Job Description
Education
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry.
Work setting
Private practice. Clinic.
Responsibilities
- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
- Examine patients' health condition to identify diseases and injuries.
- Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness.
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures to determine the most appropriate medical treatment.
- Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health.
- Prescribe and administer medications and treatments.
- Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases.
- Participate in health care policy and planning.
- Advise patients on health care.
- Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authoriti...