Meet the PAs Podcast

We sit down with Maitry Patel. MBA candidate, radiation oncology PA, teacher, scholar, and all-around amazing PA advocate.

This is the audio from CanadianPA interview conducted by Anne Dang. You may see the video on www.CanadianPA.caAdam is a general surgery PA in Manitoba. Hear his experiences as a PA in Manitoba and his advice for those interested in the field.

This episode is a collab with Anne Dang from Canadian PA. See the whole video with the links bleow.www.canadianpa.ca/physiatrypaLink to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxRSzhYkxYY

PA Memes of Insta are featured on this episode of Meet the PAs podcast. Check out their instagram feed to bring a smile to your long workday.

Katrina Monti is a physician assistant in the US military. The story of her journey is humbling and captivating encompassing two tours of war and nearly a decade or hard work to complete her degree. Here her fascinating path to a thriving PA career in the military.

Contact Sofiahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sofia-mughal-b558729b/info@matrixeducation.co.uk https://www.matrixeducation.co.uk/

Isil (pronounced Michelle without the 'M') is a physician associate in cardiology from Manchester, England. She is a regional representative for the North West Physician Associate Forum, an alliance to support and progress PAs across northern England, and she runs the Not a Doctor blog where she discusses PA life in the UK. Isil is also in the process of launching tailored interview services for aspiring PAs and PA job seekers. Isil is immersed in the progress of the PA profession and England. In this podcast episode, she discusses what lead her to this career path, the PA education process in the UK and how its different from Canada, her day to day experiences, the work of the North West Physician Associate Forum and how to get involved.Contact Isil and follow her blog/Instagram:https://www.northpaforum.co.uk/committeehttps://www.notadoctor.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/notadoctoruk/notadoctoruk@gmail.comnorthpa.forum@nhs.net

Trevor Stone recently stepped down in December 2018 as President of the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants (CAPA). He joined the reconstructive surgery department at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg Manitoba after spending 22 years in the Canadian Forces. He is an ardent supporter of the profession and is committed to ensuring Canadians in all regions are familiar with the PA profession and enjoy access to quality MD-PA team based medical care.Trevor discusses his and the CAPA team’s accomplishments over the past year and what he hopes to see in the future with CAPA and the progression of the PA profession.To contract Trevor StoneEmail: admin@capa-acam.caMeet The PAs Podcast Patreon account:https://www.patreon.com/meetthepas

Lyndsey Milcarek is a leader for global health and the advancement of the PA profession. Lyndsey Milcarek is a leader for global health and the advancement of the PA profession. as demonstrated by her experience in the US, India, Brazil, and Africa. In this episode, Lyndsey explains her unique experience as a PA and public health leader, she will have you desperate to hear more. She is currently the president of PA’s for Global Health (PAGH), a volunteer run organization in the US. She is working to expand the reach of PAGH and develop leadership and advocacy in other countries, including Canada. After hearing her speak, you will be moved to reach out to her.Contact LyndseyEmail: pasforglobalhealth@gmail.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndsey-milcarek-pa-c-mph-88197a89/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paglobalhealth/Website: https://www.pasforglobalhealth.com/

Kristen is the Assistant Dean of the McMaster Physician Assistant Education Program. Kristen started out her career as an epidemiologist in public health and continued on to be part of the inaugural McMaster PA class in 2010. In addition to managing the McMaster program, practicing clinically, and advancing the PA progression in Ontario and across Canada, she is also pursuing her PhD.Kristen discusses her experiences as a PA and as the program assistant dean and the progress that has been made over the last years. Hear the unique attributes to Canadian PA education and the what future goals are underway. Kristen gives tips for students applying to PA programs and her thoughts on becoming a successful PA in Canada. She also touches on the subject of job security and the progress being made in Ontario. Join us in the discussion with an outstanding leader in the PA and medical community in Canada.You can contact Kristen through her email: burrowk@mcmaster.caFor information about the McMaster PA program email: paprogram@mcmaster.ca

Janna is anuerosurgery PA at the Ottawa hospital. She hasbeen seemlessly integrated into the clinic and OR. She is also integral to research development and has authored a poster for publication this fall. Hear how her leadership is influencing the Ottawa neurosurgery team.

