Family Medicine Physician

What they do

• Develop personal relationships with patients.
• Create patient-specific health programs that make use of historical data.
• Monitor and adapt individualized health programs over time.
• Schedule and administer follow-up examinations.
• Make use of patient health data in medical analyses.
• Offer comprehensive wellness exams.
• Administering vaccinations.
• Perform medical operations.
• Recommending specialists for treatment outside of their capacity.
• Educating patients in health management and disease prevention.
• Offer birthing services.

Qualifications

• Medical Degree.
• Completion of a three-year family practice residency.
• Training in medical areas such as pediatrics, surgery, neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine, gynecology and community medicine.
• Pass an American Board of Specialties examination to acquire board certification in Family Medicine.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Caring, attentive nature.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Excellent quantitative skills.