Physician-internist vs family practice physician

The differences between physician-internists and family practice 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 practice physician. Additionally, a family practice physician has an average salary of $205,717, 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 practice physician are patients, family practice, and primary care.

Physician-internist vs family practice physician overview

	Physician-Internist	Family Practice Physician
Yearly salary	$204,979	$205,717
Hourly rate	$98.55	$98.90
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	38,382	55,016
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Physician-internist vs family practice physician salary

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

	Physician-Internist	Family Practice Physician
Average salary	$204,979	$205,717
Salary range	Between $103,000 And $407,000	Between $136,000 And $310,000
Highest paying City	Sumter, SC	Fargo, ND
Highest paying state	North Dakota	North Dakota
Best paying company	Memorial Hospital of Texas County	Central Ohio Primary Care
Best paying industry	Health Care	Health Care

Differences between physician-internist and family practice physician education

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

	Physician-Internist	Family Practice Physician
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Medicine	Medicine
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Pennsylvania

Physician-internist vs family practice physician demographics

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

	Physician-Internist	Family Practice Physician
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.4% Female, 31.6%	Male, 37.8% Female, 62.2%
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 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 practice physician example responsibilities.

Manage conditions including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hypothyroidism, asthma, and GERD.
Provide and perform x-rays and EKG upon doctor's request.
Perform EHR practice assessments and work and documentation flow analysis and redesign.
Review EHR on an as needed basis per missing information or documentation.
Review and help select EMR and transition providers and clinics to the new system.
Float to various departments such as the emergency room, ICU, and geriatric psych.

Physician-internist vs family practice physician skills

Common physician-internist skills

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

Common family practice physician skills

Patients, 22%
Family Practice, 19%
Primary Care, 14%
Urgent Care, 11%
EMR, 8%
Internal Medicine, 4%

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