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Health profession
The delivery of modern health care depends on an expanding group
of highly trained professionals coming together as an interdisciplinary
team. Individuals are called health professionals if they participate
in delivery of health care in some way. Thus, it is a rather broad
term.
Health profession means a profession in which a person
exercises skill or judgment or provides a service related
to:
(a) the preservation or improvement of the health of
individuals, or
(b) the treatment or care of individuals who are injured, sick,
disabled or infirm.
Examples of members of the health professions
Medical doctors have specializations on the medicine page. Often
included as adjunct to allopathic medicine are osteopaths who are
licensed with the same limitations and privileges as medical doctors.
Dentistry, optometry, podiatry, and psychology, while separate disciplines
from medicine, are often considered medical fields in the wider
definition of the term. These practitioners are granted independent
license to practice medicine and surgery and provide or prescribe
medications within their fields. Practitioners such as physician
assistants, nurse practitioners and midwives also treat patients
and prescribe medication in many legal jurisdictions; however, they
do so under the direction and supervision of an independently licensed
practitioner.
Medical professional in its broadest sense denotes
a person involved in a skilled medicine or health related occupation,
such as:
physicians' assistants and dental hygienists
nurses of various qualifications, and certified nursing
assistants
pharmacists
hospital corpspeople in a military organisation
paramedics and emergency medical technicians
technicians specialising in respiratory care and x-ray
photography
trained first responders such as most lifeguards and
many firefighters and police officers
medical assistants working side by side with physicians
and other members of the health care team mostly in
private or group medical practices and clinics
biomedical equipment technicians or bmets responsible
for maintaining and repairing medical and patient care
equipment in hospitals
medical librarians acquire, organize and disseminate
health information to health care professionals and
health care consumers
The foundation sciences underpinning human medicine overlap veterinary
medicine, which includes both veterinarians and veterinary technicians
(also veterinary technologist).
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