Last modified: 10 Oct 2025 17:17
This course is a required component of year 2 of the MSc in Physician Associate Studies programme. This course ensures that PA students have the competence to perform a range of skills safely and effectively at the point of graduation.
These core skills are essential for practice and also in preparation for post-graduation registration assessments.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will ensure students have the core clinical practice, core clinical practical procedures and core therapeutic procedures of the updated FPA Physician Associate curriculum.
The assessment for this course is via an OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) as well as satisfactory completion of ILS (Intermediate Life Support) training.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically appraise and consider environmental and social determinants of disease as they apply to core clinical practice and procedures. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically utilise multi source clinical data in approach to clinical examination, procedural and patient / inter-professional communication based on FPA core practical procedures. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically appraise, assimilate and analyse data from a variety of sources and apply clinical reasoning to formulate the diagnosis and construct a management plan for patients. |
| Procedural | Apply | To practice core clinical procedures with an active awareness of competency and with the ability to seek further advice as required to maintain patient safety. |
| Procedural | Apply | To demonstrate and apply an awareness of clinical governance, medico legal issues, medical ethics, equality and diversity issues as related to core clinical practical procedures. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Apply | To demonstrate the ability to work effectively within a team as part of acute care and life support procedural skills. |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically utilise multi source clinical data in approach to clinical examination, procedural and patient / inter-professional communication based on FPA core practical procedures. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically appraise, assimilate and analyse data from a variety of sources and apply clinical reasoning to formulate the diagnosis and construct a management plan for patients. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically appraise and consider environmental and social determinants of disease as they apply to core clinical practice and procedures. |
| Procedural | Apply | To demonstrate the ability to work effectively within a team as part of acute care and life support procedural skills. |
| Procedural | Apply | To demonstrate and apply an awareness of clinical governance, medico legal issues, medical ethics, equality and diversity issues as related to core clinical practical procedures. |
| Procedural | Apply | To practice core clinical procedures with an active awareness of competency and with the ability to seek further advice as required to maintain patient safety. |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically appraise and consider environmental and social determinants of disease as they apply to core clinical practice and procedures. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically utilise multi source clinical data in approach to clinical examination, procedural and patient / inter-professional communication based on FPA core practical procedures. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically appraise, assimilate and analyse data from a variety of sources and apply clinical reasoning to formulate the diagnosis and construct a management plan for patients. |
| Procedural | Apply | To demonstrate and apply an awareness of clinical governance, medico legal issues, medical ethics, equality and diversity issues as related to core clinical practical procedures. |
| Procedural | Apply | To practice core clinical procedures with an active awareness of competency and with the ability to seek further advice as required to maintain patient safety. |
| Procedural | Apply | To demonstrate the ability to work effectively within a team as part of acute care and life support procedural skills. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Apply | To practice core clinical procedures with an active awareness of competency and with the ability to seek further advice as required to maintain patient safety. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically utilise multi source clinical data in approach to clinical examination, procedural and patient / inter-professional communication based on FPA core practical procedures. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically appraise and consider environmental and social determinants of disease as they apply to core clinical practice and procedures. |
| Procedural | Apply | To demonstrate and apply an awareness of clinical governance, medico legal issues, medical ethics, equality and diversity issues as related to core clinical practical procedures. |
| Procedural | Apply | To demonstrate the ability to work effectively within a team as part of acute care and life support procedural skills. |
| Procedural | Analyse | To critically appraise, assimilate and analyse data from a variety of sources and apply clinical reasoning to formulate the diagnosis and construct a management plan for patients. |
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