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General Internal Medicine Physicians

$214.46K Median Salary 1.5K Job Openings (Annual Projection) -0.7% Job Growth

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About This Career

Diagnose and provide nonsurgical treatment for a wide range of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Provide care mainly for adults and adolescents, and are based primarily in an outpatient care setting.

Reported Job Titles

Doctor, Gastroenterologist, General Internal Medicine Physician, General Internist, Internal Medicine Doctor, Internal Medicine Physician (IM Physician), Internist, Medical Doctor (MD), Physician, Primary Care Physician

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Abilities

Problem Sensitivity

Inductive Reasoning

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Deductive Reasoning

Written Comprehension

Category Flexibility

Information Ordering

Near Vision

Written Expression

Speech Recognition

Speech Clarity

Flexibility of Closure

Fluency of Ideas

Perceptual Speed

Selective Attention

Far Vision

Mathematical Reasoning

Memorization

Number Facility

Originality

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry

Biology

Psychology

Therapy and Counseling

Education and Training

English Language

Administration and Management

Computers and Electronics

Customer and Personal Service

Mathematics

Chemistry

Personnel and Human Resources

Public Safety and Security

Administrative

Economics and Accounting

Skills

Active Listening

Reading Comprehension

Complex Problem Solving

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Science

Social Perceptiveness

Speaking

Writing

Active Learning

Monitoring

Service Orientation

Coordination

Systems Analysis

Instructing

Learning Strategies

Persuasion

Systems Evaluation

Time Management

Management of Personnel Resources

Negotiation

Technology Skills

Medical software

Electronic mail software

Internet browser software

Spreadsheet software

Accounting software

Office suite software

Calendar and scheduling software

Information retrieval or search software

Tools

Surgical clamps or clips or forceps

Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets

Eye charts or vision cards

Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles

Glucose monitors or meters

Irrigation or suction handpieces or cannulas or tips or catheters

Electrocardiography EKG units

Pulse oximeter units

Reflex hammers or mallets

Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters for general use

Cryosurgery units

Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echocardiograph or echocardiograph units for general diagnostic use

Medical or surgical suction or vacuum appliances

Colposcopes or vaginoscopes

Medical acoustic stethoscopes

Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves

Resuscitation masks

Notebook computers

Mercury blood pressure units

Otological instruments

Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines

Holter or wearable EKG monitoring systems or accessories

Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment

Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers

Medical ultrasound bone densitometers

Surgical scissors

Endoscopic instrument sets

Intubation forceps

Auditory function screening units

Dictation machines

Binocular vision test sets

Orthopedic splint systems

Surgical curettes or loops or curette sets

Suture removers

Specimen collection container

Surgical lasers

Microscope slides

Nasogastric tubes

Spirometers

Electronic blood pressure units

Medical tuning forks

Vaginal exam speculas

Blood collection syringes

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Therapy and Counseling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Skills

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Technology Skills

Medical software: Henry Schein Dentrix; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Accounting software: Billing software; Bookkeeping software; Intuit QuickBooks; Sage 50 Accounting
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software
Information retrieval or search software: LexisNexis

Tools

Surgical clamps or clips or forceps: Placenta forceps; Serrefine clamps; Sponge forceps; Tissue forceps
Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets: Ophthalmoscopes; Otoscopes
Eye charts or vision cards: Snellen eye charts; Visual acuity testing cards
Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles: Automated external defibrillators AED
Glucose monitors or meters: Blood glucose monitors
Irrigation or suction handpieces or cannulas or tips or catheters: Suction catheters
Electrocardiography EKG units: Electrocardiography EKG machines
Pulse oximeter units: Pulse oximeters
Reflex hammers or mallets: Reflex hammers
Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters for general use: Angiocaths; Pulmonary artery catheters
Cryosurgery units: Cryosurgical units
Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echocardiograph or echocardiograph units for general diagnostic use: Ultrasound imaging scanners
Medical or surgical suction or vacuum appliances: Nasal suctioning equipment; Oral suctioning equipment; Tracheal suctioning equipment
Colposcopes or vaginoscopes: Colposcopes
Medical acoustic stethoscopes: Mechanical stethoscopes
Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves: Protective medical gloves
Resuscitation masks: Ambu bags
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Mercury blood pressure units: Manual blood pressure cuffs
Otological instruments: Ear curettes
Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines: Surgical scalpels
Holter or wearable EKG monitoring systems or accessories: Holter monitors
Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment: Bipolar electrosurgical forceps; Cauterizing equipment; Electrosurgery units
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers: Personal digital assistants PDA
Medical ultrasound bone densitometers: Ultrasound bone density scanners
Surgical scissors: Bandage scissors; Mayo scissors; Metzenbaum scissors; Microscissors
Endoscopic instrument sets: Fiberoptic endoscopes
Intubation forceps: Magill forceps
Auditory function screening units: Auditory function screeners
Dictation machines: Dictation equipment
Binocular vision test sets: Vision test equipment
Orthopedic splint systems: Orthopedic splints
Surgical curettes or loops or curette sets: Uterine curettes
Suture removers: Suture scissors
Specimen collection container: Laboratory specimen containers
Surgical lasers: Medical lasers
Microscope slides:
Nasogastric tubes:
Spirometers:
Electronic blood pressure units:
Medical tuning forks: Diagnostic tuning forks
Vaginal exam speculas:
Blood collection syringes:
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:
Tablet computers:

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