TY - JOUR T1 - Job satisfaction among British physician associates JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 511 LP - 513 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-6-511 VL - 16 IS - 6 AU - Tamara S Ritsema AU - Karen A Roberts Y1 - 2016/12/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/6/511.abstract N2 - All British physician associates (PAs) were invited to participate in the annual census of the UK Association of Physician Associates (UKAPA) in May 2014. Each participant completed the Cooper 10-item Job Satisfaction Scale and a PA-specific job satisfaction survey. In general, PAs were found to be satisfied with their work. No factor assessed by the survey had lower than a 66.6% satisfaction rate. Of the factors assessed, PAs were most satisfied with their relationships with the doctors on their teams. They were least satisfied with their ability to use their training and abilities, with only 66.6% of participants reporting satisfaction with this aspect of their work. Like their American colleagues, British PAs are generally satisfied with their work. They are least satisfied with their ability to fully use their training, which is likely due to the youth of the profession, lack of prescriptive rights and lack of understanding of the PA role. ER -