Physician-internist vs physician

The differences between physician-internists and 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 physician. Additionally, a physician has an average salary of $238,887, 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 physician are patients, surgery, and patient care.

Physician-internist vs physician overview

	Physician-Internist	Physician
Yearly salary	$204,979	$238,887
Hourly rate	$98.55	$114.85
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	38,382	46,489
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Physician-internist vs physician salary

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

	Physician-Internist	Physician
Average salary	$204,979	$238,887
Salary range	Between $103,000 And $407,000	Between $128,000 And $442,000
Highest paying City	Sumter, SC	Cleveland, TN
Highest paying state	North Dakota	Wisconsin
Best paying company	Memorial Hospital of Texas County	Yuma Regional Medical Center
Best paying industry	Health Care	Health Care

Differences between physician-internist and physician education

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

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

Physician-internist vs physician demographics

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

	Physician-Internist	Physician
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.4% Female, 31.6%	Male, 39.0% Female, 61.0%
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, 61.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between physician-internist and 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.

Physician example responsibilities.

Manage catheters and dress wounds.
Maintain ACLS and BLS certifications.
Treat complicated oncology cases in ICU and emergency.
Schedule new, follow-up and diagnostic testing for cardiology patients.
Attend radiation oncology clinic for new patients beginning treatment as well as follow-ups for returning patients.
Schedule tests and procedures (including radiology, cardiology, and respiratory) utilizing the hospital and clinic computer systems.

Physician-internist vs physician skills

Common physician-internist skills

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

Common physician skills

Patients, 22%
Surgery, 8%
Patient Care, 7%
Internal Medicine, 6%
Primary Care, 6%
EMR, 6%

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