Mr. Deboison is a physician assistant practicing family medicine in Ghana, in this episode, he gives an overview of the PA profession in Ghana and his personal experience as a member of a very busy practice. Ghana has had PAs since 1969 and has the fastest growing PA profession outside of the US and includes PA-medical, PA-dental and PA-anesthesia. Isaac and others in Ghana are able to practice to their full and independent scope, including prescriptive authority.Isaac details a typical day in his family practice setting involving a very full patient load (much higher than the typical Canadian or American practice) and many acute presentations, both outpatient and inpatient, in a standard 8 hour shift. He works weekends too, sharing responsibility with physicians and PA colleagues.Ghana is much further along in the advancement of the PA profession than Canada both in terms of scope of practice and government regulation, but it is not without its challenges. It is still a relatively unknown profession among the general public and low pay scale can inhibit further career advancement. It can be very challenging as there is little organizational support to garner increased salary.Isaac depicts a future utopian medical system involving PAs across the globe supporting each other throughout different countries and offering reciprocity, allowing the PA certification to be valid in all countries that have practicing PAs. Here in Canada, we can relate to those wishes as many hope for reciprocity in the US as well.Here is to the global future of a thriving PA community!

To contact DenieceEmail: ontariochapterpresident@capa-acam.caFacebook: Deniece is a member of all of the Canadian FB PA groups and you may contact her through these groups as well.https://www.facebook.com/groups/CAPAACAM/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/canadaprepa/, https://www.facebook.com/groups/ontariopa/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniece-o-leary-a187364a/Anne Dang, CCPA, CAPA vice president was mentioned in the episode and her blog. Find her profile of Deniece at http://canadianpa.ca/familypa/

oin us this month as we engage in a candid discussion about the politics of health care in Ontario with MPP Bill Walker and how to bring the issues concerning the PA profession to the floor at Queen's Park.Bill is a member of provincial government for the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound riding in Ontario and he is currently campaigning for re-election. He is the progressive conservative health care critic for seniors, long term care, and access. He was first elected to legislature in 2011, prior to that he was the Operations Manager at Bruce Power, and was Executive Director at the Bruce Peninsula Health Services Foundation.We first met Bill one year ago after requesting to meet with him to discuss the PA profession in his riding with the help of the CAPA (Canadian Association of Physician Assistants) presentation. He was very welcoming at the time and gave his undivided attention to learning about the PA profession and us as individuals. We met again at Queen's Park during the PA day at Queen's Park in the fall of 2017 where Bill continued his support. He has devoted much of his time and career to represent and fulfill the needs of his community, including healthcare.If you would like to contact MPP Bill Walker, please use the information below. Email: bill.walkerc1@pc.ola.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/billwalkermppLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-walker-mpp-01959454/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BillWalkerMPP

Josh and his supervising physician, Ash Lamba, have a working relationship built on trust and experience that allows for fluid extended hours of care for patients at the primary care clinic and the long term care facility. Through this, Josh is able to utilize his skills as a PA to the fullest extent benefiting both the patients and Dr. Lamba. Here the details of his story in this interview and the political activism of Dr. Lamba in Ontario with Concerned Ontario Doctors.

Andrea is an active member of the PA community in Ontario, Canada. She works full time at a family health team in Brampton, Ontario since she graduated in 2011. She also is involved with the McMaster PA program teaching first year students in the classroom and second year students in clinic. Additionally, she leads CAPA (Canadian Association of PAs) networking groups in the Brampton and Mississauga regions of Ontario helping to provide on the ground support and bridge any gap between front line PAs and CAPA administration.Andrea gives some good advice to PA students about using the second year placement experience to solidify employment as well as some other suggestions to financial support the PA role in a family practice setting in Ontario. Andrea, Rachael, and Becky have an in depth discussion on the current political and career climate of PAs in Ontario. Ontario is the most populated province in Canada for PAs and regulation and sustainable funding models are lacking. Will this change? If regulation happens, will it directly impact day to day practice? Is regulation necessary in order for politicians to develop a funding model? Our opinions on these topics are strong, either way, the PA profession will continue to be a prominent feature of the Ontario health care system. Andrea is available to be contacted via email andrea.pansoy@gmail.comShe is an active member of the Ontario PAs facebook page; https://www.facebook.com/groups/ontariopa/And on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreapansoy/

