Primary care md vs family physician

The differences between primary care mds and family physicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an primary care md and a family physician. Additionally, an primary care md has an average salary of $320,332, which is higher than the $215,471 average annual salary of a family physician.

The top three skills for an primary care md include primary care, EMR and suturing. The most important skills for a family physician are patients, family medicine, and primary care.

Primary care md vs family physician overview

	Primary Care MD	Family Physician
Yearly salary	$320,332	$215,471
Hourly rate	$154.01	$103.59
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	95,564	47,352
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 44%	Doctoral Degree, 36%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Primary care md vs family physician salary

Primary care mds and family physicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Primary Care MD	Family Physician
Average salary	$320,332	$215,471
Salary range	Between $159,000 And $643,000	Between $135,000 And $342,000
Highest paying City	-	Mount Vernon, WA
Highest paying state	-	Vermont
Best paying company	-	Oregon Medical Group
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between primary care md and family physician education

There are a few differences between an primary care md and a family physician in terms of educational background:

	Primary Care MD	Family Physician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 44%	Doctoral Degree, 36%
Most common major	Nursing	Medicine
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Virginia

Primary care md vs family physician demographics

Here are the differences between primary care mds' and family physicians' demographics:

	Primary Care MD	Family Physician
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 35.8% Female, 64.2%	Male, 42.2% Female, 57.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.2% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 19.1% White, 61.4% 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, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between primary care md and family physician duties and responsibilities

Primary care md example responsibilities.

Monitor and manage patient medical records in compliance with HIPPA.
Perform minor medical procedures like EKG, phlebotomy, vaccination e.t.c.
Identify opportunities for improvement and work with hospital staff/management to eliminate barriers physicians and their patients face when accessing hospital services.
Monitor and manage patient medical records in compliance with HIPPA.

Family physician example responsibilities.

Manage complicated and often difficult to control chronic medical conditions in patients with limit resources.
Examine patients, using medical instruments and equipment; elicit and record information about patient's medical history.
Perform hematology, chemistry and immunology screen test to provide immediate results for diagnosis.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
Case, endotracheal intubation and artificial mechanical ventilation to which it require, bladder catheterizations rectal and nasogastric.

Primary care md vs family physician skills

Common primary care md skills

Primary Care, 58%
EMR, 23%
Suturing, 7%
Acute Care, 6%
Test Results, 3%
EKG, 1%

Common family physician skills

Patients, 28%
Family Medicine, 26%
Primary Care, 15%
Urgent Care, 8%
EMR, 7%
Internal Medicine, 3%

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