Europe & United Kingdom

Historical evidence indicates middle and eastern Europe had the early prototype to the modern PA/PA Analogue clinical practitioner with the title feldsher. The term “feld” and “sher” comes from the German words meaning “field”, being an open land area, and “shears”, to cut. During the 15th century German and Swiss armies employed barber surgeons to treat injured soldiers on the battlefields. Peter the Great used feldshers in 17th century Russia for his armies. During the early 1900s, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Poland all had active feldshers, providing medical care in the rural regions. Today Russia continues to training feldshers while Bulgaria and Poland have reinvented their clinical practitioner as physician associates.

The United Kingdom has more than 40 PA/PA Analogue education programs training physician associates in England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
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The following countries in Europe and the United Kingdom have a PA/PA Analogue education program and clinical practitioner. As indicated, some countries need more information.
FLAG COUNTRY NAME Practice Title Qualification Title
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Physician Assistant
Bachelor degree
England, UK
England, UK
Physician Associate
Postgraduate Diploma
England, UK
England, UK
Physician Associate
Master degree
Germany
Germany
Physician Assistant
Bachelor degree
Germany
Germany
Physician Assistant
Master degree
Netherlands
Netherlands
Physician Assistant
Master degree
England, UK
Northern Ireland, UK
Physician Associate
Master degree
Poland
Feldsher
Poland
Physician Assistant
Master degree
Republic of Ireland
Physician Associate
Master degree
Russia
Feldsher
Diploma
England, UK
Scotland, UK
Physician Associate
Master degree
Switzerland
Switzerland
Physician Associate
Master degree
Ukraine
Feldsher
England, UK
Wales, UK
Physician Associate
Master degree

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IAPAE supports the PA and PA Analogue education programs and professional practice in Europe and the United Kingdom through our Regional Director of Europe and the United Kingdom. If you would like to be involved in educational activities in Europe and the United Kingdom, please contact us.

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Phil Begg
IAPAE Regional Director of Europe and the United Kingdom

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