PA Class of 2011
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ARTICLES ABOUT CHRIS LEBOUTHILLIER
National Physician Assistant Day in Canada
Originally published in Global News Video
Tue, Nov 27: Physician assistants are skilled health professionals who support physicians in a range of health care settings. Beatrice Politi reports.
Read it on Global News: National Physician Assistant day in Canada - News Hour - Videos | Global News
Read it on Global News: National Physician Assistant day in Canada - News Hour - Videos | Global News
Chris LeBouthillier featured on CAPA Website, PA Spotlight:
Link: http://capa-acam.ca/features/pa-spotlight/
PA/MD Team, Downtown Toronto Doctors a Recipe for Success
Chris LeBouthillier and Dr. James McNally are improving access to care for patients in their downtown Toronto clinic.
Chris and Dr. McNally met when Chris was having his blood work screening tested for PA School. Dr. McNally had not heard of the PA program before meeting Chris and was curious enough to spend some extra time discussing the program. During a follow-up visit, Chris asked Dr. McNally if he would consider taking him on as a student. Dr. McNally agreed and after his successful clerkship, Chris brought up the subject of full-time employment. Having first-hand experience of the benefits that a PA could bring to his practice, Dr. McNally offered Chris full-time employment, to work under his supervision at a new clinic that he was planning to open. Two years later the partnership between these two health professionals could not be better.
Dr. James McNally grew up in Alberta and studied medicine at the University of Alberta. He did an internship in New Zealand. When he returned to Canada in 1980, he settled on Manitoulin Island, Ontario and practiced general rural medicine, based in a 24 bed hospital. In 2001 he moved to Toronto, switching from rural medicine to downtown urban family practice. In 2011, he and his MD partner, Dr. Alya Rahim, started their own family practice clinic and he hired Chris to work with him. Having Chris on staff has enabled Dr. McNally to provide more complex diverse care to his patient population. In addition to Dr. McNally and Dr. Rahim, the clinic has two associate physicians and Dr. Rahim will be hiring her own PA this fall.
Chris originally from Sudbury, Ontario has an undergraduate degree from Laurentian University in Health Promotion. He is also a recent graduate from the McMaster University Physician Assistant program. Upon graduation Chris travelled to Zimbabwe in the summer of 2011 to volunteer at Howard Hospital doing hospitalist medicine and minor surgical procedures. Immediately upon his return he began working with Dr. McNally.
In the Downtown Toronto Doctors clinic, patient satisfaction is high. Patients can be seen same day or the next at all times. Having a PA on hand has enabled the clinic to expand their roster of patients without issue thus increasing the number of individuals that the clinic is able to serve. Patients understand the PA/MD relationship and there is no issue with Chris providing care. In fact there are instances where patients are calling to book appointments with Chris directly. Dr. McNally could not be more pleased with the level of care that Chris is providing. He feels that having a PA helps to provide better patient care through increased appointment availability, shortened wait times, and more flexible management of a larger patient roster. In addition, having a PA to share the workload, helps to prevent burnout and allows each of them to spend more time with complex patients, without worrying that the patient queue is backing up. Chris enjoys his role tremendously and is thankful to be part of a team that has such a high level of respect for his skills and abilities.
After having worked with a PA for almost two years, Dr. McNally states “I think that PAs are destined to become an indispensable part of health care in Ontario.” Dr. McNally is very supportive of the PA role in Canada and often has been the first to approach other physicians to tout the benefits that this health profession can bring to any medical practice. Both Chris and Dr. McNally look forward to a long and prosperous working relationship and improving patient care, one step at a time.
PA/MD Team, Downtown Toronto Doctors a Recipe for Success
Chris LeBouthillier and Dr. James McNally are improving access to care for patients in their downtown Toronto clinic.
