Physician assistants, associate physicians allowed to practise in P.E.I.

Tories promised to allow physician assistants to work in ERs. Health Minister Mark McLane announced the province has made the regulatory changes needed to allow associate physicians and physician assistants to practice in P.E.I. 

Two new classifications of health workers – physician assistants and associate physicians – will be allowed to practice in P.E.I., although both will require the supervision of a doctor. The changes are effective as of June 17.

Physician assistants are clinicians who can perform a number of medical activities such as setting a fracture of a bone, administering drugs or Vaccines and performing patient assessments...Read more

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