Acceptability of physician associate interns in primary care: results from a service evaluation [PDF]
BMC Family Practice, 2021 Background Physician associates (PA) form part of the policy-driven response to increased primary care demand and a general practitioner (GP) recruitment and retention crisis.
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Physician associate preceptorship: Experience of a novel programme in Inverness [PDF]
Future Healthcare JournalPhysician associates (PAs) are a developing profession in the UK. The Faculty of Physician Associates (FPA) recommends the establishment of local preceptorship programmes for PAs in the first year of practice who have successfully passed the PA national ...
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Understanding the scope of practice of physician associate/physician associate comparable professions using the World Health Organization global competency and outcomes framework for universal health coverage [PDF]
Human Resources for Health, 2023 Background Physician Associate and Physician Associate comparable (PA/PA-comparable) professions are classified by the 2012 International Labour Classification of Occupations within ISCO group 2240 paramedical practitioners. However, to date, there is no
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Physician associate (PA) students’ perceptions of team-based learning (TBL) for teaching in Geriatric medicine [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationBackground Physician Associates have recently been introduced to the UK healthcare workforce. Their curriculum includes important topics in Geriatric medicine.
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Predictive modelling of the UK physician associate supply: 2014–2038 [PDF]
Future Healthcare JournalIntroduction: The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan aims for 10,000 physician associates (PAs, formerly physician assistants) by 2036/7. This article uses three modelling approaches to project the UK PA supply from a baseline of 2014–2021 through to 2038 to ...
Emyr Yosef Bakker +3 more
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Capturing complexity in clinician case-mix: classification system development using GP and physician associate data [PDF]
BJGP Open, 2018 Background: There are limited case-mix classification systems for primary care settings which are applicable when considering the optimal clinical skill mix to provide services.
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Doctors', Patients' and Physician Associates' Perceptions of the Physician Associate Role in the Emergency Department [PDF]
Health ExpectationsIntroduction The Emergency Department (ED) has seen increased patient attendance and difficulty meeting demands. New healthcare professions such as Physician Associates (PAs) are being utilised to complement the existing medical workforce.
Nicole M. A. King +3 more
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The role of the physician associate in the United Kingdom [PDF]
Future Healthcare JournalPhysician associates (PAs) were introduced in the United Kingdom to address staffing shortages and fill service gaps, aiming to unburden doctors. Notably, in the backdrop of recent high-profile cases involving professional negligence and misconduct by ...
Tomas Ferreira
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A Service Evaluation: Survey of Staff Awareness of Physician Associate Role and Their Impact in Psychiatric Inpatient Wards in KMPT [PDF]
BJPsych OpenAims: This project aims to assess staff awareness of the Physician Associate (PA) role and the impact of PAs on an acute male psychiatric ward and a male psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust ...
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Physician Associate and General Practitioner Consultations: A Comparative Observational Video Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BackgroundPhysician associates, known internationally as physician assistants, are a mid-level practitioner, well established in the United States of America but new to the United Kingdom.
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