Miss Ramish Ali (f)
Ramish Ali is our Physician Associate. She is a medically trained, generalist healthcare professional, who works alongside doctors and provides medical care as an integral part of our multidisciplinary team. Physician associates are practitioners working with a dedicated medical supervisor but are available to work autonomously with appropriate support. What Do Physician Associates Do? Physician associates work within a defined scope of practice and limits of competence. They: - take medical histories from patients
- carry out physical examinations
- see patients with undifferentiated diagnoses
- see patients with long-term chronic conditions
- formulate differential diagnoses and management plans
- perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- develop and deliver appropriate treatment and management plans
- request and interpret diagnostic studies
- provide health promotion and disease prevention advice for patients.
Currently, physician associates are not able to: - prescribe
- request ionising radiation (e.g., chest x-ray or CT scan).
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