HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

By Agus Rifa’i, MM
 What is it?
• A health professional or healthcare provider is an
individual who provides preventive, curative, promotional
or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to
people, families or communities.

• A health professional may operate within all branches of

health care, including medicine, surgery, dentistry,
midwifery, pharmacy, psychology, nursing or allied health
professions. A health professional may also be a
public/community health expert working for the common
good of the society.
 Healthcare practitioners include :
1. physicians,
2. dentists,
3. pharmacists,
4. physician assistants,
5. nurses,
6. advanced practice registered nurses,
7. surgeons,
8. surgeon's assistant,
9. athletic trainers,
10. surgical technologist,
11. midwives,
12. dietitians,
13. therapists,
14. psychologists,
15. chiropractors,
16. clinical officers,
17. social workers,
18. phlebotomists,
19. occupational therapists,
20. physical therapists,
21. radiographers,
22. radiotherapists,
23. respiratory therapists,
24. audiologists,
25. speech pathologists,
26. optometrists,
27. operating department practitioners, emergency
medical technicians,
28. paramedics,
29. medical laboratory scientists,
30. medical prosthetic technicians and
31. a wide variety of other human resources trained to
provide some type of health care service
 Where do they work?
• in hospitals,
• healthcare centres, and other service delivery
points,
• academic training,
• research, and administration.
• Some provide care and treatment services for
patients in private homes.
Healthcare practitioners are commonly grouped into health
professions. Within each field of expertise, practitioners are
often classified according to skill level and skill specialization.

“Health professionals” are highly skilled workers, in

professions that usually require extensive knowledge
including university-level study leading to the award of a first
degree or higher qualification. This category includes :
physicians, physician assistants, dentists, midwives,
radiographers, registered nurses, pharmacists,
physiotherapists, optometrists, operating department
practitioners and others
 Surgical practitioners
• A surgical practitioner is a healthcare professional who
specializes in the planning and delivery of a patient's
perioperative care, including during the anaesthetic,
surgical and recovery stages. They may include general
and specialist surgeons, surgeon's assistant, assistant
surgeon, surgical assistant, anesthesiologists,
anesthesiologist assistant, nurse anesthetists, surgical
nurses, clinical officers, operating department
practitioners, anaesthetic technicians, perioperative
nursing, surgical technologists, and others.
 DISCUSSING AND SPEAKING DUTIES

• Make a group of 5
• Choose 3 health professinals
• Discribe them IN PPT, include:
a) Definition
b) Duties
c) Workplace
• Perform the presentation next week.