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As with any effort at task shifting, there are some important limitations to the licentiate program.

There are not yet any peer-reviewed articles on Zambia's medical licentiate program, but medical professionals across the country seem to hold them in high regard.

For researchers like Bowman, the licentiate program and FlySpec are part of a larger push to make surgery more prominent on the global health map.

The three-year licentiate program is quite competitive — only 20 percent of this year's applicants were accepted — and candidates must have five to six years of clinical training and experience before applying.

In Zambia, surgical task shifting began in 2002 with the medical licentiate program, which trains clinical officers in basic surgeries like hernia repairs, bowel obstruction surgery, hysterectomies and more.

"From 2002, we haven't had any clinical audits that have indicated that the safety of patients has been compromised because of medical licentiates," said Siabwanta, the coordinator of the licentiate training program.

"To do most of the procedures, you don't need to be a medical doctor," said Uwe Graf, an ob-gyn consultant who works with the licentiate training program at Chainama College in Lusaka.

One of the biggest advantages of the program is the stability licentiates can bring to a rural health facility.

To date, the program has produced 117 medical licentiates, 116 of whom are currently practicing in public-sector facilities throughout Zambia.

"At least for now, the medical licentiates do not run away for greener pastures," said Hinson Siabwanta, coordinator of the training program.

Education Epsom College; Guy's hospital and University of Southampton PhD Disabilityy and equality: a new approach; MSc rehabilitation studies; licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons.