CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS OF HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL
1. Physicians: includes generalists and specialists.
2. Nurses: includes professional nurses, enrolled nurses and other nurses, such as dental nurses and primary care nurses.
3. Midwives: includes professional midwives and enrolled midwives. Traditional birth attendants are counted as community health workers (see below).
4. Dentists: includes dentists, dental assistants and dental technicians.
5. Laboratory health workers: includes laboratory scientists, laboratory assistants, laboratory technicians and radiographers.
6. Environment and public health workers: includes environmental and public health officers, sanitarians, hygienists, environmental and public health technicians, district health officers, malaria technicians, meat inspectors, public health supervisors and similar professions.
7. Community health workers: includes traditional medicine practitioners, faith healers, assistant/community health-education workers, community health officers, family health workers, lady health visitors, health extension package workers, community midwives, institution-based personal care workers and traditional birth attendants.
8. Other health workers: includes a large number of occupations such as dieticians and nutritionists, medical assistants, occupational therapists, operators of medical and dentistry equipment, optometrists and opticians, physiotherapists, podiatrists, prosthetic/orthotic engineers, psychologists, respiratory therapists, speech pathologists, medical trainees and interns.
9. Health management and support workers: includes general manager, statisticians, lawyers, accountants, medical secretaries, gardeners, computer technicians, ambulance staff, cleaning staff, building and engineering staff, skilled administrative staff and general support staff.
Other definitions:
10. Pharmacists: are health professionals who practice the art and science of pharmacy.
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Prepared by:
Dr Savio Pereira
MBBS St John's Medical College Hospital Bangalore, India
MS (General Surgery) Madras Medical College, Chennai (INDIA)
MBA (Hospital Management)
MSc (Healthcare Informatics) University of Bath, Royal College of Surgeons, (Edinburgh), U.K.
M Phil (Hospital & Health Systems Management) Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani & Christian Medical College, Vellore
Copyright © 2010 Savio Pereira
email:saviopereira7@gmail.com
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