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Clinical Associates are a category of healthcare providers 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 〔Health Professions Council of South Africa: ''Professional boards - Medical & Dental (and Medical Science)'' - http://www.hpcsa.co.za/board_meddent.php, accessed 15 March 2011.〕 - a three-year program offered at the Walter Sisulu University since January 2008〔''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〕 and now also offered at the University of Witwatersrand, University of Pretoria and the University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus).〔SouthAfrica.info: ''Mid-level health professionals for South Africa'' - http://www.southafrica.info/about/health/clinical-associates.htm, accessed 15 March 2011.〕〔University of the Witwatersrand: ''Clinical Associates - Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice'' - http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Health/Entities/RuralHealth/Clinical+Associates.htm, accessed 15 March 2011.〕 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== *Health care providers *Allied health professions *Clinical officers *Assistant Medical Officers *Health Extension Officers *Bachelor of Clinical Medicine and Community Health *Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clinical associates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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