Physician Associates Clinical Supervisor Guide

This section is designed to help clinical placement supervisors across primary and secondary care.

Browse the items and information below to learn more.

About Physician Associate Studies

What is a Physician Associate (PA)?

Read a definition of a Physician Associate and learn about the responsibilities of the role.

Overview of Physician Associate programme

Find out about what students learn on the Masters’ in Physician Associate Studies (MPAS) programme at City St George’s University of London.

About placements

The clinical placement experience

What can Physician Associate students expect from their clinical placements.

Recruitment

How to facilitate General Practice (GP) and Secondary Care placements for Physician Associate students.

Attendance

See what level of attendance is expected by Physician Associate students taking part in a General Practice (GP) or Secondary Care placement.

Supervising students in General Practice (GP)

How to prepare for supervising Physician Associate students in General Practice (GP) placements, and how to develop this throughout the placement.

Learning outcomes, placement objectives and development trajectory

Understand what the learning outcomes and core objectives are for Physician Associate students taking part in placements, as well as details of the trajectory of student development.

Assessment of learning

Details of how students' learning will be assessed throughout their placements.

Essential Direct Observational Procedural Skills (DOPS)

See details of the Direct Observational Procedural Skills (DOPS) which students must complete before the end of the Physician Associate programme.

Additional information and resources

Reflective logs

Guidelines for General Practice (GP) supervisors of Physician Associate students taking part in a reflective practice sub-module.

Important dates

See dates for the 2024/2025 academic year including holiday and examination weeks as well as placement dates for General Practice (GP) and Secondary Care.

Quality assurance

See our Quality Framework and Quality Standards which we expect all our primary and secondary sites to adhere to.

Supporting documents

Find out more about the skills required for a student to complete registration.

Clinical practice educators

Learn more about the role of a clinical practice educator

Who are we?

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Academic team

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	Tripti Chakraborty Deputy Course Director, Clinical Placement Lead, NHSE SWL PA Ambassador, Senior Lecturer tchakrab@citystgeorges.ac.uk
	Jay Cameron Deputy Primary Care Lead, Lecturer jcameron@citystgeorges.ac.uk
	Brian Dzikiti Deputy Secondary Care Lead, Lecturer bdzikiti@citystgeorges.ac.uk

Professional Services team

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	Kay Ling Placements Manager, Professional services lead for Graduate School placements kaling@citystgeorges.ac.uk
	Emily Daniel Clinical Placements Officer, Professional services administrator for Physician Associate placements edaniel@citystgeorges.ac.uk

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