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Assistant Doctor (China)
Assistant doctors are licensed healthcare workers in China that are graduates of three-year medical training institutions. China has a three-tier 3-5-7 healthcare system composed of assistant doctors, who train for 3 years; doctors, who train for 5 years; and medical scientists, who train for 7 years at the university. See also * Clinical associates * Clinical officer * Health extension officers *Physician assistant A physician assistant or physician associate (PA) is a type of non-physician practitioner. While these job titles are used internationally, there is significant variation in training and scope of practice from country to country, and sometimes be ... References Healthcare in China {{Treatment-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 – a three-year program offered at the Walter Sisulu University since January 2008 and now also offered at the University of Witwatersrand and University of Pretoria. 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.World Health Organization: ''Classifying health workers''. Geneva, WHO, 2010. See also *Allied health professions * Bachelor of Clinical Medicine and Community Health * Clinical officers *Health care provider A health care provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinical Officer
A clinical officer (CO) is a gazetted officer who is qualified and licensed to practice medicine. In Kenya the basic training for clinical officers starts after high school and takes four or five years ending on successful completion of a one-year internship in a teaching hospital and registration at the Clinical Officers Council where annual practice licenses are issued. This is followed by a three-year clinical apprenticeship under a senior clinical officer or a senior medical officer which must be completed and documented in the form of employment, resignation and recommendation letters before approval of practising certificates and Master Facility List numbers for their own private practices or before promotion from the entry-level training grade for those who remain employed. A further two-year higher diploma training which is equivalent to a bachelor's degree in a medical specialty is undertaken by those who wish to leave general practice and specialize in one branch of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Health Extension Officer
Health extension officers or health extension workers (HEWs), are a category of health care providers found in some countries including Papua New Guinea and Ethiopia.World Health Organization, Global Health Workforce Alliance''Ethiopia's Human Resources for Health Programme.''Geneva. Accessed 8 November 2011. They usually work in health centres in rural and medically underserved areas, where they see and treat patients and provide a range of community health services. Health Extension Officer (HEO): Papua New Guinea by Frank Yagahe In 1967 the Health Extension (HEO) program was transferred from the Papuan Medical College in Port Moresby to the College of Allied Health Sciences in Madang, formally known as the Paramedical College. In February 2002, the College of Allied Health Sciences amalgamated with the Faculty of Health Sciences at Divine Word University (DWU). It offered a three-year Diploma in Health Sciences (Health Extension) program. The three-year program was extended to fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physician Assistant
A physician assistant or physician associate (PA) is a type of non-physician practitioner. While these job titles are used internationally, there is significant variation in training and scope of practice from country to country, and sometimes between smaller jurisdictions such as states or provinces. Depending on location, PAs practice semi-autonomously under the supervision of a physician, or autonomously perform a subset of medical services classically provided by physicians. The educational model was initially based upon the accelerated training of physicians in the United States during the shortage of qualified medical providers during World War II. Since then, the use of PAs has spread to at least 16 countries around the world. In the US, PAs may diagnose illnesses, develop and manage treatment plans, prescribe medications, and serve as a principal healthcare provider. In many states PAs are required to have a direct agreement with a physician. In the UK, PAs were introduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
