Worldwide PA: United Kingdom, India and Australia

Worldwide PA Name Institutional Affiliation Worldwide PA The adoption of physician assistants has spread globally to over fifteen countries. Most of the Pas function under the supervision of a doctor. This paper looks at the similarities and differences between PAs in countries such as the United Kingdom, India and Australia. United Kingdom PAs The physician assistants are allowed to practice in the United States with a salary range between $43,000 US and $64,000 US. The United Kingdom has several physician assistant programs that amount to 31. On a different note, the UK has an increasing number of PAs with about 350 already engaging in primary and secondary care, 550 in training with an expected higher value in the near future. The PA practitioners in the UK have restriction on areas such as prescription. The UK has a professional PA association; the FPA (Faculty of Physician Associates, of the Royal College of Physicians. In terms of education and examination, individuals usually sit the Physician Associate National Certification and Recertification exam. In addition, a certification maintenance is done; sitting recertification examination ensures that a PA remains on the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register. The examination is done in such a way that the PAs have only three attempts to pass. American PAs were the first associates to work in the UK. Furthermore, 20 PAs with more experience worked in Scotland for a period of two years from 2006 (Rizzolo& Massey, 2017). India PAs There is a free pass for American PAs to practice in India with a salary range between ₹ 15, 794/month and $ 200/month. The country has a larger number of PA programs as compared to the UK, which stands at 47. Similarly, India has a larger number of PAs in practice who are over 1,100. Unlike PAs in the UK, those in India have prescription r...