clinical practice
Treating actual patients
Clinical practice is the direct application of medical knowledge to patient care—examining, diagnosing, and treating people rather than conducting research or teaching.
A physician divides time between clinical practice and administrative duties.
She left academia to return to clinical practice.
The term distinguishes hands-on healthcare from theoretical or laboratory work.
- physiciansMedical doctors collectively
- bedside mannerPhysician's interpersonal approach
- hospitalsInstitutions treating the sick
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- evidence-basedSupported by verified data
treatment planning · treatment plan · cardiology · patient care · nurse practitioners · nurses · preventive care · outpatient clinics · standard of care · hands-on experience · physician assistants · oncology · pharmacists · patient monitoring · social workers · referral · rehabilitation therapy · dermatology
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- nursingnurse, nursing, nurses, RN, LPN
- medical trainingmedical residency, medical schools, internal medicine, CPR, anatomical model
- teacher educationstudent teaching, teacher certification, teacher prep, teacher education, teacher preparation
- teacher trainingteacher education, teaching certificate, teacher preparation, student teaching, teacher prep
- clinical trainingpracticum, internship, internships, supervision, coursework
clinical practicebasic research
Study seeking knowledge, not products
laboratory research · medical research · classroom learning · biomedical research · pure research
clinical practicehome remedies
Informal household cures
folk medicine · self-treatment · alternative medicine · quackery · self-care