What is an Internal Medicine Physician?

While it may take a lot of schooling, becoming a physician eventually pays off. We mean that literally. The median wage is $208,000 a year. But back to that schooling.

Generally, you'll only need a Bachelor's degree. But depending on your specialty, you'll also need 3-7 years in internship and residency programs. That salary makes it all seem worth it, though, doesn't it?

A General Dentist is responsible for improving and maintaining the dental health of their patients. They treat various issues related to teeth, such as pain or rot, or a harmful overlap of the teeth, or they work on smaller things, like cleaning teeth.

A Dentist has many duties when it comes to their work, such as examining and communicating with patients, fixing teeth or pulling them out, filling in cavities, applying medicine or otherwise helpful agents to teeth, prescribing medicine as needed, giving sedatives or anesthetics, ordering x-rays or models, and keeping records of patients' medical procedures and medical history.

A person hoping to become a General Dentist needs to have a doctorate of dental surgery or medicine, a state license, and perhaps even insurance. They may also need further certification and experience, and they may choose to specialize in something later. They must have good hand-eye coordination and understanding of medical improvements and research. A General Dentist earns, on average, $133,000 a year.

An internal medicine resident is a medical school graduate who participates in a graduate medical education (GME) training program. The general objective of the training is to gain foundational training in medicine. The internal medicine resident works under the supervision of an attending physician and assists him or her in providing patient care, performing rounds, recording patient progress, admissions, ordering tests and examinations, and organizing for discharge and patient care.

An internal medicine resident may decide to subspecialize in a specific area of internal medicine such as cardiology, oncology, nephrology, rheumatology, infectious diseases, gastroenterology, endocrinology, or hematology. A successful internal medicine resident must be open to learning, compassionate, detail-oriented, understanding, objective, and empathetic.

Resident physicians do not have a regular work schedule. They usually work in shifts for an average of 40 hours a week but are expected to be on call 24/7 should emergencies arise.