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MSc - Master of Science
Aston University
Full Time
SEP-25
2 years
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MSc - Master of Science
Aston University
Full Time
SEP-25
2 years
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Our Physician Associate Master's course has been designed for those interested in meeting the challenges of the evolving healthcare landscape and who have a desire to work as part of a medical team in all areas of medicine.
You will develop skills and knowledge to become an integral part of medical teams in a diverse range of clinical environments, by managing patients and providing high-quality medical healthcare support. On successful completion of the course, you will become eligible to sit the national qualification of the Faculty of Physician Associates (a part of the Royal College of Physicians) registration examination, which will give you formal registration as a Physician Associate, enabling you to practise. This registration will be transferred to the General Medical Council in the coming years.
Course outline and modules
What is a Physician Associate?
A Physician Associate is a key healthcare role that works collaboratively with patients and clinical colleagues to diagnose, investigate and manage clinical cases competently and safely; provide emergency care to adults and children; draw up care plans in collaboration with other healthcare professionals; recognise complex and uncertain situations and seek appropriate supervision and support in a timely manner.
This role works collaboratively with a variety of multi-disciplinary professional teams in a clinical healthcare environment such as hospitals and general practices. The Aston Physician Associate Practice MSc programme is designed to ensure you achieve all key competencies specified by the Faculty of Physician Associates in order for you to be fit for practise as a Physician Associate.
Learning, teaching and assessment
Your learning will include a mixture of lectures, seminars, face-to-face tutorials, skills lab training, communication skills, and clinical placements.
Group learning will include medical case-based learning to encourage collaborative learning and group discussions. There will also be elements of personal independent study.
Teaching will be a mixture of on campus learning and clinical placements. Your clinical placement experience will start from year 1, term 1, one day per week, supported by a high proportion of on-campus skills lab learning in Aston Medical School.
From term 2 of the first year your clinical placements will expand to periods of 6-8 weeks at a time, returning to the campus skills lab to develop further training on medical sciences.
An undergraduate degree qualification in human life sciences or healthcare-related subjects at the level of 2:1 or above.
Students living in
Domestic
£10,750 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Students from EU
This course is only available to UK students.
Students from International
This course is only available to UK students.
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