Editing Physician assistant (section)

==== Faculty of Physician Associates, Royal College of Physicians (UK) ====
The [[Faculty of Physician Associates]] was the professional body for physician associates working in the United Kingdom until December 2024.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} A joint venture between the [[Royal College of Physicians]] of London and the previous professional body, the United Kingdom Association of Physician Associates. The Faculty officially launched in July 2015, taking over all professional responsibilities.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} The Faculty oversaw the managed voluntary register, which all practising associates were encouraged to join, and set and ran the National Assessment Examination and National Recertification Examination which was optional for PAs at the time, until GMC regulation made it a requirement for all newly-qualified PAs to undertake the Physician Associate Registration Assessment (PARA).<ref name=fparcpfaq>{{cite web|title=FAQs|url=https://www.fparcp.co.uk/about-fpa/who-are-physician-associates|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630070918/http://www.fparcp.co.uk/faqs|archive-date=2016-06-30|publisher=Faculty of Physician Associates, Royal College of Physicians}} Click "FAQs" tab</ref>