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'''Clinical Associates''' are a category of [[Medicine:Health professional|health professional]] found in {{wipe|South Africa}}. They assess patients, make diagnoses, prescribe treatment and perform minor surgery under the supervision of a [[Medicine:Physician|physician]].

Registration with the Medical and Dentists Board requires a Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice degree<ref>Health Professions Council of South Africa: ''Professional boards - Medical & Dental (and Medical Science)'' - http://www.hpcsa.co.za/board_meddent.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324152640/http://www.hpcsa.co.za/board_meddent.php |date=2011-03-24 }}, accessed 15 March 2011.</ref> - a three-year program offered at the Walter Sisulu University since January 2008<ref>''Speech by Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang at the official launch of the Clinical Associate Programme in South Africa, Umthata'', 18 August 2008 - http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08082012451006.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604094856/http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08082012451006.htm |date=2011-06-04 }}</ref>  and now also offered at the University of Witwatersrand and University of Pretoria.<ref>SouthAfrica.info: ''Mid-level health professionals for South Africa'' - http://www.southafrica.info/about/health/clinical-associates.htm, accessed 15 March 2011.</ref><ref>University of the Witwatersrand: ''Clinical Associates - Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice'' - http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Health/Entities/RuralHealth/Clinical+Associates.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310052823/http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Health/Entities/RuralHealth/Clinical+Associates.htm |date=2011-03-10 }}, accessed 15 March 2011.</ref>

Similar health workers are called [[Medicine:Clinical officer|clinical officer]]s in other parts of Africa, [[Medicine:Physician assistant|physician assistant]]s in the US and [[Medicine:Feldsher|feldsher]]s in parts of the former Soviet Union - all grouped under “paramedical practitioners” in the International Standard Classification of Occupations, 2008 revision.<ref>World Health Organization: ''Classifying health workers''. Geneva, WHO, 2010.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Medicine:Health care provider|Health care provider]]s
*Allied health professions
*[[Medicine:Clinical officer|Clinical officer]]s
*Assistant Medical Officers
*Health Extension Officers
*Bachelor of Clinical Medicine and Community Health
*Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160507053510/http://pacasa.org.za/ Professional Association of Clinical Associates in South Africa]
*[http://www.clinicalassociate.co.za Clinical Associates South Africa]

[[Category:Health care occupations]]

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