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Preventive Medicine Physician

Medical

  • Average Salary

    RM3500 - RM 5500

  • Career Trends

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  • Compability

What is Preventive Medicine Physician?

Apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or individuals, and aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. May practice population-based medicine or diagnose and treat patients in the context of clinical health promotion and disease prevention.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM3500 - RM 5500

Example of a Job Position

Medical Director
Director of Public Health
Related Medical Doctor
Public Health Officer
General practitioners

Task

? Supervise or coordinate the work of physicians, nurses, statisticians, or other professional staff members ? Identify groups at risk for specific preventable diseases or injuries ? Design or use surveillance tools, such as screening, lab reports, and vital records, to identify health risks ? Teach or train medical staff regarding preventive medicine issues ? Evaluate the effectiveness of prescribed risk reduction measures or other interventions

Knowledge

Psychology

Knowledge of human performance and behavior; differences in individual abilities, personalities and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant tools, policies, procedures and strategies to support effective raid / patrol operations for local, provincial and national security, and protect people, data, property and institutions.

English

Knowledge of the structure and content of English, including the meaning and spelling of each word, composition rules, and grammar.

Law and Governance

Knowledge of laws, legal rules, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, institutional rules, and democratic political processes.

Medical Science and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human wounds, diseases, and deformities. These include symptoms, alternative treatments, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health measures

Skills

Active Learning

Understand the implications of new information for basic decision making and problem solving now and in the future.

Talking

Talk to others to convey information effectively

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled

Consideration and Decision Making

Consider the shortcomings and advantages of potential action choices to choose the most appropriate action.

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Capability

  • 1

    Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas when speaking, so that others can understand what is being conveyed

  • 2

    Speaking Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so that others can understand what is being said

  • 3

    Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to certain problems in order to produce reasonable answers.

  • 4

    Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules and conclusions (including finding relationships between seemingly unconnected events).

  • 5

    Oral Understanding - The ability to listen and understand information and ideas conveyed through words and oral sentences

  • 6

    Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or maybe wrong. This does not involve solving the problem, only knowing if there is a problem.

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