Physician-internist vs family practice doctor

The differences between physician-internists and family practice doctors 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 practice doctor. Additionally, a physician-internist has an average salary of $204,979, which is higher than the $187,028 average annual salary of a family practice doctor.

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

Physician-internist vs family practice doctor overview

	Physician-Internist	Family Practice Doctor
Yearly salary	$204,979	$187,028
Hourly rate	$98.55	$89.92
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	38,382	32,979
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Doctoral Degree, 35%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Physician-internist vs family practice doctor salary

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

	Physician-Internist	Family Practice Doctor
Average salary	$204,979	$187,028
Salary range	Between $103,000 And $407,000	Between $101,000 And $345,000
Highest paying City	Sumter, SC	-
Highest paying state	North Dakota	-
Best paying company	Memorial Hospital of Texas County	-
Best paying industry	Health Care	-

Differences between physician-internist and family practice doctor education

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

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

Physician-internist vs family practice doctor demographics

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

	Physician-Internist	Family Practice Doctor
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.4% Female, 31.6%	Male, 34.2% Female, 65.8%
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, 9.6% Asian, 19.1% White, 61.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between physician-internist and family practice doctor 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 practice doctor example responsibilities.

Manage conditions including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hypothyroidism, asthma, and GERD.
Provide patients with a clinical diagnosis and provide appropriate follow-up evaluation, with referrals to clinical specialists when deem necessary.
Set up appointments.Billing and coding for emergency procedures (EKG).
Interpret diagnosis results and help in treatment of acute, chronic illnesses.
Advise patients about appropriate lifestyle modifications, preventative medicine, and recommend health screenings.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service

Physician-internist vs family practice doctor skills

Common physician-internist skills

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

Common family practice doctor skills

Patients, 34%
Family Medicine, 21%
Urgent Care, 8%
Patient Care, 7%
Internal Medicine, 5%
Outpatient Clinic, 3%

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