Physician-internist vs family medicine physician

The differences between physician-internists and family medicine physicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a physician-internist and a family medicine physician. Additionally, a family medicine physician has an average salary of $217,942, which is higher than the $204,979 average annual salary of a physician-internist.

The top three skills for a physician-internist include urgent care, patient care and private practice. The most important skills for a family medicine physician are patients, primary care, and urgent care.

Physician-internist vs family medicine physician overview

	Physician-Internist	Family Medicine Physician
Yearly salary	$204,979	$217,942
Hourly rate	$98.55	$104.78
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	38,382	73,309
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Doctoral Degree, 44%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Physician-internist vs family medicine physician salary

Physician-internists and family medicine physicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Physician-Internist	Family Medicine Physician
Average salary	$204,979	$217,942
Salary range	Between $103,000 And $407,000	Between $141,000 And $336,000
Highest paying City	Sumter, SC	Fargo, ND
Highest paying state	North Dakota	Vermont
Best paying company	Memorial Hospital of Texas County	Yuma Regional Medical Center
Best paying industry	Health Care	Health Care

Differences between physician-internist and family medicine physician education

There are a few differences between a physician-internist and a family medicine physician in terms of educational background:

	Physician-Internist	Family Medicine Physician
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Doctoral Degree, 44%
Most common major	Medicine	Medicine
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Duke University

Physician-internist vs family medicine physician demographics

Here are the differences between physician-internists' and family medicine physicians' demographics:

	Physician-Internist	Family Medicine Physician
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.4% Female, 31.6%	Male, 51.4% Female, 48.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% Asian, 20.4% White, 64.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 5.3% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 19.0% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between physician-internist and family medicine physician duties and responsibilities

Physician-internist example responsibilities.

Manage complicated and often difficult to control chronic medical conditions in patients with limit resources.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
Collect and dispatch blood samples according to national malaria eradication and sputum samples for national tuberculosis control program.

Family medicine physician example responsibilities.

Obtain information about clients' medical history, drug history, complaints and allergies.
Implement integrated practice management and EHR system.
Perform EKG's, glucose, A1C, and urine testing.
Send referrals, enter referrals in epic system.
Perform clinical evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of outpatients
Assist ATC's with first aid, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries.

Physician-internist vs family medicine physician skills

Common physician-internist skills

Urgent Care, 57%
Patient Care, 19%
Private Practice, 9%
Medical Care, 5%
Diabetes, 4%
EKG, 2%

Common family medicine physician skills

Patients, 34%
Primary Care, 20%
Urgent Care, 14%
Internal Medicine, 6%
Health System, 5%
Surgery, 3%

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