The Physician Associate Podcast

In this episode, I meet James Potter who is a physician associate with a fairly unique job. James works for a private healthcare company, instead of the NHS, and is one of the first physician associates to work in anaesthetics.

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In this episode, meet George Rout who is a physician associate in cardiology.

George talks to us about how he managed to secure his dream job in cardiology and the progress he has made in his career so far.

You can contact George on Twitter @GRoutPA 

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In this episode, I meet Dr Lewis Potter, the founder of Geeky Medics. Lewis's medical education videos and website has been accessed by many PA students and other healthcare professionals to learn; so it was fascinating to hear how Lewis got started in setting up Geeky Medics and how it has shaped his future career.

You can find Geeky Medics online, or email Lewis herePlus keep listening all the way to the end of the episode for a podcast exclusive discount code for Geeky Medics

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Physician associates can work in lots of different medical specialities. In this episode we hear from David Harnett who is a Physician Associate in Dermatology.

We discuss his current work in skin cancer pathways, how PAs can be used throughout the specialty, and Dermatology education. 

You can contact him on twitter @DHarnettPA 

Resources:

British Association of Dermatologists (bad.org.uk)

https://dermoscopedia.org/DermNet –

All about the skin | DermNet (dermnetnz.org)

Brown Skin Matters

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Physician Associates can often be found working in acute medicine - the role includes seeing patients on the medical take and formulating differential diagnoses and management plans, partaking on ward rounds and seeing patients in clinics.

We talk to PA Robert Deans who talks all about PAs in acute medicine, we touch on some of the additional training PAs can undertake to perform procedures such as point of care ultrasound scans, and how the Society of Acute Medicine might help shape the future of PAs.

Find out more about PAs in acute medicine through SAM here.

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There are many new roles in the NHS, not just physician associates. In this episode, I wanted to find out more about Surgical Care Practitioners, and how they work with doctors, PAs and other roles to deliver patient care.

I met with Jon Broughton who is an SCP in urology, to compare how our two professions have evolved and developed, the scope of practice and how new roles are emerging to help support the NHS. You can find our more information from the Associate of Surgical Care Practitioners on their website

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In this special episode, I was invited onto the SARDisms podcast.

SARD JV are a company who work in everything from healthcare procurement, software, digital strategy, medical education - with a bit of comedy, gratitude and amateur dramatics thrown in too.

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Silothabo Dliso was the UK's first Physician Associate to work in paediatric clinical research and is also the chair of the RCP Research Committee.

In this episode, Silo shares with us his experience of working as a PA in research and gives some top tips for other PAs who would like to get involved in research.

Tap here to find out more about the NIHR work into physician associates or get in touch with Silo - [email protected]

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In this episode, I meet Geert van den Brink is director of the PA education program at the HAN University of applied sciences.

He has been involved with the development of the PA profession in the Netherlands since 2002.

We talk about how the profession got started, some of the obstacles PAs in the Netherlands have had to overcome (surprisingly similar compared to the UK) and what the future might hold for the PA profession globally.

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Today I sat down with Sofia Hiramatsu, CEO & Co-Founder of the first education platform set up specifically for physician associates in the UK - Matrix Education.

Sofia qualified as a physician associate in 2018, and has experience working in variety of settings in primary care.Sofia talks candidly about her struggles as a PA student, and how they became the inspiration behind starting the company.

She talks about the highs and lows of running a business, as well as the different types of support Matrix offers for physician associates.

 You can find out more about Matrix Education at www.matrixeducation.co.uk Sofia offers lost of advice and support on Instagram @matrixeducation_

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