The physician associate/assistant (PA) profession was introduced into the Republic of Ireland following a 2-year pilot project with the Irish Department of Health between 2015 and 2017. Four PAs from North America were recruited into four designated surgical services at a large teaching hospital in Dublin. To date, the PA numbers are small in Ireland, with one university, in Dublin, running the program and 61 graduates working mostly in the hospital setting, with a small number in primary care. The cautious introduction of PAs partly is due to a delay in follow-up from the Department of Health after the pilot project and in the university's decision to increase the student intake slowly to ensure all graduates secure employment.

2015 年至 2017 年间，爱尔兰共和国与爱尔兰卫生部进行了为期 2 年的试点项目，之后将医师助理/助理 (PA) 职业引入爱尔兰共和国。来自北美的四名 PA 被招募到大型教学机构的四个指定外科服务部门都柏林的医院。迄今为止，爱尔兰的 PA 人数很少，由都柏林的一所大学负责运营该项目，61 名毕业生主要在医院工作，少数在初级保健部门工作。谨慎引入PA的部分原因是试点项目后卫生部的后续行动有所延迟，以及大学决定缓慢增加学生入学人数以确保所有毕业生都能就业。