Table 2 Names used for "doctor substitutes"
Stages | Ghana | Malawi | Tanzania | Kenya | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic level | Registered nurse (nursing is required for medical assistants in Ghana) | Medical assistant | Clinical officer (medical assistants are a step lower than clinical officers) | Clinical officer | Basic health "agent" (general medicine, pharmacy, dental) |
Postbasic level | Medical assistant | Clinical officer | Assistant medical officer | Clinical officer (partly specialized) e.g. skin, ENT, anesthesia, orthopedics, etc. | Medium-level technicians (general medicine, pharmacy, dental, preventive medicine) |
Specialized | n/a | Clinical officer: orthopedic, clinical medicine, dental, etc. | Assistant medical officer-specialist orthopedic, radiology, surgery, dermatology, anesthesia, etc. | Â | Medical & surgical technicians (specialists) |