FAMILY AND GENERAL PRACTITONERS

A family practitioner is a physician who diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injures that commonly occur in the general population.

Employment estimate and mean wages for this occupation are :
Employment : 120,860. Mean hourly wage : $88.43. Employment RSE : 1.9%. Mean annual wage : $183,940. Wage RSE : 0.9%

Family practitioners also

• Order, preform, and interpret tests, analyze records and examine information to diagnose the patient.
• Collect and record medical history and patient information.
• Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.

CON :

• Deliver babies
• Operate on patients to remove, repair or improve functioning or injured body parts or systems.
• Train residents, medical students, and other health care providers.
• Prepare government or organized reports that include birth, death and disease statistics.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Experience : extensive skill, knowledge, and experience. Many require more than 5 years of experience.
• Education : a bachelors degree is the minimum formal education, however many require a masters degree and / or a Ph.D, M.D or J.D
• Training : employes may need some on site training, but most assume the person already has the required skills, knowledge, work related experience and/or training.

TOP 5 SKILLS

• Critical thinking : using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions.
• Active listening : giving full attention to what people are saying, taking time to understand, asking questions and not interrupting.
• Judgment and decision making : considering relative costs and benefits of potential actions to chose the most appropriate one.
• Reading comprehension : understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Writing : communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of audience.

TOP 5 ABILITIES

• Problem sensitivity : the ability to tell when something is or will go wrong.
• Oral expression : the ability to communicate to where others will understand.
• Oral comprehension : the ability to listen and understand information and ideas presented.
• Written comprehension : the ability to read and understand ideas presented in writing.
• Inductive reasoning : the ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions.

Although this isn't my first choice, this is still something I would love to do because I would love to help people and know I could help make them better.

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