The Name Change

[leviathan]

Originally Posted by PAstudent

The ones I know for certain are Sunnybrook and Timmins and District Hospital and the ones I am not 100 per cent on, but understand from what I have heard are Guelph General Hospital and Oakville-Trafalger.

Thanks for the info.

[maritimer]

Originally Posted by PAstudent

The ones I know for certain are Sunnybrook and Timmins and District Hospital and the ones I am not 100 per cent on, but understand from what I have heard are Guelph General Hospital and Oakville-Trafalger.

Sunnybrook and Timmins in particular are well-known in the Ontario PA world to be leaders in the use of emergency medicine PAs. The PAs at Sunnybrook are on the resident schedule and work shifts in all the zones (purple, blue, and green/orange) and all the different shifts (overnights, evenings, days, etc., etc.).

I did my core emerg rotation at Sunnybrook and have done multiple horizontal electives (a McMaster term I think) there so that's how I know about the 'Brook. I know about Timmins because of Dr. Chris Loreto, the emerg chief there, having talked about it.

This video of a webinar might interest you: http://epresence.med.utoronto.ca/1/watch/900.aspx it features Dr. Loreto and Dr.Paul Hawkins (Director of Emergency Services, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center). Dr. Hawkins is the main driving force behind the PAs at Sunnybrook.

I actually watched this video (not all at once-it's long) and it's really very informative and gives good insight into the PA profession in Canada, how they operate, and where it is going in the future, since it's in it's infancy in civilian life. Very cool!