Chris and Dr. McNally met when Chris was having his blood work screening tested for PA School. Dr. McNally had not heard of the PA program before meeting Chris and was curious enough to spend some extra time discussing the program. During a follow-up visit, Chris asked Dr. McNally if he would consider taking him on as a student. Dr. McNally agreed and after his successful clerkship, Chris brought up the subject of full-time employment. Having first-hand experience of the benefits that a PA could bring to his practice, Dr. McNally offered Chris full-time employment, to work under his supervision at a new clinic that he was planning to open. Two years later the partnership between these two health professionals could not be better.
Dr. James McNally grew up in Alberta and studied medicine at the University of Alberta. He did an internship in New Zealand. When he returned to Canada in 1980, he settled on Manitoulin Island, Ontario and practiced general rural medicine, based in a 24 bed hospital. In 2001 he moved to Toronto, switching from rural medicine to downtown urban family practice. In 2011, he and his MD partner, Dr. Alya Rahim, started their own family practice clinic and he hired Chris to work with him. Having Chris on staff has enabled Dr. McNally to provide more complex diverse care to his patient population. In addition to Dr. McNally and Dr. Rahim, the clinic has two associate physicians and Dr. Rahim will be hiring her own PA this fall.
Chris originally from Sudbury, Ontario has an undergraduate degree from Laurentian University in Health Promotion. He is also a recent graduate from the McMaster University Physician Assistant program. Upon graduation Chris travelled to Zimbabwe in the summer of 2011 to volunteer at Howard Hospital doing hospitalist medicine and minor surgical procedures. Immediately upon his return he began working with Dr. McNally.
In the Downtown Toronto Doctors clinic, patient satisfaction is high. Patients can be seen same day or the next at all times. Having a PA on hand has enabled the clinic to expand their roster of patients without issue thus increasing the number of individuals that the clinic is able to serve. Patients understand the PA/MD relationship and there is no issue with Chris providing care. In fact there are instances where patients are calling to book appointments with Chris directly. Dr. McNally could not be more pleased with the level of care that Chris is providing. He feels that having a PA helps to provide better patient care through increased appointment availability, shortened wait times, and more flexible management of a larger patient roster. In addition, having a PA to share the workload, helps to prevent burnout and allows each of them to spend more time with complex patients, without worrying that the patient queue is backing up. Chris enjoys his role tremendously and is thankful to be part of a team that has such a high level of respect for his skills and abilities.
After having worked with a PA for almost two years, Dr. McNally states “I think that PAs are destined to become an indispensable part of health care in Ontario.” Dr. McNally is very supportive of the PA role in Canada and often has been the first to approach other physicians to tout the benefits that this health profession can bring to any medical practice. Both Chris and Dr. McNally look forward to a long and prosperous working relationship and improving patient care, one step at a time.
ARTICLES ABOUT MELISSA DECLOE
Melissa Decloe featured in Global News Video about PA Day in Canada
Melissa Decloe working at Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) in Infectious Disease
Tue, Nov 27: Physician assistants are skilled health professionals who support physicians in a range of health care settings. Beatrice Politi reports.
Read it on Global News: National Physician Assistant day in Canada - News Hour - Videos | Global News
Read it on Global News: National Physician Assistant day in Canada - News Hour - Videos | Global News
- Hamilton, G. Decloe, M. University of Toronto Medical Journal. A Review of the Evidence for Canada's Physician Assistant Initiative. Vol 8, No 2 (2011)
Abstract: Physician Assistants (PAs) are a new type of practitioner that have recently been introduced in Ontario. In order to spread awareness about PAs among current and future health care professionals, this review article had two main objectives. First, to provide a summary for clinicians that illustrates how the use of PAs can affect patients, physicians and the cost of providing health care. Second, to review the literature on the use of the PAs in Canada to assess progress thus far. Literature from other countries illustrate that PAs contribute positively to patients and physicians in a financially sustainable manner. The three Canadian studies reviewed illustrate that PAs are having a positive impact on several aspects of clinical care.
