with access to top clinical resources and professionals, the mpas program equips you with the skills and knowledge to support doctors in diagnosing and managing patients. our commitment to the profession is reflected through involvement of our teaching team in national bodies. this engagement fosters excellence and inspires students to become informed, professional, and exceptional physician associates. the program is delivered by a diverse team, including alumni physician associates, doctors, lecturers, and visiting specialists. course benefits our physician associate studies course offers students: a shared site with one of the largest nhs teaching hospitals an outstanding pass rate on the physician associate national examination the longest continuously running physician associate course in the uk a physician associate as full-time course director a mix of physician associates and doctors within the teaching team a regular timetable of esteemed visiting lecturers from the uk and the usa partial scholarships of £3,000 are available for selected students on the physician associate studies mpas, awarded in the first year of study. award you can select to apply for one of the available exit points for this course. master's in physician associate studies (mpas) who is this course for? a postgraduate-level qualification for life science graduates who wish to become physician associates. following the leng review in july 2025, a series of recommendations outlining the proposed future direction of the physician associate (pa) role within the nhs were released. one of the recommendations includes a potential name change for the profession to 'physician assistant'. these proposals are subject to implementation by the department for health and social care and the general medical council. we will closely monitor any developments that may impact the delivery of our programme and will update our programme accordingly to reflect any changes.