"Family and General Practitioner"

Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

Basic Job Description:

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries that commonly occur in the general population.

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Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
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Job Duties and Tasks for: "Family and General Practitioner"

1) Plan, implement, or administer health programs or standards in hospital, business, or community for information, prevention, or treatment of injury or illness.

2) Prepare reports for government or management of birth, death, and disease statistics, workforce evaluations, or medical status of individuals.

3) Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.

4) Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.

5) Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.

6) Monitor the patients' conditions and progress and re-evaluate treatments as necessary.

7) Order, perform and interpret tests, and analyze records, reports and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.

8) Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.

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9) Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.

10) Conduct research to study anatomy and develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures to prevent or control disease or injury.

11) Coordinate work with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, pharmacists, psychologists and other health care providers.

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12) Deliver babies.

13) Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.

14) Operate on patients to remove, repair, or improve functioning of diseased or injured body parts and systems.