In order to qualify for the two-year program, applicants must already have a four-year undergraduate degree and a history of working in health care.
WATCH: The University of Calgary is hopeful a new program will ensure healthcare providers are better supported as Alberta’s first intake of physician assistants begin their studies. Drew Stremick reports.Physician assistants, or PAs, are medical professionals who have been part of Canada’s military medic system since the 1960s, but they are relatively new and unknown to provincial and territorial health systems.
Their training enables them to work in a wide array of health care settings, and they can perform many duties normally performed by a full-fledged doctor for routine or straightforward cases.This frees up time and availability of physicians and surgeons to treat more complicated cases and creates opportunities for both PAs and physicians to spend more time with their patients.
The fact that the program requires applicants to have a history in health care is positive according to Samson, who believes the diversity of applicants’ experience will makes them better in the field.
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