From physician associate to medical student

The debate around physician associates (PAs) has grown from being confined to the shadows of social media and occasional remarks on wards, to a seismic debate which has brought the standing of a prestigious royal college into disrepute. As a former PA, now at medical school, I feel compelled to speak up.Like many others, training as a PA was my plan B, after I lost the nerve to face another medical school rejection. My sticking point was the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT). With funding for graduate entry medicine woefully inadequate, I was unable to afford to live away from home, limiting my applications to my local university. Just two years earlier I had discounted being a PA as a career option, as the scope of practice was limited, and the title had not long changed from “physician assistant”—I did not want to be an assistant. However, something changed, the…
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