Description
General practitioners and family physicians diagnose and treat the diseases, physiological disorders and injuries of patients. They provide primary contact and continuous care toward the management of patients’ health. They usually work in private practice, including group or team practices, hospitals and clinics. Residents in training to be general practitioners or family physicians are included in this unit group.
Job Titles
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- Civil aviation medical officer
- Company physician
- Doctor of medicine (MD)
- Family doctor
- Family physician
- Family practitioner
- General practice intern
- General practice physician
- General practice resident
- General practitioner (GP)
- Industrial medical officer
- Industrial medicine physician
- Industrial physician
- Intern
- Locum doctor
- Medical doctor
- Medical officer – Canadian armed forces
- Medical officer of health (MOH)
- Missionary doctor
- Physician resident
- Primary care physician
- Public health physician
- Resident
- Resident physician
- Telemedicine family physician
Main Duties
- Examine patients and take their histories, order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures and consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients’ physical and mental health
- Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
- Perform and assist in routine surgery
- Provide emergency care
- Provide acute care management
- Vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases
- Deliver babies and provide pre-natal and post-natal care
- Advise patients and their families on health care including health promotion, disease, illness and accident prevention
- Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
- Perform patient advocacy role
- Coordinate or manage primary patient care
- Provide continuous care to patients
- Supervise home care services
- Report births, deaths, and contagious and other diseases to governmental authorities.
Workplaces
- Clinics
- Hospitals
- Private practice
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Decision Making
- Instructing
- Learning and Teaching Strategies
- Oral Communication: Active Listening
Abilities
- Categorization Flexibility
- Inductive Reasoning
- Memorizing
- Problem Identification
- Verbal Ability
Personal Attributes
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Collaboration
- Concern for Others
- Independence
Similar Occupations
- Managers in health care (30010)
- Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (31100)
- Chiropractors (31201)
- Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating (31209)
- Nurse practitioners (31302)
- Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals (31303)
Source: OaSIS
Employment Outlook
The employment outlook will be very good for General practitioners and family physicians (31102) in Prince Edward Island for the 2022-2024 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
- A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
The growing and aging population is expected to increase the demand for general practitioners and family physicians in the upcoming years. The absence of general practitioners and family physicians tends to be more acute in rural communities since these professionals often migrate to regions with medical institutions and health care centres. Working in a group practice is becoming more prevalent. However, as the health care sector expands, developments in technology, testing methods and procedures have allowed physicians to see a greater number of patients than before.
Here are some key facts about General practitioners and family physicians in Prince Edward Island:
- Approximately 200 people work in this occupation.
- General practitioners and family physicians mainly work in the following sectors:
- Hospitals (NAICS 622): 60%
- Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 36%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 95% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 5% compared to 16% for all occupations
- 72% of general practitioners and family physicians work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
- 33% of general practitioners and family physicians are self-employed compared to an average of 13% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 48% compared to 51% for all occupations
- Women: 53% compared to 49% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: n/a
- high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor’s: n/a
- bachelor’s degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: more than 95% compared to 8% for all occupations
Source: Job Bank
Prevailing Wages
| AREA | LOW | MEDIAN | HIGH |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEI | $91,521 | $232,863 | $364,333 |
| Canada | $88,755 | $233,726 | $450,137 |
Training
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