CLINICAL ASSOCIATES IN SOUTH AFRICA – A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PROFESSION
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South Africa, Clinical AssociatesAbstract
Clinical Associates are a value-add health professional within the South African healthcare system, joining the ranks in 2011. The clinical associate (ClinA) is a burgeoning healthcare professional modelled after the physician assistant in the United States and the clinical officer in much of East Africa.1 In 2005, the South African Family Medicine Education Consortium along with the National Department of Health developed a three-year bachelor degree curriculum to train high school graduating students as clinical associates.Downloads
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