Physician Associate job change

Hi, what do you mean by change in job?

I’ve applied for the course and got in, but I’d like to discuss this a bit more, how do you know this? Do you think PAs won’t exist anymore or will there be limited availability of jobs to the point where there is no point?

OK do you know about the Leng review? If not look it up. Secondly we already know that the name Physician Associate is going to change to something else because currently it confuses patients. We also know that the actual job is going to change. Currently the way that PAs are employed compromises patient safety. If your university has accepted you onto a Physician Associate course then you need to ask them what happens if the name of the job changes and the actual job changes. This is why responsible universities have either stopped running the course for September 2025 or paused it for 2025.
As it is getting late for you to find another masters course starting in September 2025 you also need to know from the university that has accepted you what course you can transfer to if the PA job changes. You also need to know now that there are a lot of unemployed PAs already. To research the job aspect, look up how many jobs there are being advertised for PAs and then compare this to the number of people on last years intake and the number of people likely to be on your course.
Please be aware that the Physicians Associate course is not like other masters courses. It is a stand alone two year vocational course. The vocational bit means that it only leads to the one job that is a Physician Associate so if that job ceases to exist the course leads to nothing. You really need to contact the university about all of this as it is their job to make sure that the course they are offering you now will still exist in September.
I hope you have time if you decide not to do this course to find something else before September.

Would it be too late to apply for other master programs as of right now?

are you someone who is studying Physician Associate

No I am not. I just happen to know that this course is a very bad idea so I am trying to warn people not to do it. The biggest problem with it is that it is a stand alone 2 year vocational course and as a post grad course it attracts post grad fees. So if you pay £25k plus living expenses to study it and then you can't get a job it isn't the sort of post grad that you can use for any other job as it only leads to one job. £25k is a lot to lose if you can't get a job.
There is currently a lot of unemployment among PAs.

It’s cute that you’ve got an opinion on something you’re not even studying. Stay in your lane you’re not studying the PA course, so why are you acting like an expert. You’re spending more time obsessing over PAs, sitting on your laptop running your mouth, than actually doing your job if you even have one. Maybe you should focus on your own hustle instead of stalking a profession you couldn't even get into the first place.
Don't even bother replying you 'never wanted to do the course in the first place' bs when you’re running your mouth all over the PA threads. If you’re not interested in it, maybe stop wasting your time and energy on something you clearly don’t understand. Take a look into free will because at the end of the day, your opinion doesn’t hold weight like that and people going to do what they want to do regardless of what you think or claim to know.

It’s cute that you’ve got an opinion on something you’re not even studying. Stay in your lane you’re not studying the PA course, so why are you acting like an expert. You’re spending more time obsessing over PAs, sitting on your laptop running your mouth, than actually doing your job if you even have one. Maybe you should focus on your own hustle instead of stalking a profession you couldn't even get into the first place.
Don't even bother replying you 'never wanted to do the course in the first place' bs when you’re running your mouth all over the PA threads. If you’re not interested in it, maybe stop wasting your time and energy on something you clearly don’t understand. Take a look into free will because at the end of the day, your opinion doesn’t hold weight like that and people going to do what they want to do regardless of what you think or claim to know.

That is fine. But at least you cannot say that you were not warned. I have warned you and so have other people. What I am trying to do is to warn the people who have not yet decided. People who are able to do the research and not just assume that everything will be alright.

How about instead of emailing the universities who clearly don't really care what you think since they're still running courses, why don't you email the higher ups who are the ones with actual authority and voice your opinion there. I'm sure your email will get lost somewhere amongst them.

Well there is a problem with universities who are running vocational courses for a job that will have a different name and a different scope of practice than what is in their information on the course. Why anyone would consider paying a university £25k for course that has misleading and out of date information I actually don't know. It kind of says that they don't care about the students as long as they get the money.

The BMA has just lost the case against the GMC. So there will not be a name change

It’s cute that you’ve got an opinion on something you’re not even studying. Stay in your lane you’re not studying the PA course, so why are you acting like an expert. You’re spending more time obsessing over PAs, sitting on your laptop running your mouth, than actually doing your job if you even have one. Maybe you should focus on your own hustle instead of stalking a profession you couldn't even get into the first place.
Don't even bother replying you 'never wanted to do the course in the first place' bs when you’re running your mouth all over the PA threads. If you’re not interested in it, maybe stop wasting your time and energy on something you clearly don’t understand. Take a look into free will because at the end of the day, your opinion doesn’t hold weight like that and people going to do what they want to do regardless of what you think or claim to know.

I am a Pa student going into second year and I can promise you, do not do the course! The person above is saying the truth it is not worth the time or energy to do this hard degree and you won’t get a job, will get treated poorly.