Medicine:Clinical associates
Clinical associates are a category of health professional found in South Africa. They assess patients, make diagnoses, prescribe treatment and perform minor surgery under the supervision of a physician.
Registration with the Medical and Dentists Board requires a Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice degree[1] – a three-year program offered at the Walter Sisulu University since January 2008[2] and now also offered at the University of Witwatersrand and University of Pretoria.[3][4]
Worldwide
Similar health workers are called clinical officers in other parts of Africa, physician assistants in the US and feldshers in parts of the former Soviet Union – all grouped under "paramedical practitioners" in the International Standard Classification of Occupations, 2008 revision.[5]
See also
- Allied health professions
- Bachelor of Clinical Medicine and Community Health
- Clinical officers
- Health care providers
- Health extension officers
References
- ↑ "MEDICAL & DENTAL and MEDICAL SCIENCE". http://www.hpcsa.co.za:80/board_meddent.php.
- ↑ "Frontpage | South African Government". https://www.gov.za/.
- ↑ "Courier Market" (in en). http://www.southafrica.info/about/health/clinical-associates.htm.
- ↑ Black, Vanessa. "University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Clinical Associates (BCMP Degree Programme)" (in en). http://web.wits.ac.za:80/Academic/Health/Entities/RuralHealth/Clinical+Associates.htm.
- ↑ World Health Organization: Classifying health workers. Geneva, WHO, 2010.
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