/x
would be an expatriate Health Planner whose staff would includefan expatriate
statistician/epidemiologist,
two
clerks,
one
secretary
ard
one
vital
statistics officer.
5.
Manpower Training
The Division of Manpower Training would be headed by
medical educator.
facilitator
and
It is recommended that this division serve
liasion
officer
medical/nursing personnel.
personnel
their
in training.
use.
They
with
the
various
training
They would assist in recruitment
They would develop educational medifp
would
be
responsible
for
requirements for the various medical personnel.
developing
They would have
fan expatriate
gdrimarily as a
schools
for
dnd support of
and promote
fhe
licensure
a budget for
activities carried out but it is recommended that the majof
budgets for
training of personnel and the authority for posting and transfer
of personnel
remain with the division responsible for the employment of tHe individual.
The staff of this division would include two officers and two
gecretaries in
~ addition to the head of the division.
C.
Medical Practitioners
1.
Community Health Workers
The lowest level of medical practitioner is that
health worker.
leaders,
a community
These persons may be school teachers, clergy, community
policemen,
traditional
healers
attendants, etc. who have had limited training.
or
tradifkional
birth
They mayjbe thought of
as "first aiders" or “health promoters" who will render lfmited medical
care and refer to the health center for treatment by
the medical
assistant.
They would provide the simplest of curative medical
emphasize promotive and preventive care.
They would have sufficient
emergency medical skills to stabilize a patient long enough
him to the main health clinic on the atoll to the care
assistant.
are and would
They might work out of a small clinic if such
to accompany
@f the medical
is available
but such a facility is not a requirement as they may alsofwork out of a
room in a school or a cupboard in a home.
The Community Health Worker is under the constant
upervision of
the medical assistant at the health center on the atoll.
He would have
daily radio contact with the medical assistant via intralagoon radio and
means of referral or transportation of patients to the medical assistant
via intralagoon boat transportation.
It is recommended
@hat there be a