Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

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Welcome to the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association (RCMSA) Website

The RCMSA is a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting Canada’s military medical services and members – past, present and future.

Although all information on this website is unclassified, some details concerning current Canadian Forces operations, procedures, and equipment capabilities will not be illustrated.

 

Physician Assistants

November 27th is National Physician Assistant Day in Canada, an opportunity to recognize the critical contributions that Physician Assistants (PAs) make in the world of healthcare. PAs work as an extension of a practicing physician, enabling healthcare teams to...

cours Jessie Chenevert Walk

In honour of Veterans’ Week, Councillor Steve Desroches, representing Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, hosted a commemorative street naming ceremony at City Hall November 6, 2024. in honour of LCol (Ret'd) Jessie Chenevert. The ceremony was made possible through the City’s...

Stories from a Churchyard

It's always uplifting when you discover a good story in own churchyard and that yard being St Luke Cedar Hill in Victoria, BC. The story centers on two WWI CAMC Nursing Sister dubbed "The Heavenly Twins". Click here to learn more.

The UK Government has announced a major structural change within the British Army, with the amalgamation of three key healthcare corps into the newly established Royal Army Medical Service (RAMS). The change, part of the ongoing Future Soldier modernisation...

Today we celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Luke our Patron Saint ,the author of one of the four gospels in the New Testament (the one that includes the parable of the Good Samaritan). Identified in one of Saint Paul’s epistles as a physician, Luke is believed to have...

After what turned out to be a much more involved process then expected we’re please to finally launch a refreshed and technically updated website. We won’t guarantee everything is 100% but will assure you that as the need for edits are identified they will be...

2024 RCMSA Educational Bursary

The RCMSA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the three recipients of a 2024 RCMSA Educational Bursary

104 Year Old Medic

In February of 2020 RCMS CWO Lucie Alain asked if RCMSA would donate an RCMSA Commemorative Coin that she could present to a 104 year Canadian Medic Cpl (Ret'd) John Pauls during her visit to Winnipeg later in the month. On behalf of the Association CWO Alain was...

A Soldier’s Diary

16 July 2020 - Today we were witness to a historic moment for 2 Fd Amb, the Petawawa Garrison, and the Canadian Armed Forces. Units, formations and museums across the CAF are home to numerous historical documents from the First World War, but unique among them is The...

Field Medicine

LE TEXTE EN FRANÇAIS SUITE   MEDICAL SPECIALIST GROWTH IN THE FIELD By Haifa Al-Aryan, Canadian Forces Health Services Group The Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CFHSG) is continuously making strides to optimize and modernize their ability to support...

RCMS/ASSRC Facebook

The Royal Canadian Medical Service Association / L’Association du Service de santé royal canadienWe have just been informed of the passing of a member of our medical family. CWO (ret'd) Joseph (Joe) Albert Gallant, Medical Assistant / Physician Assistant, has left us on Monday, 25 November 2024. On behalf of all members of The Royal Canadian Medical Service Association, we wish to extend our deepest condolences to his wife Lorraine, family and friends. Rest in Peace Joe. Obituary link, celebration of life info to follow. heritagefh.ca/obituaries/albert-joe-gallant/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2osO9wQulgPmXwWCbdE5ItHjP...Nous venons d’être informés du décès d’un membre de notre famille médicale. L’Adjuc (ret.) Joseph (Joe) Albert Gallant, adjoint médical / adjoint au médecin, nous a quittés le 25 novembre 2024.Au nom de tous les membres de l’Association du Service médical royal du Canada, nous tenons à offrir nos plus sincères condoléances à son épouse Lorraine, à sa famille et à ses amis. Repose en paix Joe. Lien nécrologique, informations sur la célébration de la vie à suivre.heritagefh.ca/obituaries/albert-joe-gallant/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2osO9wQulgPmXwWCbdE5ItHjP... ... See MoreSee Less
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The RCMSA Commemorative Coin would make an excellent Christmas gift and can be be yours for a $20 donation just follow the link / La pièce commémorative de l'ASSRC ferait un excellent cadeau de Noël et peut être offerte pour un don de 20 $ en suivant le lien www.royalcdnmedicalsvc.ca/rcmsa-coin/ ... See MoreSee Less
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