Medical Doctor
Health and Wellness

Description

A Doctor provides primary and/or continuing medical care for patients. He/She takes account of physical, psychological and social factors when diagnosing an illness and recommends the required treatment. 

Educational Path

Suggested Courses & Programs

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and providing general care to patients on hospital wards and in outpatient clinics.
• Admitting patients requiring special care, investigations and treatment examining and talking to patients to diagnose their medical conditions carrying out specific procedures (i.e., performing operations and specialist investigations).
• Making notes, both as a legal record of treatment and for the benefit of other health care professionals working with other doctors as part of a team, either in the same department, or within other specialties.
• Liaising with other medical and non-medical staff in the hospital to ensure quality treatment.
• Promoting health education.
• Undertaking managerial responsibilities such as planning the 
workload and staff of the department, especially at more 
senior levels teaching (junior doctors and medical students), as well as auditing and research 

Skills Required

• Patient care
• Medical knowledge
• Professionalism
• Systems-based practice
• Practice-based learning
• Interpersonal and communication skills 

Industries that Employ Medical Doctor

• Hotels and Restaurants
• Public Adminstration and Defense
• Compulsory Social Security
• Education, and Health and Social Work 

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