Physician-internist vs medical doctor

The differences between physician-internists and medical 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 medical doctor. Additionally, a physician-internist has an average salary of $204,979, which is higher than the $181,967 average annual salary of a medical doctor.

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

Physician-internist vs medical doctor overview

	Physician-Internist	Medical Doctor
Yearly salary	$204,979	$181,967
Hourly rate	$98.55	$87.48
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	38,382	60,642
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Doctoral Degree, 56%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Physician-internist vs medical doctor salary

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

	Physician-Internist	Medical Doctor
Average salary	$204,979	$181,967
Salary range	Between $103,000 And $407,000	Between $95,000 And $347,000
Highest paying City	Sumter, SC	Brownsville, TX
Highest paying state	North Dakota	New Jersey
Best paying company	Memorial Hospital of Texas County	Pacific Medical Centers
Best paying industry	Health Care	Transportation

Differences between physician-internist and medical doctor education

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

	Physician-Internist	Medical Doctor
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Doctoral Degree, 56%
Most common major	Medicine	Medicine
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Duke University

Physician-internist vs medical doctor demographics

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

	Physician-Internist	Medical Doctor
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.4% Female, 31.6%	Male, 46.9% Female, 53.1%
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, 9.9% Asian, 19.0% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between physician-internist and medical 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.

Medical doctor example responsibilities.

Partner with team to achieve overall well-being patients and contribute to successful department research accreditation.
Perform selection and interpretation of labs including EKG readings, diagnostic imaging, blood work, and urinalyses.
Batch to clearing house, upload files from insurance, data entry answer phones, collect payments over phone, EMR.
Examine patients, order laboratory test and other diagnostic procedures and follow up with acute and chronic diseases
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
Perform and interpret ECG test.

Physician-internist vs medical doctor skills

Common physician-internist skills

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

Common medical doctor skills

Patients, 30%
Patient Care, 9%
Internal Medicine, 7%
Primary Care, 7%
Diagnosis, 4%
Medical History, 4%

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