"The potential recruits for this role will include current staff (in the
NHS) moving into the new role as well as external recruits from outside the
NHS. This may include medical/technical personnel from armed services,
science graduates etc".
I always thought that physicians had a medical degree?
Paul Robinson
Reading
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Subject: "Physician practitioners" in England
http://www.modern.nhs.uk/scripts/default.asp?site_id=65&id=21286
Jonathan
>3. What will physician practitioners do?
>
>
>The emphasis will be on working as part of a team in partnership with
>colleagues.
>
>The physician practitioner will function with a high degree of autonomy
>in terms of clinical competencies in health assessment,
>decision-making, diagnostic reasoning skills, planning, implementation
>and evaluation of episodes of care:
>
>Obtain full medical histories and perform appropriate physical
>examination
>Diagnose, manage and treat illnesses
>Request diagnostic tests and interpret the results
>Provide patient education and preventative healthcare advice regarding
>medication, common problems and disease management issues
>Decide on appropriate referral to, and liaison with, other
>professionals.
>
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