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PA Publications

Literature on PA Employment

Qualitative study of employment of physician assistants by physicians: Benefits and barriers in the Ontario health care system (2013)

Improving health care efficiency through the integration of a physician assistant into an infectious diseases consult service at a large urban community hospital (2015) 

Physician assistants reduce resident workload and improve care in an academic surgical setting (2016)

Value of Physician Assistants: Understanding the Role of Physician Assistans within Health Systems (2016)

Gaining Efficiency: Increasing the Use of Physician Assistants in Canada (2016)


Guidelines and Resources for Employers of PAs

National Competency Profile (CanMEDS-PA) 2015 Canadian Association of Physician Assistants 

Overview of Provincial Legislation of PAs 

HealthForce Ontario Link

Physician Checklist for employers interested in hiring PAs (CAPA) 


PA Program Faculty, Students, and Alumni Publications

Physician Assistants: A solution to Ontario’s primary care crisis (2024)

Letter: Physician assistant would enhance health care in NOTL (2024)

To improve Indigenous health, we need more rural Indigenous health-care workers (2023)

Virtual OSCEs for the Pandemic and Beyond (2022)

Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Management Toolkit for Physician Assistants (2021)

Role for Isolated Emergency Medicine During a Pandemic (2020) 

Opinion | Patients are enduring excruciating wait times and limited access to doctors. People like me are part of the solution.