family physician

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work Setting

• Physician's office

Tasks

• Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
• Examine patients' health condition to identify diseases and injuries
• Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness
• Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures to determine the most appropriate medical treatment
• Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
• Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
• Participate on institutional committees
• Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases
• Advise patients on health care
• Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities
• Be the patient advocate
• Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
• Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
• Supervise home care services
• Examine patients and take their medical histories and consult with physicians and other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health

Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses

• College of Family Physicians Certification (CCFP)

Specialization in Family Practice

• Family counselling