Get clinician to imitate the way they cover it, loosely (5)
I believe the answer is:
drape
'way they cover it loosely' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'get clinician to imitate' is the wordplay.
'get clinician' becomes 'dr' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to imitate' becomes 'ape' ('ape' can be a synonym of 'imitate').
'dr'+'ape'='DRAPE'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drape that I've seen before include "Hanging cloth used as a blind" , "Arrange (cloth) loosely round something" , "Spread (cloth over)" , "Cover loosely for padre" , "Hang (cloth) in folds (on something)" .)