Dr. Charles Sun and Dr. Jane Moran say they would be willing to host a pilot, which could increase by 50 per cent the number of patients they see at the West Shore Urgent and Primary Care Centre
Emergency-medicine specialists at a busy West Shore clinic want to host a physician-assistant pilot program, promising to increase the number of patients treated at a lower cost while attaching more patients to doctors.
The physician assistant’s presence would allow the physician to just see the more complex patients, they said. The West Shore doctors say each physician assistant could extend the physician’s reach in a family practice by 1,000 patients, increasing the number of patients seen each day. The West Shore UPCC has four physicians who have previously worked with physician assistants, who are licensed to practise in several countries, including the United States, as well as in Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Three more university programs are in development in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Stewart said. Sun began his career in emergency medicine in 1973 and said that for 35 years, he has been “championing the cause of PAs.” Moran points to members of ambulance infant transport teams who are trained in specialized care to transport critically ill newborns and pediatric patients.
Trevor Stone, 60, of Comox was a medic in the Canadian Forces in Victoria when he took a 26-month physician-assistant program through the Forces, which uses them on its ships, submarines and bases. Sun said the gaps are “everywhere,” which is why, after five decades, he’s still practising at West Shore’s UPCC. “I am by far not the only physician who has continued to practice or come out of retirement to serve our needy community.”
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