TY - JOUR T1 - Patients' perspective of physician associates in an acute medical unit within an English district general teaching hospital – a pilot survey study JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 213 LP - 217 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.5-3-213 VL - 5 IS - 3 AU - Qazi Zaman AU - Suren Yogamoorthy AU - Momina Zaman AU - Ragai Mohammed Fikry Ragai Fouda Y1 - 2018/10/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/3/213.abstract N2 - Physician associates (PAs) are valuable members of the ­medical team. However, few data are available concerning their role and contributions in acute settings from the perspective of patients. The current study explored patients’ acceptance of the role of PAs in the NHS. A questionnaire was distributed to 100 patients who were under care of PAs in the acute ­medical unit (AMU) of George Eliot Hospital. The questionnaire explored previous exposure to PAs, satisfaction in PA’s attitude and knowledge, PA value to NHS and overall satisfaction in PA profession. Fifty women (58.1%) and 36 men (41.9%) with a mean age of 74.75 ± 10 years participated in the study. Most of the survey responders stated that the attitudes, professionalism and medical knowledge of PAs were good or very good and nearly all of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the role of PAs in the NHS. This pilot questionnaire survey study in the AMU of an English district general teaching hospital showed that most study participants valued the role of PAs in the NHS. ER -