WHO SMART Guidelines - HIV
1.0.0 - release
WHO SMART Guidelines - HIV
1.0.0 - release
This page is part of the WHO SMART Guidelines - HIV (v1.0.0: Release) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://smart.who.int/hiv/ActorDefinition/Physician | Version: 1.0.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2025-07-08 | Computable Name: Physician | |||
| Other Identifiers: Physician | ||||
A legally qualified and licensed practitioner of medicine, concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury, through the science of medicine and the applied practice of that science. A medical doctor requires training in a medical school. Gaining a basic medical degree may take from five to nine years, depending on the jurisdiction and the university providing the training.