ARTICLES ABOUT MELINDA YEUNG
ARTICLES ABOUT LAURA MACPHERSON
First Physician Assistant, Laura MacPherson, starts in Chathan-Kent
Published on December 2011, in the Chatham Kent Daily
Laura MacPherson, 30, is the first physician assistant to be working in Chatham-Kent. She started with the Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres just over two weeks ago. Here she checks Andria Dyer.
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Laura MacPherson is bringing a new level of medical service to the community.
The 30-year-old Sombra native is the first physician assistant (PA) to be working in Chatham-Kent having started at the Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres (C-K CHC) just over two weeks ago. MacPherson's duties will include conducting physical examinations, making diagnosis, treating illnesses, interpreting tests, developing treatment plans with the patient, counselling on preventative health care and writing prescriptions. "Basically anything a family physician would be doing, I'm an extension of them," she said. |
Laura MacPherson: Physician Assistant new role in Ontario Health Care
Published February 18, 2015 in The Observer
Laura MacPherson set out from Mooretown a decade ago on the road to becoming a doctor.
But after earning Bachelor and Master's degrees, she took a detour into Ontario's first physician assistant program at McMaster University.
Physician assistants have worked for years in the U.S., Manitoba and the Canadian military, but MacPherson and her classmates are in the first wave of something relatively new for Ontario.
But after earning Bachelor and Master's degrees, she took a detour into Ontario's first physician assistant program at McMaster University.
Physician assistants have worked for years in the U.S., Manitoba and the Canadian military, but MacPherson and her classmates are in the first wave of something relatively new for Ontario.
ARTICLES ABOUT SUSI SCHOELEY
Susanne Schoeley is added to the Bluewater Family Health Team
Published on January 2012 in Lakeshore Advance
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Story: The Bluewater Area Family Health Team has acquired not only a new doctor, but also a Physician Assistant. Dr. Alicia Schreader and Susanne Schoeley, have joined Dr. Lori Teeple and Dr. Michael Hurley in this multi-service facility. Both Dr. Schreader and Schoeley are graduates of McMaster University.
Schoeley is a graduate of the McMaster University, Physician Assistant (PA) program. She is also a graduate of North Lambton Secondary school in Forest and grew up in Thedford and is thrilled to have been able to secure a job close to home. |
Physician Assistants to take growing role in Canada
Published February 2010 on CTV News
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Susi Schoeley knew she wanted to work in medicine, but nursing didn't appeal to her and becoming a doctor would require too much of a time commitment, both for earning her credentials and after entering the workforce.
So when she heard about a program to train practitioners who seemed to bridge the gap between the other two disciplines, she jumped at the chance. Schoeley is on her way to becoming a physician assistant, or PA, a relatively unknown type of health-care provider in Canada, but one that has been steadily growing in numbers over the last four decades south of the border. |
Physician Assistants to take on growing role in health care across Canada
Originally published in 2010 by MSN Canada
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Susi Schoeley is on her way to becoming a physician assistant, or PA, a relatively unknown type of health-care provider in Canada, but one that has been steadily growing in numbers over the last four decades south of the border.
One of 45 students enrolled in McMaster University's physician assistant education program - the first of its kind in Ontario and one of only three in Canada - the 24-year-old is preparing to become a doctor's right-hand man, as it were. Original Link: http://news.ca.msn.com/health/article.aspx?cp-documentid=23419194 |
ARTICLES ABOUT ANNE DANG
Anne recognized for PA Research at CAPA Annual Conferences
Presented to Ohood Elzibak (Class of 2010) and Anne Dang CAPA (Class of 2011) At the CAPA Poster Session in October 2015, Toronto, ON for poster on Arthroscopic Graftjacket Repair of Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: An Orthopaedic Physician Assistant's Perspective
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Presented to Ohood Elzibak (Class of 2010) and Anne Dang CAPA (Class of 2011) At the CAPA Poster Session in October 2016, Toronto, ON for poster on the Systematic Review of PA Involvement in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
Last updated by Anne Dang, July 21, 2017
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