Family Physician

Work setting

• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Private practice

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Examine patients and take their histories, order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
• Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
• Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
• Advise patients on health care
• Communicate health promotion, disease, illnes and accident prevention to patients
• Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
• Act as consultants to other physicians
• Diagnose and treat diseases and physiological or psychiatric disorders

Supervision

• Staff in various areas of responsibility

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• College of Family Physicians Certification (CCFP)
• Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)
• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
• Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE I and MCCQE II)

Experience and specialization

Specialization in family practice

• Family counselling
• Geriatrics
• Gynecology
• Internal medicine
• Nutritional counselling
• Obstetrics
• Sexually transmitted diseases

Specialization in clinical medicine

• Community medicine

Additional information

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Interpersonal awareness
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site amenities