A clinician is someone who sees patients — examines them, talks to them, treats them — rather than spending the day only on lab work or papers. Learner dictionaries often say ‘a doctor,’ and that is the picture students meet first.

A clinician clinician is someone who sees patients是會看病人的人 — examines them, talks to them, treats them檢查病人、跟他們談話、治療他們， rather than spending the day only on lab work or papers而不是整天只做實驗室工作或寫論文。 Learner dictionaries often say ‘a doctor,’給學習者看的字典常說『a doctor（醫生）』， and that is the picture students meet first這是學生最先接觸到的印象。

Though actually, nurses, psychologists, and other people who work directly with patients are also called clinicians, especially in hospital and research English that sets ‘clinicians’ against ‘researchers.’ It is a formal, professional word.

Though actually不過， nurses, psychologists, and other people who work directly with patients護理師、心理師，還有其他直接接觸病人的人 are also called clinicians也會被稱為clinicians， especially in hospital and research English that sets ‘clinicians’ against ‘researchers.’尤其是在把『clinicians』拿來跟『researchers（研究人員）』對比的醫院、研究英文裡。 It is a formal, professional word這是個正式、專業的字。

You will see it in medical papers and hospital English, not in small talk.

You will see it in medical papers and hospital English你會在醫學論文和醫院英文裡看到它， not in small talk不會出現在閒聊裡。

Clinical here does not mean cold or unkind; it means ‘at the bedside / in the clinic.’

Clinical here這裡的clinical does not mean cold or unkind不是冷漠或不friendly的意思； it means ‘at the bedside / in the clinic.’意思是『在病床邊／在診間裡』。