Guidance for overseas qualified anaesthesia associates on qualification assessments

If you are an anaesthesia associate (AA) and your qualification is from outside the UK, we need to assess it to make sure it’s acceptable in the UK before you can sit the AA Registration Assessment (AARA) and then be eligible to apply for registration.

This guide details the qualification assessment process as well as the acceptable overseas qualification criteria you must evidence as part of the request to have your qualification assessed.

  1. Summary
  2. How we assess if your qualification meets our criteria
  3. What information do I need to provide on my qualification assessment?
  4. What happens after you’ve paid your qualification assessment fee?
  1. What happens if my qualification assessment is accepted?
  2. What happens if my qualification assessment is not approved?
  3. I am ready to have my qualification assessed
  4. What happens after I submit my qualification assessment?
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