Physician-internist vs staff physician

The differences between physician-internists and staff 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 staff physician. Additionally, a staff physician has an average salary of $216,755, 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 staff physician are patients, surgery, and internal medicine.

Physician-internist vs staff physician overview

	Physician-Internist	Staff Physician
Yearly salary	$204,979	$216,755
Hourly rate	$98.55	$104.21
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	38,382	107,732
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Doctoral Degree, 38%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Physician-internist vs staff physician salary

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

	Physician-Internist	Staff Physician
Average salary	$204,979	$216,755
Salary range	Between $103,000 And $407,000	Between $136,000 And $344,000
Highest paying City	Sumter, SC	Minneapolis, MN
Highest paying state	North Dakota	North Dakota
Best paying company	Memorial Hospital of Texas County	Scripps Health
Best paying industry	Health Care	Health Care

Differences between physician-internist and staff physician education

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

	Physician-Internist	Staff Physician
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Doctoral Degree, 38%
Most common major	Medicine	Medicine
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Duke University

Physician-internist vs staff physician demographics

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

	Physician-Internist	Staff Physician
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 68.4% Female, 31.6%	Male, 57.8% Female, 42.2%
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 staff 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.

Staff physician example responsibilities.

Initiate new treatment protocols for managing complex patients with co-morbid psychiatric and medical illnesses.
Read x-ray & ekg till refer to specialist.
Serve as a junior house physician in the pediatrics and neonatology intensive care unit.
Assist and independently place hem dialysis catheter.
Initial medical evaluation and medical management of patients receiving medication assist therapy for chemical dependency.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service

Physician-internist vs staff physician skills

Common physician-internist skills

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

Common staff physician skills

Patients, 28%
Surgery, 10%
Internal Medicine, 7%
Rehabilitation, 7%
Primary Care, 7%
Veterans, 5%

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