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/TrainedNonPhysicianClinician | Version: 1.0.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2025-07-08 | Computable Name: TrainedNonPhysicianClinician | |||
| Other Identifiers: TrainedNonPhysicianClinician | ||||
A professional health worker who is capable of many of the diagnostic and clinical functions of a physician but who is not trained as a physician. These types of health workers are an important cadre for HIV care and treatment in some countries. Normally, completion of tertiary-level training in theoretical and practical medical services. They work autonomously or with limited supervision of medical doctors and provide advisory, diagnostic, curative and preventive medical services more limited in scope and complexity than those carried out by medical doctors.