Classification note
- Published code: 2230
- Hierarchy level: unit-group
- This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.
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Occupation hierarchy
- Major Group: 2 Professionals
- Sub Major Group: 22 Health Professionals
- Minor Group: 223 Traditional and Complementary Medicine Professionals
- Unit Group: 2230 Traditional and Complementary Medicine Professionals
Child groups
- No child groups are published under this code.
TSIC codes where this occupation is primary
- No primary TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
TSIC codes where this occupation is related
- No related TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
Definition
Traditional and complementary medicine professionals examine patients, prevent and treat illness, disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments and maintain general health in humans by applying knowledge, skills and practices acquired through extensive study of the theories, beliefs and experiences, originating in specific cultures
Tasks include
Tasks include - (a) conducting physical examinations of patients and interviewing them and their families to determine their health status; (b) developing and implementing treatment plans for physical, mental and psychosocial ailments using applications such as acupuncture, ayurvedic, homeopathic and herbal medicine; (c) evaluating and documenting patients’ progress through treatment plans; (d) providing health, nutrition and lifestyle advice to individuals, families and communities; (e) prescribing and preparing traditional medicines, such as herbal, plant, mineral and animal extracts, to stimulate the body’s capacity for self-healing; (f) exchanging information about patients with other health care workers as needed to ensure continuing and comprehensive health care; (g) conducting research into traditional and complementary medicines and treatments and disseminating findings such as through scientific papers and reports.
Included occupations or child groups
Examples of the occupations classified here: - Acupuncturist - Ayurvedic practitioner - Chinese herbal medicine practitioner - Homeopath - Naturopath - Unani practitioner
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Chiropractor 2269 - Osteopath 2269 - Acupuncture technician - 3230 - Ayurvedic technician - 3230 - Herbalist - 3230 - Homeopathy technician 3230 - Scraping and cupping therapist - 3230 - Village healer - 3230 - Witch doctor - 3230 - Acupressure therapist - 3255 - Hydrotherapist - 3255 - Shiatsu therapist - 3255 - Faith healer - 3413
Notes
Occupations in traditional and complementary medicine for which competent performance requires an extensive understanding of the benefits and applications of traditional and complementary therapies, developed as the result of extended formal study of these techniques as well as human anatomy and elements of modern medicine, are classified in Unit Group 2230: Traditional and Complementary Medicine Professionals. Those occupations whose practice requires a less extensive understanding based on relatively short periods of formal or informal education and training, or informally through the traditions and practices of the communities where they originated, are included in Unit Group 3230: Traditional and Complementary Medicine Associate Professionals. Practitioners working in the singular application of approaches to herbal medicines, spiritual therapies or manual therapeutic techniques are excluded from Unit Group 2230.
ISCO-88 correspondence
- 3241