Clare Barton is an Assistant Director of regulation at the General Medical Council. Clare is currently responsible for leading the programme to bring Physician Associates and Anaesthesia Associates into the regulation of the GMC. The role of the GMC is to protect patients and improve medical education and practice across the UK.In the episode, Clare talks about how you can be involved too, by joining the community of interest and the email address for any individual queries is [email protected]  Clare has a background in education and regulation having previously worked at the University of Paisley and the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants. She joined the GMC in 2006 as Head of Applications, overseeing the teams that deal with applications from doctors all over the world to join the Register. She then became Assistant Director Revalidation, Licensing and Specialist Applications. She was responsible for the process required for those doctors seeking to gain entry to the specialist and GP registers. She oversaw the revalidation team which receives recommendations from Responsible Officers and makes the revalidation decisions for all doctors registered with a licence to practise. She also had responsibility for the team that dealt with applications to leave and restore to the register and to give up a licence. You can connect with the Physician Associate Podcast on social mediaTwitter @PApodcastUKFacebook @PApodcastUK

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