Year formed:
2006
Objectives/Mission:
The Section of Pathologists' Assistants within
the Canadian Association of Pathologists is dedicated to
establishing standards of professional ethics, education, and key
competencies leading to national certification of Pathologists'
Assistants. We promote and support excellent standards of practice,
to ensure the highest quality of patient care in anatomic pathology.
Membership:
Members shall be members in good standing of the CAP
regardless of their class of membership provided they have expressed
interest in matters pertaining to pathologist assistants.
CAP Membership Application
Form
165kb
Governance:
In accordance with:
Bylaws adopted 2008 AGM
Structure:
Executive Committee:
Chair: Sarah James
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, ON
E-mail: sjames@mtsinai.on.ca
Administration
Committee:
Chair:
Lance Fuczek
Grace General Hospital
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
E-mail:
fuczek@cc.umanitoba.ca
Function:
The administration committee is currently responsible for writing
the proposed bylaws and Mission statement that we will follow as an
association.
Function: To Be Determined
Membership
Committee:
Chair: Danielle Lee
Vernon Jubilee Hospital
Vernon, BC
E-mail:
Danielle.Lee@interiorhealth.ca
Function: The
Membership committee is responsible to: itemize core competencies
for pathologists' assistants, propose a plan to "grandfather"
currently practicing pathologists' assistant, develop a set of
criteria for membership and to increase recruitment of currently
practicing pathologists' assistants.
CAP
Membership Application Form
165kb
Education Committee:
Chair: Lynda Boyd
The Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa, On
E-mail:lboyd@ottawahospital.on.ca
Function: The
Education committee is responsible to look into continuing education
requirements for section members, to obtain information on existing
and developing PA programs in Canada, and to organize the PA section
annual general meeting
Website Committee:
Chair: Alan Wolff
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON
E-mail:
awolff@mtsinai.on.ca
Function: Author and adapt content for the CAP PA Section Website.
