Family and General Practitioners

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

Job Task

• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• Monitor the patients' conditions and progress and re-evaluate treatments as necessary.
• Order, perform and interpret tests, and analyze records, reports and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
• Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.
• Conduct research to study anatomy and develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures to prevent or control disease or injury.
• Coordinate work with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, pharmacists, psychologists and other health care providers.
• Deliver babies.
• Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
• Operate on patients to remove, repair, or improve functioning of diseased or injured body parts and systems.
• Plan, implement, or administer health programs or standards in hospital, business, or community for information, prevention, or treatment of injury or illness.
• Prepare reports for government or management of birth, death, and disease statistics, workforce evaluations, or medical status of individuals.

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