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General Practice Physician
Duties and Responsibilities
The General Practice Physician manages primary care services, examining, diagnosing and treating diseases and injuries. Responsibilities include preparing and reviewing case histories and obtaining data through interviews, interpreting test results and evaluating examination findings. General Practice Physicians administer and prescribe such conservative measures of treatment as antibiotics, drugs and compresses, and also performs minor surgical procedures.
General Practice Physicians are responsible for coordinating health service and patient care with military and civilian medical agencies, participating in meetings of professional societies and clinics, and conferring with commanders and staff members concerning manning, equipping, operating and training of medical installations, facilities and units.
Civilian Opportunities
General Practice Physician
Duties and Responsibilities
General practice physicians diagnose illnesses and prescribe and administer treatment for people suffering from injury or disease. Physicians examine patients, obtain medical histories, and order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests. They also counsel patients on diet, hygiene, and preventive health care.
In the civilian medical community, physicians' duties and responsibilities depend upon where they decide to work. They may work in managed care, private practice or academic medicine. In managed care, a health plan pays a fixed monthly fee per member to a physician and the physician agrees to provide specific services to the health plan member.
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