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The expansion of the AP profession aims to provide primary care in underserved areas. [2] [3] The position also provides a career pathway for the increasing number of unmatched physician graduates. [4] In the United Kingdom, before the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948, an AP was a junior physician attached to a hospital. [5] [6]
The organization of International Chief Health Professions Officers (ICHPO) [3] developed a widely-used definition of the allied health professions: Allied Health Professions are a distinct group of health professionals who apply their expertise to prevent disease transmission, diagnose, treat and rehabilitate people of all ages and all specialties.
Medical Laboratory Technician/Medical Laboratory Scientist/Medical Technologist (MLT, MLS, MT) Associate of Science in Medical (Clinical) Laboratory Sciences (ASMLS, ASCLS, degrees, MLT Certification Eligible if from a NAACLS accredited program)
U.S. Army General Barbara Holcomb delivering a keynote speech on prolonged field care at the 2017 Military Health System Research Symposium. Prolonged field care refers to the specialized medical care provided to individuals who have sustained injuries or illnesses in situations where timely evacuation to a medical facility (or next tier of healthcare provision) is delayed, challenging, or not ...
A new cell study has shown the common type 2 diabetes medication metformin alters levels of microRNAs that target genes to slow down the growth and multiplication of colorectal cancer cells. The ...
Researchers have devised a predictive model that could help doctors predict stages of cognitive decline tied to Alzheimer's disease. They are now looking to develop an app for clinicians.
Post-graduate education is designed to teach an APRN to use multiple approaches to decision-making, manage the care of individuals and groups, engage in collaborative practices with the patient or client to achieve best outcomes; provide a supportive environment for colleagues; manage the utilization of staff and physical resources; engage in ...
Medical slang is the use of acronyms and informal terminology to describe patients, other healthcare personnel and medical concepts. Some terms are pejorative. In English, medical slang has entered popular culture via television hospital and forensic science dramas such as ER, House M.D., NCIS, Scrubs, and Grey's Anatomy, and through fiction, in books such as The House of God by Samuel Shem ...