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clinician

clinician

24 4.5
A health worker who treats patients directly
  • noun
  • /klɪˈnɪʃən/
  • Specialized
: profesional de la salud
  • What systems help clinicians decide on the risk of stroke and the need for anticoagulation?
  • social work clinician
  • clinician in the agency
  • clinicians treat patients

It is the most important resource that clinicians have in treating patients.

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Examples

  • When working with older refugees, mental health clinicians should pay special attention to grief and identity issues.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The more I work in this area, the more clients I work with and the more clinicians I talk with.

  • Just think about that clinician patient relationship.

  • And she was a British clinician, and she studied children and their parents.

  • What broke my heart is that as a clinician, you can see what's coming, especially for the children.

  • Give me your number, one of our clinicians will get back to you.

  • The NICE guidelines recommend a number of tests that will enable clinicians to make a diagnosis.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It is the most important resource that clinicians have in treating patients.

  • He has been recognised as one of North America's leading clinicians.

  • The clinician listened carefully to the patient's concerns and provided appropriate guidance.

Synonyms

health professional
vsclinician
41 3.0

A person trained to give care and advice about people's health

is an individual who focuses on direct patient care rather than research
health care provider
vsclinician
32 2.5

Someone or somewhere that gives medical care, for example a doctor

is a person focused on direct patient care rather than an organization

Compounds

1 4.6

A trained health worker who is registered and can do many tasks doctors usually do

How Patient-Facing

nurse
∞ 1.0
clinician
  • Specialized
24 4.5
consultant
407 3.8
medical scientist
  • Specialized
3 3.9

Surface Forms

clinician singular
clinicians plural

Morphology

clinician = clinic (transparent) = clinic + ian

The meaning 'a person who works in clinical practice' follows directly from 'clinic' + '-ian', which a typical learner can infer.

Etymology

Clinician comes from an old Greek root klin- meaning 'bed' or 'to lean', the same root you see in clinic and in recline ('to lean back'). So a clinician is a medical worker who cares for patients directly at the bedside, not only someone who works in a lab.