PATHOLOGISTS' ASSISTANTS SECTION

Pathologists' Assistants Section Workspace (for Section members only)

ABOUT THE SECTION

Year Created: 2006

Executive Committee:

Chair: Sarah James
University Health Network
Toronto, ON
E-mail: sarah.james@uhn.on.ca

Past Chair: Lloyd Kennedy 

Vice-chair: Lance Fuczek 

Secretary-Treasurer: William Stinson 

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.


Governance:
In accordance with: Bylaws adopted at 2008 AGM

Letters from Executive:

Structure:

Executive Committee:
Chair: Sarah James
University Health Network
Toronto, ON
E-mail: sarah.james@uhn.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: Edwin De Veyra
London Health Science Centre
London, ON
E-mail:edwindeveyra@yahoo.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.

Annual General Meeting and Conference Committee:
Chair: Alma Cameron
QEII Health Science Center
Halifax, NS
Email: Alma.Cameron@cdha.nshealth.ca
Function: The AGM and Conferencer committee is responsible to make the arrangements for the annual general meeting conference.

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.

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 - Updated August 2009 -