Practitioner

Practitioner

A practitioner is someone who engages in an occupation, profession, religion, or way of life.

A medical practitioner or registered medical practitioner refers to occupations such as
* Physician
* General practitioner, a primary care physician
* Ophthalmic medical practitioner, an eye doctor
* Mid-level practitioner
* Nurse practitioner
* Operating Department Practitioners
* Emergency care practitioner
* Psychiatric and mental health Nurse Practitioner
* Foot health practitioner

In technology, practitioner can refer to
* Systems Security Certified Practitioner
* Holistic Information Security Practitioner

In finance, practitioner can refer to
* Payroll compliance practitioner
* Insolvency practitioner

In government, practitioner can refer to
* Justice and Public Safety Practitioner
* Justice practitioner

Other uses of practitioner include
* Solitary practitioner, in Wicca and Paganism
* Theatre practitioner
* Traffic Operations Practitioner Specialist, engineering certification
* Christian Science practitioner

A Natural Health Practitioner refers to titles such as:

Practitioner (multiple areas of expertise) Naturopathic PractitionerHomeopathic PractitionerNatural Health PractitionerMassage Practitioner, etc.

A natural health practitioner refers to titles such as;

Practitioner,Naturopathic Practitioner,Homeopathic Practitioner,Natural Health Practitioner,Massage Practitioner, etc.

ee also

*"The Practitioner", a medical journal


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