The Physician Associate Podcast

In this episode, we talk to Joe and Alex from Locum PA about how and why they set up their bespoke PA locum company.

We also touch on the benefits of locum work for PAs, and how PAs can prepare themselves to work effectively in locum shifts.

You can find Locum PA online at www.locumpa.com

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In this episode, I chat with Dr Ben Jackson and PA Javi Islam, about the difficulties PAs can face in their first year working in primary care.

We chat about their wonderful preceptorship programme running in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw that supports PAs in primary care, and they share some top tips for people who supervise newly qualified Physician Associates.

You can contact Dr Ben Jackson at [email protected] And get in touch with PA Javi at [email protected]

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In this episode, I'm joined by a team of Doctors and Physician Associates who all work in psychiatry services, to find out more about the speciality and how PAs are being supported to work in psych.

If you'd like to find out more, the Royal College of Psychiatrists have a fantastic website all about PAs and are on Twitter @rcpsych

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In this episode, we chat with Professor Liz Hughes, who leads on physician associates for Health Education England and is developing an Physician Associate apprenticeship model.

The apprenticeship will offer the chance for people to earn a wage, and have their tuition fees paid for, whilst studying to become a physician associate.

We discuss how this might work, the reasons to develop the apprenticeship and how the quality of the profession will be maintained. You can find out more from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education's website. 

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Thanks for listening to the Physician Associate Podcast. In the 8 months since I launched it, I've been amazed at how much fun I've had making the show and we're now close to 11,000 listens.

Thanks for all of your kind messages about the show. If you have time, please leave a review on your podcasts app about the show to help spread the word, so that more people can find out about the Physician Associate profession.

Please tell your friends, family and colleagues about the podcast so that together we can highlight all the amazing things PAs are doing! I'm going to take a few weeks off releasing new episodes to enjoy Christmas - but if you have any ideas that would make great episodes for next season, please do get in touch!

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Look after yourselves working clinically this winter - it's going to be tough - and please watch out for your colleagues too.

Thanks in advance for the hard work everyone in the NHS is going to do this winter and beyond.

Looking forward to joining you for new episodes of the PA podcast in January 2022.

Thanks,

James.

In this episode, I'm joined by PA Neil Howie, who is involved in the Worcester Physician Associate course, and also doing a PhD in physician associates and prescribing rights.

In this episode, Neil is able to explain a little bit more about the process that the PA profession needs to go through to be considered for prescribing rights, and makes all the complexities easier to understand.

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In this episode, we hear from PA Yinka Mustapha and Dr Mark Steinberg to talk about how best to recruit a Physician Associate into a GP surgery.

We touch on lots of interesting topics, including how best to retain PAs in your workforce and how PAs can develop in the future.

You can contact Yinka at [email protected] and Mark at [email protected]

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Physician Associates are one of a new breed of medical associate professionals (MAPs).

In this episode, I was keen to find out more about another of the MAP groups - advanced critical care practitioners.

There are some similarities between PAs and ACCPs, and I'm delighted to be joined by Jonathan Downham

You can message Jonathan on Twitter @ccpractitioner

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I'm delighted to be joined by PA Chloe Denyer in this episode, to discuss her future in mind.

Chloe is a PA in psych liaison and tells us all about her job role, and how the pandemic has affected her job role.

Chloe is on Twitter @denyer_chloe

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In this episode, I'm delighted to be joined by long-term Physician Associate educator Tamara Ritsema.

Tami is an associate professor in the Physician Assistant Program and has been a PA educator in the United States and in the United Kingdom since 2009.

We discuss some of the ways PAs can be educators themselves, and what it takes to be a good teacher. Tami also has research interests in the development of the PA profession outside the United States, with particular interest in PAs in the UK. 

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