Nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the BC health sector

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) funded this Research Synthesis for Health Research on behalf of the Nursing Research Advisory Council (NRAC). Its purpose was to: 1) provide decision makers in the British Columbia (BC) health sector with a comprehensive international review and synthesis of the research literature pertaining to nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA), including information regarding their current and potential organization, financing, funding, regulation, and service delivery in BC; and 2) offer pragmatic advice in regard to the future implementation and utilization of these two professions within this province. A set of nine questions posed by NRAC provided a framework for the project. Read the full document, The utilization of nurse practitioners and physician assistants: a research synthesis, here.