General Practitioners and Family Physicians
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Job description
These individuals are experts at managing common problems and detecting latent, acute, and chronic problems. They diagnose less common illnesses that can be dangerous, yet treatable. They provide health care to patients. This group includes residents who are in the process of becoming General Practitioners or Family Physicians.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Biological agents
- Noise
- Violence
Main tasks
- Provide comprehensive and proactive health care to patients.
- Examine patients and record their medical history.
- Order diagnostic tests (lab tests, X-rays, etc.).
- Prescribe and administer, as required, medications, emergency care, treatments, and vaccinations.
- Perform or participate in surgical procedures.
- Attend births and provide prenatal and postnatal care.
- Advise and coach patients and their families on health and lifestyle issues.
- Protect patients’ rights.
- Coordinate or manage patient care.
- Report births, deaths, and illnesses to government authorities.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
14,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 57.8% Female
- 42.2% Male
Not available.
- 57.8% Female
- 42.2% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$147,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62398% of jobs
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NAICS 612% of jobs
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NAICS 6240% of jobs
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NAICS 910% of jobs
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NAICS 5418, 54190% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62398% of jobs
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NAICS 612% of jobs
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NAICS 6240% of jobs
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NAICS 910% of jobs
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NAICS 5418, 54190% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Medicine
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Also required
- Permit to practise from the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ [Quebec College of Physicians]).
- Postdoctoral training (residency) of at least two years.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Critical thought
- Active listening
- Judgment and decision-making
- Reading comprehension
- Written expression
- Oral expression
- Solving complex problems
- Science
- Result evaluation
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Active learning
- Information processing
- Time management
- Coordination
- Teaching
- Learning strategies
- System analysis
- Human resource management
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
Abilities
- Awareness of issues
- Verbal skills
- Oral comprehension
- Written comprehension
- Inductive reasoning
- Deductive reasoning
- Information processing speed
- Written expression
- Speech clarity
- Near vision
- Speech recognition
- Information organization
- Processing flexibility
- Classification
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Time sharing
Knowledge and attributes
- Autonomy
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Honesty
- Capacity to work in a team
- Sense of initiative
- Attention to detail
- Desire to upgrade one’s competencies
- Respect others
- Sense of observation
- Knowledge of medicine or dentistry
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Assist and advise
- Teach or educate
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Official name of the NOC 31102
General practitioners and family physicians
Job titles
- Family doctor
- Intern
- Doctor of medicine (md)
- General practice physician
- General practice intern
- Medical officer - canadian armed forces
- Company physician
- Telemedicine family physician
- Civil aviation medical officer
- Industrial medical officer
- Community preventive medicine physician
- Primary care physician
- Medical officer of health (moh)
- Medical missionary
- Locum doctor
- Physician resident
- General practice resident
- Public health physician
Skill type
Health
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