Pathway 1 – United Kingdom qualifications-based

Applicant must:

1. Hold a qualification approved by the General Medical Council for registration as a physician associate/assistant; and have successfully completed the Physician Associate Registration Assessment (PARA) or the Physician Associate National Examination (PANE). 
2. Hold current full registration as a physician associate/assistant with the General Medical Council, and/or with a state, provincial or territorial regulatory/licensing authority for physician associates/assistants in the United States of America or Canada.  
3. Have practised clinically for at least 36 months’ (working at 0.5 FTE or more) during the 5 years immediately prior to application. This work must have been undertaken in the United Kingdom, and/or the United States of America or Canada, practising in the same or a similar area of clinical practice to the proposed position in New Zealand.  
4. Provide evidence of satisfactory completion – within 12 months prior to applying for registration – of a Council-approved knowledge-based programme in cultural safety for health practice in New Zealand.