Family practitioner vs family practice md

Differences between family practitioner and family practice md duties and responsibilities

Family practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage family health problems, examine patients, perform physical examination.
• Manage conditions including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hypothyroidism, asthma, and GERD.
• Provide examination, testing, diagnosis, treatment, referral and follow- up care for newborn through geriatrics.
• Provide residential care and emergency medical treatment to incapacitate elderly patients
• Operate electrocardiogram equipment to administer diagnostic testing (EKG).
• Ensure patient and family understanding of diagnosis treatment and all accompanying relevant information.
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Family practice md example responsibilities.

• Manage conditions including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hypothyroidism, asthma, and GERD.
• Perform history and physical exams of patients requiring primary care services including preventative, acute and chronic disease management.
• Provide complete primary, preventative and integrative care to patients including simple in-office procedures as appropriate.
• Experience with electronic medical records and the coordination and distribution of professional documents in accordance to HIPAA regulations.
• Train and manage new interns/ volunteers assisting with the evidence-based hypertension management program.