Royal College of General Physicians Annual National Primary Care Conference
5 – 7 November 2009, Glasgow
www.rcgpannualconference.org.uk
The RCGP is encouraging participation from the wider primary care team at its Annual Conference in November this year, in particular physician assistants.
Focusing on ‘excellence in practice’, the programme includes specific streams for physician assistants including some excellent clinical updates.
The RCGP will be launching a major new initiative at the Conference, supporting physician assistants working in general practice helping develop career prospects, offering CPD and educational support and opening doors to new resources. It would be great to see as many physician assistants there as possible so we can tell them more.
Excellent rates have been made available saving £250 on the full delegate rate. Details can be found on their official invite as below:
UKAPA was founded in July 2005 by American physician assistants employed in the United Kingdom in an effort to support and promote the development of the PA profession in the UK. The Department of Health's Competence and Curriculum Framework for the Physician Assistant defines the physician assistant as:
…a new healthcare professional who, while not a doctor, works to the medical model, with the attitudes, skills and knowledge base to deliver holistic care and treatment within the general medical and/or general practice team under defined levels of supervision.
As of May 2009, four British universities are currently training physician assistants. These are the universities of Birmingham, Hertfordshire, St George's of London and Wolverhampton. There are British PAs working in England and American PAs working in England and Scotland. They are working in GP surgeries, A & E departments, out of hours clinics, orthopaedics and rehabilitation wards. PAs are also found on the academic staffs of the universities of Birmingham, St. George’s of London and Wolverhampton.
