Internists, General
Physicians who diagnose and provide non-surgical treatment of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Provide care mainly for adults who have a wide range of problems associated with the internal organs.
Also called: Internal Medicine Physician (IM Physician), Internist, Medical Doctor (MD), Physician
Knowledge:
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
- customer service
- management
Skills:
- using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems
- talking to others
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Concern for Others
- Stress Tolerance
- Analytical Thinking
Technology:
- Epic Systems
- MEDITECH software
- Email software
- Novell GroupWise
Internet browser software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Web browser software
