Guidance for overseas qualified physician associates on qualification assessments

If you're a physician associate (PA) 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 PA Registration Assessment (PARA). You'll 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 I submit my qualification assessment?
  1. The country that awarded my qualification or where I’ve worked is not on your list, why is this?
  2. What happens if my qualification assessment is accepted?
  3. What happens if my qualification assessment is not approved?
  4. I am ready to have my qualification assessed
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