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This timely one day virtual conference focuses on developing the role of the Physician Associate in your service, how the demonstrated benefits of the role can support you and your service and improve patient care. The conference will also look at developing the role of the Physician Associate in practice and effective integration into the multidisciplinary team. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference will enable you to understand the role, the benefits and practical implications in practice for deployment in your service. The conference will discuss how the role has changed during Covid-19, accountability and supervision of Physician Associates in practice with case studies from Acute, Mental Health and Primary Care settings. The event will outline the PA responsibilities and limits of practice with regard to medications and prescribing both now and moving forward. There will be an update from the General Medical Council on regulation including registration requirements for Physician Associates.
“Physician associates are medically trained, generalist healthcare professionals, who work alongside doctors and provide medical care as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. Physician associates are dependent practitioners working with a dedicated medical supervisor, but are able to work autonomously with appropriate support.”
“Physician associates work within a defined scope of practice and limits of competence. They
• Take medical histories from patients
• Carry out physical examinations
• See patients with undifferentiated diagnoses
• See patients with long-term chronic conditions
• Formulate differential diagnoses and management plans
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Develop and deliver appropriate treatment and management plans
• Request and interpret diagnostic tests
• Provide health promotion and disease prevention advice for patients.
Currently, physician associates are not able to
• Prescribe
• Request ionising radiation (eg chest x-ray or CT scan)”
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues working to develop the role of the Physician Associate
- Reflect on the evidence of clinical impact and improvements in patient experience
- Understand the challenges as a result of Covid-19
- Learn from established practice on how a Physician Associate could support you and your service
- Improve the relationships and ways of working between Physician Associates and the Multidisciplinary team
- Understand and reflect on current challenges in training, education, competence and accountability
- Examine options for Career Development and the role of the Lead PA
- Reflect on the barriers and facilitators to integration of Physician Associates into the clinical team?
- Develop the Physician Associate role in ensuring continuity of care
- Update your knowledge on national developments including Physician Associate Regulation
- Understand what support Physician Associates can provide
- Ensure clear guidance around limitations of practice including prescribing (and how this might change with regulation)
- Identify key strategies for effective Clinical Supervision
- Examine your role in supporting Physician Associates
- Learn from experienced Physician Associates in Surgery, Medicine, Emergency Care, Mental Health and Primary Care
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
100% of the delegates who attended this event would reccomend it to a colleague
