Physicians Associate Studies PG Diploma
Postgraduate
In Bradford
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Bradford
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Duration
2 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
The University of Bradford is proud to announce the launch of a new and innovative PGDip/MSc in Physician Associate Studies. This postgraduate programme has been designed and developed in conjunction with local healthcare professionals to help improve patient access to medical services.
On this programme you will learn how to consult effectively with patients, take medical histories, conduct physical examinations, request and interpret tests, diagnose illnesses and injuries, develop treatment and management plans, and counsel on preventative healthcare.
This two-year full-time intensive training programme includes:
Regular clinical placements
Teaching by healthcare professionals
Innovative teaching methods using team-based and problem-based learning
Regular use of simulation using manikins and simulated patients to develop core competencies
The programme equips students with the skills required for a career area that is in great demand in a changing NHS. The physician associate is a relatively new healthcare role in the UK, developed to meet the demand on front line NHS services and an associated shortage of doctors. Working under the supervision of a doctor, a physician associate works in a clinical setting consulting with patients in person and by telephone.
They are trained to perform a number of roles including:
taking medical histories
performing examinations
diagnosing illnesses
analysing test results
counsel on preventive health care
This programme will be a joint initiative across the Faculties of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Bradford. It is an intense 90-week programme taught over two years to achieve a PGDip.
Learning and teaching includes 1600 hours of clinical rotations in Hospitals and Community General Medical Practices. .
There is a strong public health theme to the programme, with students committed to promoting health and wellbeing in order to prevent illness
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About this course
Your personal statement is an important part of our selection process. This is your opportunity to demonstrate that you understand the core NHS values and the role of a Physician Associate with the context of our contemporary healthcare issues locally and nationally. We are looking for students to demonstrate that they have the skills required to successfully complete this demanding course, balancing academic study with clinical placements, a willingness to travel and flexible working patterns.
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Subjects
- Teaching
- Quality
- University
- Healthcare
- Medical
- Full Time
- Medical training
- NHS Training
- Health
- Critical evaluation
- Critical approach
Course programme
The modules for this course can be found in the latest programme specification.
The programme is intensive. To achieve the qualification required to enter this profession, which is at Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) level, your programme is delivered over two years and you are expected to attend full time for 45 weeks of each year with approximately 50% of this time spent on clinical placement in local hospitals and GP practices.
Students with a PGDip Physician Associate Studies are eligible to sit the national examination to qualify as a physician associate; this programme prepares you to pass that examination.
In Year 1 you develop competence in ‘communication and clinical skills’, both in the classroom and through early practice placements. Alongside these practical skills, you learn how to ‘apply the knowledge of the medical sciences to patient-facing clinical practice’ through the completion of a large module which spans both years of the course. We have worked with placement providers to plan timely, authentic, experiential learning opportunities in the workplace to enhance the learning in the University. In Year 2 you add a greater depth to your increasing clinical knowledge by studying a module linked to safe, effective use of medicines and other therapeutic interventions. Currently physician associates cannot legally prescribe medicines but this may change in the future and this module will help prepare you for a potential future prescribing role.
As an added option, you can achieve a higher award of a Master's in Science (MSc) Physician Associate Studies. This would typically be over an additional 12 month period, where you would undertake a clinical, research-focused dissertation based on their practice as a qualified Physician Associate.
Modules (all core)
- Communication and Clinical Skills for Physician Associates
- Patients and their medicines
- Integrated Medical Sciences and Professional Practice
Physicians Associate Studies PG Diploma