The Physician Assistant response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario
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https://doi.org/10.5203/jcanpa.v1i5.867Keywords:
Physician Assistant, COVID-19, PA Advocacy, Physician Assistant Advocacy, Ontario PAs, Ontario Physician Assistants, Ontario COVID-19, Physician Assistants COVID19, PAs COVID-19, Physician Assistants COVID-19, Frontline Healthcare Workers, Frontline, Essential Workers, PAs during COVID19, Ontario PA COVID-19, COVID-19 Response, Pandemic Response, Coronavirus Pandemic, Coronavirus, PAs Coronavirus Response, Advanced Practice Providers, APPAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed our society and also had a profound impact on the way we practice medicine as Physician Assistants (PA). PAs have played an integral role in caring for patients and adapting to the rapidly changing landscape over the last few months. As the Ontario leadership team of the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants (CAPA), we’ve had the privilege of hearing first-hand accounts of how frontline Ontario PAs have been battling this pandemic and the critical role(s) they play on the teams they work in. In this commentary, we reflect on our experiences and discuss some of the key challenges we faced during the initial stages of our COVID-19 response in Ontario.
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