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Physician Assistant (Anaesthesia)

Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
Postgraduate Diploma On-Campus Full-time 27 - months September £4680 per year find out

About Physician Assistant (Anaesthesia), Postgraduate Diploma - at University of Birmingham

This programme is intended for existing health care practitioners or graduates with a science background who wish to work as part of the anaesthetic team. The Physicians' Assistant (Anaesthesia) is a health professional who will expand the anaesthetic service and make operating theatres work more efficiently. You will work alongside other members of the anaesthetic team and under the supervision of your anaesthetist.

The programme will develop a practitioner role that enables the anaesthesia team to have more staff working differently. Presently in the UK only doctors who have had specialist training in anaesthesia can administer anaesthetics. The PA(A) is a health professional who will expand the anaesthetic service and make operating theatres work more efficiently. You will work alongside other members of the anaesthetic team and under the supervision of your anaesthetist.


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