Job Description
Education
- Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
Work setting
Key responsibilities
- Diagnose diseases and physiological disorders
- May conduct medical research on human disorders, illnesses, preventive or curative methods
- Prescribe medication and treatment
- Refer patients for surgery
- Treat diseases and physiological disorders
- Act as consultants to other physicians
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
- Advise patients on corrective exercises, lifestyle and nutrition
- Maintain accurate records
- Assess patients' physical abilities
- Treat patients using braces, casts, shields, orthotic devices, physical therapy, or prescribed medications
- Treat diseases, injuries and deformities
- Examine patients to assess general physical condition
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