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health professional

vr.tr.health-professional · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain health professions and their roles, help people find the right professional, describe regulation and ethics, and describe traditional healers respectfully with attribution.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain health professions and their roles, help people find the right professional, describe regulation and ethics, and describe traditional healers respectfully with attribution.

A person who provides health care services or supports their delivery, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, allied health professionals, health administrators, health communications specialists and, in many societies, traditional healers such as the Mapuche machi; health professionals are trained, often licensed, and bound by codes of ethics and regulation.

What it is for: People who provide and support health care.

It can be explain roles and scopes of practice; help find the right professional; describe licensing and ethics; describe traditional healers with attribution.

Distinguishing features

Health care role

Trained

Regulated

Ethically bound

What it looks like

Not physical; a professional role.

How it is recognised

Provides or supports health care

Trained and often licensed

A carer without professional training is not a health professional

Related models

is a kind of - category

healthcare provider

is related to - a health science

epidemiology

is related to - conditions treated

immune disorder

is related to - a health topic

sleep

In practice

Families and kinds

physicians and surgeons

nurses and midwives

pharmacists and allied health professionals

health administrators and communicators

traditional healers

Standards and regulation

Professional licensing and registration laws

Codes of medical and nursing ethics

WHO workforce classifications

Failure modes and hazards

Unlicensed practice

Scope of practice confusion

Disrespect toward traditional healers or overclaiming their efficacy

Also called

health communications specialistmachihealth administratormedical administratortraditional healerhealth facility administratorhealth inspectorTraditional Bone Setters in Nigeriapolysomnographic technologistmedical molecular microbiologistnursing assistantvaccinatorhospital workernursing and midwifery professionalstraditional and complementary medicine professionalsother health professionalsAyurveda practitionerhealthcare workers in New ZealandInseminatoroccupational safety and health specialistpractitioner of Korean medicineHakīmsurgeon's assistanthealth officerhealermedical residencynutritionistanesthetistinstrumentalistcommunity health agentAssistant Doctorbirth attendantclinical officereye care professionalallied health professionalKabirajmental health professionalmid-level practitionerfeldshercounselor

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Find Finding care.

Routing.

Who

Which professional.

Who

Which professional.

  1. Which kind of health professional should be consulted for this need, and how can one be found here? action
  2. Is this an emergency needing emergency services? boundary

Verify

Checking credentials.

Verify

Verification.

  1. How can a professional registration or licence be verified? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific profession? action
Roles What professionals do.

Scopes.

Scope

Scope of practice.

Scope

Scope.

  1. What is the scope of practice of this profession, and how does it differ between countries? provenance
  2. How do professions work together in teams? provenance

Support

Administrative and communication roles.

Support

Support roles.

  1. What do health administrators and health communications specialists do? definition
  2. How are they trained? provenance
Regulate Ethics and regulation.

Rules.

Ethics

Professional ethics.

Ethics

Ethics.

  1. Which ethical duties bind health professionals, such as confidentiality and consent? provenance
  2. How can complaints be made? provenance

Licensing

Licensing.

Licensing

Licensing.

  1. How are health professionals licensed and regulated here? provenance
  2. How are foreign qualifications recognised? provenance
Traditions Traditional healers.

Attribution.

Healers

Traditional healers.

Healers

Traditional healers.

  1. How do communities such as the Mapuche describe the role of healers such as the machi, in their own terms? provenance
  2. How do health systems engage with traditional healers, according to WHO and national policy? provenance

Careers

Careers.

Careers

Careers.

  1. How does one train for this health profession? provenance
  2. What are workforce trends, according to WHO? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each profession be a separate entry?
  • How should registers be linked?
  • How should traditional practice be attributed?
Draft as JSON