Psychiatrist

Work setting

• Private practice

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Study the nature, cause and development of diseases and the structural and functional changes caused by diseases
• Act as consultants to other physicians
• Diagnose and treat diseases and physiological or psychiatric disorders
• Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

Experience and specialization

Specialization in clinical medicine

• Psychiatry

Additional information

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics