Healers

A Healer is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring aelinuan health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

A new Healer is called an 'in-training medic' (or just medic) and receives training before becoming a certified Healer, also known as a clinician. A specialist is a Healer who has enough experience and has decided to specialise in a specific area rather than remaining a clinician or turning to a different discipline (such as Chemist, Claviger, Psychiatrist or Researcher). Around 58% of Healers remain in the primary department rather than shifting into the disciplines.

The suzerain for the Healers are known as the Leads, e.g. the Lead Chemist. Healers have several buildings, including the Infirmary itself, grouped together in an area referred to as the Campus. This includes the Healer Academy.

Residence Block

Suzerain

Unlike most other ranks, Healer suzerain apartments do not differ from other Healers.

Healer

There are multiple Healer residence buildings in the block. Residence buildings are L-shaped and arranged in sets of four which surround a courtyard. Each residence building uses the corner of the L-shape to contain a stairwell from ground to top floor and a front desk with Makers working behind it.

The Healer residence apartments are smaller than the other ranks and comprise of a single studio style room and a bathroom. There are several communal kitchens on each residence floor.

Attitudes

All Healers have associated 'attitudes', which help describe the patients they are best suited to dealing with. They can have up to three attitudes, some combination of the following:

Scholastic
Best suited to curious patients who want in-depth details.

Serene
Best suited to hypochondriacs and frequent patients.

Severe
Best suited to quick, get-in-and-out patients.

Stoic
Best suited to no-nonsense patients who want a blunt diagnosis.

Symbiotic
Best suited to sociable patients.

Sympathetic
Best suited to nervous patients.

Healers and Specialisms

Healers can work in a variety of locations, from the Infirmary clinic to the in-house medical team in the Penitentiary or Newly-Reborn Medical Centre. They can also choose to train for a specialism, such as nursing, aerynology or surgery. Healers who are not working in a specialism are referred to as clinicians.

Specialisms

When Healers choose to specialise they are referred to as specialists. As an entirety a type of specialist grouped into a department is referred to as a specialist unit. Each specialism forms a department with a Head of Specialism to lead it. Specialisms include aerynology, immunology, surgery, rebornology, neurology, etc.

Chemists

Chemists are responsible for creating and improving all of the medicine used in both the Infirmary and available over the counter in stores around Aelin.

Chemists also work in all areas of the clinical laboratory, including blood banking, chemistry, hematology, immunology, histology and microbiology. They are responsible for performing chemical, hematological, immunologic, histopathological, cytopathological, microscopic, and bacteriological diagnostic analyses on body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, and synovial fluid, as well as other specimens.

The title of the suzerain is the Lead Chemist.

The central headquarters of Chemists is a section of the Infirmary of the Healer Campus in Aelin City called the Chemists Suite.

Clavigers

Clavigers are responsible for the operational management, finances, policies and procedures of the Infirmary and other medical establishments.

The title of the suzerain is the Lead Claviger.

The central headquarters of Clavigers is a section of the Infirmary of the Healer Campus in Aelin City called the Claviger Suite.

Researchers

A Researcher is a Healer who specialises in basic and applied research. Their purpose is to document, discover, interpret and develop methods and systems for the advancement of aelinuan medical knowledge. This involves the collection, organisation, and analysis of information to increase understanding of a topic or issue. A research project may be an expansion on past work in the field. To test the validity of instruments, procedures, or experiments, research may replicate elements of prior projects or the project as a whole.

The title of the suzerain is the Lead Researcher.

The central headquarters of Researchers is a section of the Infirmary of the Healer Campus in Aelin City called the Researcher Suite.

Psychiatrists

A Psychiatrist is a physician who specialises in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are medical doctors and evaluate patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental ailments, or strictly psychiatric.

A Psychiatrist also studies normal and abnormal mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behaviour by experimenting with, and observing, interpreting, and recording how individuals relate to one another and to their environments.

The title of the suzerain is the Lead Psychiatrist.

The central headquarters of Psychiatrists is a section of the Infirmary of the Healer Campus in Aelin City called the Psychiatrist Suite. They also have the Psychiatric Unit and Rehabilitation Centre which are other buildings in the Campus.