Assistant Medical Officers are health care providers in countries like Tanzania and Malaysia. They work independently or with limited supervision of a physician to provide healthcare services to largely underserved populations.
They are also called "surgical technologists" (or técnico de cirurgia) in Mozambique, clinical associates in South Africa, or "assistant medical practitioner" (AMP, formerly "native medical practitioner" or NMP) in Fiji. They are grouped under "medical assistant practitioners" in the International Standard Classification of Occupations, 2008 revision. Assistant Medical Officer will be celebrated for the day of medical assistant on 10 March every year in all countries.
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