Kristopher Maday, PA-C is featured on this month's episode. He is the program director for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center PA program in the Memphis and his background is ER medicine. He has a strong philosophy on education believing access and discussion around educational topics is critical to continued development and success. this is demonstrated by his dedication to detail in his PAIN podcast (physician assistants in education) and his JAAPA podcast (Journal of the American Association of Physician Assistants). Kristopher touches on the topic of PA education, running his podcasts, and challenges in the US medical system specifically related to the PA profession. Enjoy this intriguing conversation from a PA leader south of the Canadian boarder. Subscribe to his podcasts. Kristopher is also open to comments and is happy to connect with other PAs. https://painepodcast.com/JAAPA podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jaapa-podcast/id1235826100Kristopher is also open to comments and is happy to connect with other PAs. Find him on Twitter or LinkedInKristopherMaday PA-C (@PA_Maday) https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristopher-maday-ms-pa-c-16710535/

Interview with Ian Jones, former CAPA president, current director of the University of Manitoba Physician Assistant Program, President of the Canadian Physician Assistant Educators Association, and pioneer of Canada's first journal for Canadian Physician Assistants

Interview with Sahand Ensafi at the 2017 CAPA confrence.Sahand is the new Vice President of the Ontario Chapter of CAPAWhat it's like to be the first ER PA at a hospital and have over 70 surprising Physicians

Pre-PA students and current PA students will enjoy this episode as Rachael and Becky discuss the details of student life in the PA program at McMaster University through a round table discussion with 4 current first year students. Life as a student at McMaster is discussed and even the super impressive Lana applying for Jeopardy! GO Lana! We are thankful all 4 were willing to take the time to engage our podcast community. The discussion took place during the 2017 CAPA conference so there is some audible background noise in this episode.

Chris was the first civilian physician assistant in Canada, helped get the PA program in Manitoba started and just finished 3 years as president of CAPA and transitioned to the role of past president in October 2017. This interview takes place just days before he transitioned to past president at the CAPA 2017 Conference in Ottawa just after he returned from the UK PA conference. Chris has led an interesting life, even spending the previous few years traveling the world for enjoyment. He has a LOT of good information for practicing PAs in Canada. You do not want to miss this enlightening and informative interview.

Patrick Nelson is the executive director of CAPA and is responsible for the operations of the national office, raising awareness and advocating for the PA profession with government and stakeholders, and achieving financial stability within CAPA. Prior to joining CAPA, he was the Executive Director of Public and Corporate Affairs at the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and also served as an aide to Ontario’s Minister of Health. Join us as Patrick takes us through an update of the PA profession across the provinces of Canada.

Natalie St. Pierre is the Director, Communications and Stake Holder Relations for CAPA. This interview takes place during the CAPA 2017 conference in Ottawa. Natalie reviews the critical role of advocacy and the progress CAPA is making in Ontario, Quebec and BC with PA days and PA advocacy among politicians and the general public. Natalie and CAPA have prepared and advocacy toolkit for practicing PAs to help support individuals in contacting their local politicians and newspapers and contribute to the advocacy campaign. She also provides a brief overview of the recently released evidence by the Conference Board of Canada showing the benefit and impact of PAs in the healthcare system. Natalie discusses the buzz around the newly released PA video in both English and French.

Anne is a key leader in the PA and the medical community. She is the newly elected VP of CAPA and has been an avid community member since 2011. She has a fantastic blog, www.canadianpa.ca, the premier online spot for Canadian physician assistant information.

It did not take long for us to make mistakes in our podcasting adventures lol. We are not technically inclined and, thus, are prone to errors. This is a quick discussion correcting our mistakes from our first episode.  1. our correct website is www.mtppodcast.ca 2. the Launch episode was recorded ahead of time anticipating a long turnaround to publish. THis happened really fast so it is not launching the night before the 2017 CAPA conference as stated in the episode.

Rebecca and Rachael introduce themselves and describe their experiences as PAs in Ontario in ER and oncology/palliative care.