Physician Associate Studies - Postgraduate Taught

Are you interested in a career as a Physician Associate, working as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team in hospitals and GP surgeries, assessing, diagnosing and managing patient treatment? There’s a growing demand for Physician Associates across the UK and your skills and degree qualification will be highly sought after in a range of settings.

Our Masters in Physician Associate Studies (MPAS) will train you undertake examination, diagnosis and management of patients. From the moment you arrive at Swansea University our specialist staff will take you on a system-based approach to clinical learning and practice, and help you plan for your future as a Physician Associate.

Our innovative spiral curriculum, pioneered by our flagship Graduate Entry Medicine programme, is designed to build familiarity with how patients present in clinical practice and to provide you with skills in diagnosis and clinical management.

In your first year, the systems-based approach with experienced clinicians will be coupled with early clinical exposure designed to embed scientific and medical understanding with real-life patient interactions. This is all underpinned by our case-based approach to support your learning outcomes.

As you progress to your second year, the focus will increasingly shift to placement-based learning under the supervision of a clinically qualified mentor. This is designed to develop a wide range of practical and reasoning skills necessary to be an effective Physician Associate. This process will encourage you to reflect on your practice and identify your individual learning needs. You will join a university that is ranked 5th in the UK for Medicine according to the Times Good University Guide 2023.

Please note that the deadline to apply for this programme for UK applicants is 18:00 on 31st January 2024. International applicants will be able to apply until 18:00 on 1st March 2024.

Students are assessed through a variety of assessment methods including Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), Clinical Placement Assessments, Practicals, Presentations, Coursework, Assignments and single best answer Progress Tests. Once you have completed the formal MPAS with Swansea University, in order to practise as a Physician Associate you will also need to sit the National Exam.

Students will be required to successfully complete 180 credits of modules over two years. The modules will use a variety of assessment methods, from coursework, presentation, single best answer examinations and Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). In both years, students will study the 40 credit clinical modules “Foundations in Clinical Medicine” and “Clinical Skills”. There are also modules in Health Care Law and Ethics, Research and Evidence Based Practice.