Physician Associate GP Year 1 Teaching Opportunity – Available from July 2025

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) are currently in the process of recruiting GP practices to teach their next cohort of Physician Associate students commencing from July 2025.

Please see the PA teaching dates listed below:

PA Teaching dates – 2025-2026

Year 1 (2025) – one of the following 4-week Placement Blocks:

• 7^th July – 18^th July and 4^th August – 15^th August 2025
• 18^th August – 12^th September 2025

Year 2 (2026) – 24 Wednesdays (dates to be confirmed but will commence from January 2026)

 Teaching payment – 2025-2026 (for one student)

• Year 1 (2025) – Remuneration for 20 days will be £1000.
• Year 2 (2026) – Remuneration for 24 days will be £1200.

 Teaching payment – 2025-2026 (for two students)

• Year 1 (2025) – Remuneration for 20 days will be £2000.
• Year 2 (2026) – Remuneration for 24 days will be £2400.

GP placement structure – Years 1 & 2

• Year 1 – will largely consist of active sitting in with professionals and observing consultations. In the current climate this may involve: virtual consultations between patient, student and GP; attendance at clinical meetings either virtually or face to face; observing the work of other members of the practice e.g. reception, HCAs, admin team.

• Year 2 – students should progress further, consulting appropriately selected patients and making management plans under the supervision of their GP. Student’s surgeries form an integral part of their learning and they should ideally occur on most of the Wednesdays that they are in practice.

What’s involved: Role of the PA Supervisor and host GP Practice

As a reminder, PA students require clinical supervision from a GP. Clinical supervision includes involving students in your daily clinics, encouraging them to take histories and examine patients and present their findings to you By their second year PA students can usually undertake significant and valuable clinical tasks independently with ongoing GP oversight.

Next steps

If you would like to submit an expression to teach PA students, please confirm which block and how many students the practice would be interested in by contacting Chloe Rayner c.rayner@qmul.ac.uk.

If you have flexibility for any of the teaching blocks, please do let us know.

They will require a short application form to be completed, and would then conduct a practice visit. This is an opportunity for us to meet with the practice and discuss teaching options, training, quality and to answer any questions you may have about teaching

If you have any queries about PA GP teaching, please contact Chloe Raynerc.rayner@qmul.ac.uk.