Definition
The field of medicine in which a medical practitioner spent the most hours in the week before registration, as represented by a code.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptRegistered health professional—principal field of medicine
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Object ClassRegistered health professional
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PropertyPrincipal field of medicine
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Value DomainMedical practitioner principal field of medicine code N
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Medical practitioner principal field of medicine code N ".| Data Type | Number |
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| Format | N |
| Maximum character length | 1 |
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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| Permissible Values | 1 | General practitioner (GP) | ||
| 2 | Hospital non-specialist (salaried) | |||
| 3 | Specialist | |||
| 4 | Specialist-in-training | |||
| 5 | Other clinician | |||
| 6 | Non-clinician | |||
| Supplementary Values | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |