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Family and General Practitioners

Medical

  • Average Salary

    RM2800 - RM 4500

  • Career Trends

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  • Compability

What is Family and General Practitioners?

Physicians who diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries that commonly occur in the general population. May refer patients to specialists when needed for further diagnosis or treatment.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM2800 - RM 4500

Example of a Job Position

Certified Family Doctor
Family Medicine Doctor
Family Practitioner
Family doctor
Doctor

Task

? Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury ? Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition ? Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results ? Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary ? Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients

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.

Customer and Personal Services

Knowledge of principles and processes to provide services for customers and personal. This includes assessing customer needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.

Therapy and Counseling

Knowledge of principles, methods and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunction, as well as providing career guidance.

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

Biology

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, function, interdependence, and their interactions with the environment and each other.

Skills

Active Listening

Give full attention to the words of others, set aside time to understand the points presented, ask questions appropriately, and not interrupt at the wrong time

Writing

Communicate effectively through writing that suits the needs of the audience

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

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

  • 3

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

  • 4

    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.

  • 5

    Written Understanding - Ability to read and understand information and ideas conveyed through writing

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