Mertens Jonathan, Descoteaux Marc
Jonathan Mertens is a senior physician assistant aboard the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Montréal out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Marc Descoteaux is a senior physician assistant at the Royal Canadian Air Force's Canadian Forces Health Services Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
JAAPA. 2017 Jan;30(1):1-6. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000511038.72316.b9.
This study documents the growing role of the physician assistant (PA) in the Canadian Armed Forces. PAs have served as the backbone of the Royal Canadian Medical Services' frontline medical operations since 1984, on land, aboard ships and submarines, and domestically in garrison. Candidates begin as medical technicians and receive advanced training to become PAs at midcareer. The current rank of PAs as warrant officers is evolving and a commissioned status is under consideration.
本研究记录了医师助理（PA）在加拿大武装部队中日益重要的作用。自1984年以来，医师助理一直是加拿大皇家医疗服务前线医疗行动的中坚力量，在陆地、舰艇和潜艇上，以及国内驻军处均有他们的身影。候选人最初是医疗技术人员，在职业生涯中期接受高级培训后成为医师助理。目前医师助理作为准尉的军衔正在演变，委任军官的地位也在考虑之中。
