are eager to get involved in your professional association. As a member-at-large, your roles and responsibilities will include: Providing… Read more »
CAPA News
Physician assistants can help strengthen Ontario’s long-term care workforce
May 14th, 2020Dear Minister Fullerton and Deputy Minister Steele, On behalf of physician assistants (PAs) across our province, we thank you for your tireless dedication to the wellbeing of Ontario’s seniors and your tremendous support of frontline health care professionals throughout the… Read more »
Alberta Health Minister Responds to Calls for PA Regulation
May 10th, 2020On Friday, May 8 we were thrilled to see Minister of Health Tyler Shandro and UCP MLA Shane Getson discuss physician assistants in the Alberta legislature. This follows our April 23 letter and briefing note to the Minister recommending an… Read more »
CAPA Letter to Premier Ford on Exclusion of PAs From Pandemic Support
May 1st, 2020May 1, 2020 Dear Premier Ford and Deputy Premier Elliott, We are writing today regarding your government’s continued exclusion of physician assistants (PAs) as frontline health care workers who are eligible for temporary pandemic payments. Your policy is an excellent… Read more »
Frontline Heroes: Meet the Ontario PAs Fighting COVID-19
May 1st, 2020Ken Crosby, CCPA North Bay Regional Health Centre—Critical Care “I am a working full-time in a Critical Care Unit. I don and doff PPE on a daily basis in assessing and managing patients with suspected COVID-19. The support of PAs… Read more »