Understanding the scope of practice of physician associate/physician associate comparable professions using the World Health Organization global competency and outcomes framework for universal health coverage

Table 1 Physician associate and physician associate-comparable profession titles of the SOP documents reviewed in this study

Titles of the profession	Countries
Assistant Medical Officer	Malaysia
Clinical Associate	South Africa
Clinical Officer	Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia*
Community Health Officer	Sierra Leone
Emergency Surgical/Pediatric and Child Health/ Mental Health Officer	Ethiopia*
Health Officer	Ethiopia*, Zimbabwe
Medical Assistant	Bangladesh
Medical Licentiate	Zambia*
Physician assistant	Australia, Canada, Germany, Ghana, India, Israel, Liberia, Netherlands, United States*
Physician associate	Ireland, Switzerland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States*

*Three SOP documents related to PA/PA-Comparable roles with more than one job title commonly used within the country. For clarity both job titles are included in this table, although only a single SOP was identified

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