Specialist Physicians
Job description
These individuals diagnose and treat physiological or psychological diseases and disorders. They study their nature and evolution in humans. Some perform and supervise surgical procedures. These people work in:
- Hospitals and other health facilities
- Private medical clinics and specialized medical centres
- Clinical research centres
- Laboratories
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Biological agents
- Radiation
Main tasks
Clinical Medicine Specialists
- Diagnose and treat diseases and physiological or psychological disorders.
- Prescribe examinations (laboratory tests, X-rays, etc.), medication, and treatment.
- Act as a consultant to other physicians.
- Conduct research as required.
- Follow up on health conditions when required.
Laboratory Medicine Specialists
- Study the nature, formation, and evolution of diseases and the changes they cause in humans.
- Analyze samples and specimens.
- Supervise laboratory activities.
- Act as a consultant to other physicians.
- Conduct research as required.
Surgical Specialists
- Assess diseases or disorders to determine appropriate surgical procedures.
- Perform and supervise surgical procedures to correct abnormalities, physical deficiencies, or injuries.
- Act as a consultant to other physicians.
- Conduct research as required.
- Follow up on health conditions when required.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to management positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
13,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 44.2% Female
- 55.8% Male
Not available.
- 44.2% Female
- 55.8% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
$138,000
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 911% of jobs
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NAICS 6240% of jobs
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NAICS 610% of jobs
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NAICS 5418, 54190% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62398% of jobs
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NAICS 911% of jobs
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NAICS 6240% of jobs
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NAICS 610% of jobs
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NAICS 5418, 54190% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Experimental medicine or experimental surgery
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 52.9%
47.1% of graduates pursue further studies
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Medicine
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Also required
Specialist Physicians
- Postdoctoral training (residency) of four to seven years in a specialization.
- Permit to practise issued by the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ [Quebec College of Physicians]).
Sometimes required
- For specialties in clinical medicine, laboratory medicine, or surgery, an additional two years of postgraduate training may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Critical thought
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Active learning
- Written expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Science
- Result evaluation
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Information processing
- Coordination
- Time management
- Learning strategies
- Human resource management
- System analysis
- Teaching
- Systems evaluation
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
Abilities
- Awareness of issues
- Inductive reasoning
- Oral comprehension
- Written comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Deductive reasoning
- Written expression
- Speech clarity
- Near vision
- Speech recognition
- Information organization
- Classification
- Hand-arm stability
- Processing flexibility
- Selective attention
- Manual dexterity
- Idea generation
- Originality
Knowledge and attributes
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Capacity to work in a team
- Professional ambition
- Rigour
- Sense of initiative
- Attention to detail
- Tolerance to stress
- Respect standards and regulations
- Sense of observation
- Knowledge of biology
- Knowledge of medicine or dentistry
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Carry out research
- 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 3111
Specialist physicians
Job titles
- Psychiatrists
- Paediatricians
- Internists
- Oculist
- General pathologist
- Clinical immunology and allergy specialist
- Autopsy pathologist
- Surgical pathologist
- Clinical pathologist
- Forensic pathologist
- Anesthetist
- Anesthetist-resuscitator
- Oncologist
- Cardiothoracic surgeon
- Cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon
- Cardiovascular surgeon
- Cardiac surgeon
- Esthetic surgeon
- General surgeon
- Neurosurgeon
- Orthopedic surgeon
- Pediatric surgeon
- Plastic surgeon
- Thoracic surgeon
- Vascular surgeon
- Surgical physician
- Dermatologist
- Endocrinologist
- Gynecologist
- Obstetrician-gynecologist
- Hematopathologist
- Histopathologist - medical specialist
- Inpatient physician
- Clinical immunologist
- Clinical immunologist-allergist
- Infectious disease physician
- Critical care medicine physician
- Laryngologist
- Medical pathologist
- Medical bacteriologist
- Medical biochemist - physician
- Surgeon
- Preventive medicine physician
- Occupational physician
- Emergentologist
- Community medicine physician
- Nuclear physician
- Sports medicine physician
- Community health physician
- Medical geneticist
- Geriatrician
- Hyperbaric physician
- Medical examiner
- Medical microbiologist
- Medical oncologist
- Medical parasitologist
- Medical physiologist
- Tropical medicine physician
- Specialist physician
- Neonatologist
- Neurologist
- Neuropathologist
- Neuropsychiatrist
- Obstetrician
- Radiation oncologist
- Pediatric oncologist
- Orthopedist
- Otolaryngologist
- Otologist
- Pathologist - medical
- Clinical pharmacologist
- Phoniatrist
- Physiatrist
- Pneumologist
- Proctologist
- Psychopharmacologist
- Diagnostic radiologist
- Radiologist
- Surgical resident
- Respirologist
- Rhinologist
- Rheumatologist
- Skin specialist
- Skin disease specialist
- Nerve specialist
- Child specialist
- Specialist in infectious diseases
- Specialist in pulmonary disease
- Respiratory disease specialist
- Ear specialist
- Spinal injury specialist
- Eye specialist
- Nose specialist
- Specialist in cardiology
- Specialist in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
- Specialist in plastic surgery
- Specialist in vascular surgery
- Specialist in epidemiology and community medicine
- Medical genetics specialist
- Specialist in geriatric medicine
- Specialist in hematopathology
- Specialist in infertility
- Throat specialist
- Specialist in community medicine
- Environmental medicine specialist
- Specialist in critical care medicine
- Occupational medicine specialist
- Specialist in emergency medicine
- Geriatric medicine specialist
- Specialist in internal medicine
- Police surgeon
- Specialist in nuclear medicine
- Specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Specialist in preventive medicine
- Sports medicine specialist
- Specialist in medical oncology
- Radio-oncology specialist
- Orthopedics specialist
- Otorhinolaryngologist
- Pulmonary medicine specialist
- Diagnostic radiology specialist
- Rehabilitation specialist
- Acute care specialist
- Urologist
Skill type
Health
Last update: May 5, 2022
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