Physician-internist vs family physician

The differences between physician-internists and family 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 physician. Additionally, a family physician has an average salary of $215,471, 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 physician are patients, family medicine, and primary care.

Physician-internist vs family physician overview

	Physician-Internist	Family Physician
Yearly salary	$204,979	$215,471
Hourly rate	$98.55	$103.59
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	38,382	47,352
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Doctoral Degree, 36%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Physician-internist vs family physician salary

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

	Physician-Internist	Family Physician
Average salary	$204,979	$215,471
Salary range	Between $103,000 And $407,000	Between $135,000 And $342,000
Highest paying City	Sumter, SC	Mount Vernon, WA
Highest paying state	North Dakota	Vermont
Best paying company	Memorial Hospital of Texas County	Oregon Medical Group
Best paying industry	Health Care	Health Care

Differences between physician-internist and family physician education

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

	Physician-Internist	Family Physician
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Doctoral Degree, 36%
Most common major	Medicine	Medicine
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Virginia

Physician-internist vs family physician demographics

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

	Physician-Internist	Family Physician
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.4% Female, 31.6%	Male, 42.2% Female, 57.8%
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, 5.2% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% Asian, 19.1% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between physician-internist and family 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 physician example responsibilities.

Manage complicated and often difficult to control chronic medical conditions in patients with limit resources.
Examine patients, using medical instruments and equipment; elicit and record information about patient's medical history.
Perform hematology, chemistry and immunology screen test to provide immediate results for diagnosis.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
Case, endotracheal intubation and artificial mechanical ventilation to which it require, bladder catheterizations rectal and nasogastric.

Physician-internist vs family physician skills

Common physician-internist skills

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

Common family physician skills

Patients, 28%
Family Medicine, 26%
Primary Care, 15%
Urgent Care, 8%
EMR, 7%
Internal Medicine, 3%

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