Physician duties and responsibilities
Physicians administer treatments that help patients get back to doing things that are important to them. The duties and responsibilities of a Physician may include:
- Providing primary care directly to patients and indirectly by working Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and other members of an interdisciplinary team to formulate treatment plans
- Participating in community outreach, patient education, and prevention programs
- Maintaining patient files, encountering information, correspondence, clinical data, and other information in a confidential and careful manner
- Sharing in the general care and maintenance of clinical areas such as waiting rooms, stock rooms, preoperative rooms, and postoperative rooms
- Examining the health of a patient to help make proper diagnoses of clinical conditions and prescribing medication, treatments, and follow-up care as required
- Educating, advising, and empowering patients on preventive healthcare and disease prevention
- Participating in ongoing learning to help formulate innovative, predictive, and preventive diagnostic or wellness programs
- Recording and properly filing all patient documentation
Physician skills and qualifications
Various skills and qualifications are required to perform the duties of a Physician. These include:
- Ability to administer and develop treatment plans and programs
- Ability to interact and collaborate respectfully with a variety of people from diverse backgrounds
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons Association of their province or territory
- Strong drive for improving and working on professional development
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask
- Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems
Physician experience requirements
When looking through resumes for a Physician, look for a candidate who has the proper Physician designation, as this means they have completed at least two to three years of medical residency. If experience is required, look for a candidate who has at least three years of experience post-residency. A successful Physician candidate may also have experience working with a particular population, illness, or disease treated in the hiring facility.
Physician training and education
Physician candidates must have completed at least a three-year undergraduate degree in mathematics, physics, biology, or chemistry and graduated from an accredited medical school. After graduation, Physician candidates participate in a three- to eight-year internship or residency program. During this time, a Physician candidate rotates in different medical departments—such as family medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery—to find their desired discipline. Some disciplines, like pediatrics, require more training and education.
Practicing Physician candidates need to be members of an association in the province or territory in which they plan to practice, such as the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Physician salary expectations
According to Indeed Salaries, the average salary for a Physician in Canada is $253,931 per year. The salary can vary depending on experience, location, or the company that is hiring.
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