Canadian Association of Physician Assistants
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We are looking forward to your nominations and being able to recognize our PA and Educator colleagues! Who will you nominate?!

Ever wondered what a Physician Assistant or PA does? Check out our latest blog post from our FHT's very own Cathy Verity who provides some background and an ove...rview of her profession and how you can learn more about this valuable role and how it contributes to Ontario's healthcare system: https://uppergrandfht.org/3996-2/ #uppergrandfht #interdisciplinarycare #physicianassistant #blog

Please read and share Bill Wilson's thoughtful column in the Windsor Star, where he reflects on what his military experience allows him to bring to patient care, and how the COVID-19 virus continues to humble health care professionals around the world. "For the past 4.5 years, I have been part of an amazing team on 4 North at Metropolitan Campus of Windsor Regional Hospital. As a former Canadian Armed Forces medic and physician assistant, I work alongside physicians, nurses, ...clerks and a myriad other hospital staff trying to bring the best care possible to our patients. I feel privileged to have returned from service to my country to serve the community where I was raised. Our floor is one of four so-called Hot Zones at both Met and Ouellette campuses which refer to areas assessing and treating patients with positive or suspected COVID-19." https://windsorstar.com//f2466a6c-d093-4213-a8c5-c33aec0/

At the outset of the pandemic, how did the Emergency Department at Sick Kids quickly: shift to virtual care use self-isolating doctors as "virtual attendings" and leverage their #FrontlinePAs to create new workflows?... Learn more in the First View published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine: bit.ly/2WOx2X9 Thank you to co-author Jordan Levinter, CCPA, an emergency medicine PA at Sick Kids, for sharing these findings which should help inform short and long-term workforce planning across Canadian emergency departments. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians - CAEP SickKids Foundation