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"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.
"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.
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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.
Medical licentiates are not trained in specialized procedures, including surgical oncology and thoracic surgery.
"At least for now, the medical licentiates do not run away for greener pastures," said Hinson Siabwanta, coordinator of the training program.
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.
As with any effort at task shifting, there are some important limitations to the licentiate 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.
Makasa, an orthopedic surgeon, described how "amazed" he was the first time he witnessed a licentiate perform an operation.
He later earned a master's degree and a licentiate in sacred theology from the Catholic University of America, followed by a licentiate in sacred Scripture and a doctorate in biblical studies and Near Eastern languages from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.
Once he had taken his licentiate at the university, he left Friederike rather abruptly and returned to Frankfurt.
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