Internal medicine specialist

Education

• Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
• Medicine (MD)

Work Setting

• Relocation costs covered by employer

Tasks

• Diagnose diseases and physiological disorders
• Prescribe medication and treatment
• Treat diseases and physiological disorders
• Act as consultants to other physicians
• Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
• Implement treatment plans
• Diagnose type and severity of diseases
• Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team to plan, implement, co‑ordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
• Provide lifestyle awareness information
• Participate in staff meetings
• Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests
• Interpret medical test results
• Examine the patient

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