Then there are those like Angele Viger. She volunteered to care for COVID-19 patients after the cardiac clinic she worked in temporarily closed during quarantine. “I really wanted to use my medical knowledge and my experience to help during COVID… Lire la suite »
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The Unsinkable Doc
mai 27th, 2020Sub-Lieutenant Nicole Spivey, HMCS Nanaimo’s Physician Assistant “Is the Doc in here?” asks a member of the ship’s company as they poke their head into the wardroom. The Doc is in. Sub-Lieutenant (SLt) Nicole Spivey, HMCS Nanaimo’s Physician Assistant, or Doc as… Lire la suite »
SickKids maximizes frontline PA team in virtual Emergency Department workflow
mai 12th, 2020In a new First View Commentary in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine authors Dr. Daniel Rosenfield, Jordan Levinter, CCPA, et al. outline how Toronto’s SickKids hospital established novel roles for self-isolated physicians and its frontline PA team during COVID-19…. Lire la suite »
How the military prepared me to treat COVID-19
mai 12th, 2020William (Bill) Wilson MPAS, CCPA, CD is a Physician Assistant in Internal Medicine. He wrote a Guest Column for the Windsor Star about his experience as a former Canadian Armed Forces medic and PA, and his current work as a… Lire la suite »
New study identifies factors that support and restrict Ontario’s use of PAs
mai 7th, 2020In a new open-access study published in BMC Health Services Research author Dr. Kristen Burrows et al. explore the integration of PAs across multiple health settings and aim to help policy makers understand the role of PAs in complex adaptive… Lire la suite »