NCI Cancer Bulletin - Physician Assistants Valued for Patient Care and Research Support at NCI

full free access: Practice and Productivity of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in Outpatient Oncology Clinics at National Comprehensive Cancer Network Institutions — JOP

Nurses oppose the Ontario government's physician assistant role citing inadequate education, concerns over patient safety and unnecessary cost

Note: the RNAO also made the same statement regarding pharmacists (2009)


Toronto, January 22, 2010
"Members of the public will not be well served if the provincial government pursues a plan to allow physician assistants (PAs) to work in hospitals, family health teams, community health centres, and family physician offices. The board of directors of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) has unanimously endorsed a position statement, which raises serious questions about the level of education and regulatory oversight physician assistants have and how these could jeopardize patients..."