Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
Experience
Experience an asset
Work setting
- Clinic
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
- Perform and assist in routine surgery
- Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases
- Participate in health care policy and planning
- Deliver babies and provide pre-natal and post-natal care
- Advise patients on health care
- Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities
- Communicate health promotion, disease, illnes and accident prevention to patients
- Be the patient advocate
- Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
- Provide acute care management
- Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
- Provide emergency care
- Supervise home care services
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- College of Family Physicians Certification in Emergency Medicine - CCFP(EM)
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
Experience and specialization
Type of treatment experience
- Pain management
Additional information
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Values and ethics