General practitioner vs family practice md

Differences between general practitioner and family practice md duties and responsibilities

General practitioner example responsibilities.

• Shadow and note specific medical cases as well as participated in patient diagnosis and treatment plan discussions
• Evaluate a variety of medical conditions and afflictions, including making comprehensive diagnosis and specifying treatment plans.
• Serve as initial contact to hospital patients; conduct thorough patient assessments and coordinate referrals to appropriate physicians base on findings
• Assist in major elective and emergency surgeries such as appendectomies, exploratory laparotomy, thyroid surgery, hysterectomy and cesarean operations.
• Collect and dispatch blood samples according to national malaria eradication and sputum samples for national tuberculosis control program.

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.