The words to use
- Remit
- What a role is trained, permitted and accountable for. Comparing remits, rather than ranking jobs, is the safe way to answer "why not" questions.
- Advanced clinical practitioner
- An experienced registered clinician, such as a nurse, working at master's level with a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making in their area.
- Physician assistant
- The working title for physician associates after the 2025 Leng review. As of October 2026 it is used in practice but is not yet law.
- Intercalation
- An extra year of study, often research, taken during a medical degree. Compulsory at some medical schools and optional at others.
