Physician Associate

Our Physician Associate programme has been developed in partnership with the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Berkshire Healthcare Trust. It is taught by practising healthcare professionals alongside academics, offering you an insight into current practice.

Your training will consist of intensive evidence-based academic work and hands-on workplace experience. You will have considerable interaction with patients from early on in your studies.

The degree is designed to meet the requirements of the Department of Health’s Competence and Curriculum Framework for the Physician Associate. This has been designed to maximise the sustainability and transferability of the role across the NHS.

Our first cohort of students graduated in 2017, we've had 100% pass rate on the national exams for two years running and all of our graduates have found jobs within the NHS.*

*These figures apply to our first two cohorts of students, who all undertook the Postgraduate Diploma Physician Associate programme.

Courses

MSc Advancing Healthcare Practice

Flexible: 36-72 months | Other: or with prior learning typically 9-12 months
PGCert Reflective Practice for Prescribers

Part Time: 3 months | Other: Start dates: usually September, January and May
PGCert Work-Based Learning

Part Time: 3 months | Other: Start dates: usually September, January and May
MSc Physician Associate

Full Time: 24 months

An ideal location

Reading is ideally placed in south-east England, with London and Oxford just half an hour away by train. There are multiple NHS Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups in and around Reading.