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B.C. hires its first physician assistants at Saanich hospital | Globalnews.ca

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Island Health has become the first in the province to approve physician assistants.

These positions do not have a medical degree but they have undergone a two-year graduate program and work under supervising physicians.

It is hoped the one-year pilot with two physician assistants at Saanich Peninsula Hospital can eventually be rolled out across B.C ..

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