B.C. is an outlier among Canadian provinces in not employing physician assistants. Read yesterday’s story from the The Vancouver Sun on the critical role PAs can play alleviating the province's staffing challenges 👇 vancouversun.com/health/physici… #BCNeedsPAs #BCHealth

Optimizing health care teams bcmj.org/premise/additi…

Optimizing teams in BC - a great read! bcmj.org/premise/additi… Eric Demers, PA 🇨🇦🩺🪖 BC Medical Journal NNPBC Doctors of BC BC Family Doctors Josh Greggain MD (he/him/his) ⚕️🇨🇦 BC Rural Health Network BC Health Care Matters PierreGuyUBC Paul Winston MD - Restoring Movement is the goal. Kevin Mcleod 🌱Alex Nataros❤️‍🩹 Yukon Patient Advocate Group Ranj Pillai Dr. Kathleen Ross

“If physician assistants are good enough to work in many parts of Canada, U.K. and the U.S., why not in B.C.?” Mano Sandhu via Times Colonist #BCNeedsPAs timescolonist.com/opinion/letter…

76.4% with a regular care provider in last census. Worse than provincial and national average. Improve access and you might not need so many surveys to announce new programs or future improvements. communityhealth.phsa.ca/CHSAHealthProf…

We asked Canadian PAs and PA students if they would want to work in B.C. if PAs were allowed, over 50 responded "YES, 100%" . It's time to remove the barriers for PAs to work in B.C. #CanadaNeedsPAs #BCNeedsPAs

Dr. Rita McCracken, MD, PhD (she/her) Paul Winston MD - Restoring Movement is the goal. @DrJLush The fact that PAs haven’t been fast tracked in BC is an abomination. We can’t find surgical assists anymore at our hospital and at some point cases are going to be cancelled because of it. PAs would help GPs in teams enormously! Eric Demers, PA 🇨🇦🩺🪖

“Hello College of physicians?” “Didn’t we just talk yesterday?” “Yes. We have another issue. Many of our docs are working flat out. Their productivity in the current model can’t really improve further. If anything the workload just isn’t safe for the patients or the doctors.”

Coming to emergency departments in BC….Physician Assistants!! 🎉🥳🎉 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023H…

I’m excited to see this finally happening in BC! Thank you Adrian Dix CAPA | ACAM and everyone who continues to push for rethinking how we structure our health care system in Canada 🇨🇦 #BC #Canadianhealthcare beta.ctvnews.ca/local/british-… CTV News

Addition of advanced practice providers to #HealthCare teams. Optimizing health care teams by including #NursePractitioners and #PhysicianAssistants would increase efficiencies and value for money spent in BC’s health care system. Read the article: bcmj.org/premise/additi…

We thank Government of Saskatchewan for investing in a Masters PA training program with 20 seats at U of Saskatchewan to commence in 2025! We look forward to the positive impact that PAs will make on patient care. Read full article here shorturl.at/cimGS

The only update on physician assistants since adopting the bylaw. 1. Pretty sure there’s no PAs or CAPA | ACAM at the table to work on the compensation model 2. Lots of policies about PA across 🇨🇦 should be fairly simple 3. Not sure why @cpsbc mentions associate physicians

🇨🇦 Happy National Physician Assistant Day! 🎉 Celebrating PAs' contributions since the 1950s, from Canadian Military service to nationwide healthcare. Thank you to the 1000+ dedicated PAs. #HappyPADay #CanadaNeedsPAs

BC health care in a nutshell CPSBC amends a bylaw to introduce PAs MofH makes a working group with HA and a union to discuss scope, compensation..etc No PAs at the table?? Can’t make this up BC Health Care Matters Kevin Mcleod CAPA | ACAM BC Green Party BC United David Eby

New Physician Assistant Training Program at Dalhousie University will help address Health Workforce Challenges. . First new Canadian PA Program in more than a decade opens doors! . Read More: newswire.ca/news-releases/… #CanadaNeedsPAs

Airlines are disappointing First - Air Canada had ops issue that resulted in missed flight Great they rebooked Second - tried accessing WestJet lounge because of “Gold” status turns out their loyalty is only if you fly with them Do better 🇨🇦 airlines Loyalty is more than $

#BCNeedsPAs everywhere, not just in emergency rooms! And let's work together to establish a PA program in BC. UofC’s first class starts in Sept. We can make it happen in BC too! 🌟 Shirley Bond 🇨🇦 Kevin Mcleod BC Health Care Matters BC Family Doctors Team Primary Care | Équipe de soins primaires Doctors of BC Family Doctors for Patient Care in BC

Physician Assistants could be key members in Specialists Team Care model! 📣 CPSBC bylaws changed to allow PAs to practice, but only in EDs & employed by Health Authorities. This must be expanded, as there are so many healthcare gaps PAs can fill! #BCNeedsPAs 🩺 Kevin Mcleod

We will be there! Will you? Let's advocate together for the changes that we know can have a huge impact on patients' lives NOW. Physician Assistants are working in other provinces in all healthcare settings. Why is the BC MoH limiting their practice settings in BC?!