To be a successful physician, you should be kind and compassionate towards your patients, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You should be knowledgeable, detail oriented, and have good problem-solving skills.
- Examining patients, taking medical histories, addressing patients' concerns, and answering patients' questions.
- Diagnosing and treating injuries, illnesses, and disorders.
- Ordering, performing, and interpreting diagnostic tests and explaining the results to patients.
- Counseling patients on diet, hygiene, preventative healthcare, and other lifestyle changes.
- Updating patients' charts and information to reflect current findings and treatments.
- Recommending and designing treatment plans.
- Prescribing medications or therapies.
- Explaining medical procedures to patients.
- Consulting with other physicians, referring patients to specialists when necessary, and working with other healthcare staff, such as nurses, assistants, and other physicians.
- Complying with medical laws (for example, HIPAA).
- A medical degree and the successful completion of a residency and internship.
- A state license and certification to practice medicine.
- Knowledge and experience in diagnosing and treating a wide variety of illnesses.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Dexterity and detail oriented abilities.
- Patience and compassion.
- The ability and willingness to stay up to date on advancements, innovations, and developments in the field.