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Allergists and Immunologists

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About This Career

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.

Reported Job Titles

Adult and Pediatric Allergy Partner, Allergist, Allergy and Immunology Physician, Allergy and Immunology Specialist, Allergy Physician, Immunologist, Immunology Physician, MD (Medical Doctor), Pediatric Pulmonologist, Physician

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Abilities

Problem Sensitivity

Deductive Reasoning

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Written Comprehension

Inductive Reasoning

Near Vision

Speech Clarity

Written Expression

Speech Recognition

Fluency of Ideas

Selective Attention

Category Flexibility

Originality

Flexibility of Closure

Information Ordering

Far Vision

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Perceptual Speed

Speed of Closure

Time Sharing

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry

Customer and Personal Service

English Language

Biology

Computers and Electronics

Administration and Management

Education and Training

Personnel and Human Resources

Chemistry

Administrative

Mathematics

Psychology

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Writing

Active Learning

Complex Problem Solving

Monitoring

Speaking

Science

Service Orientation

Social Perceptiveness

Time Management

Learning Strategies

Instructing

Systems Analysis

Systems Evaluation

Coordination

Negotiation

Persuasion

Technology Skills

Medical software

Presentation software

Analytical or scientific software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Tools

Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets

Intravenous infusion pumps for general use

Intubation laryngoscopes

Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles

Electronic medical thermometers

Medical gas cylinders or related devices

Electrocardiography EKG units

Pulse oximeter units

Microbiology analyzers

Spirometers

Oxygen concentrators

Nebulizers

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

Medical or surgical suction or vacuum appliances

Medical acoustic stethoscopes

Mercury blood pressure units

Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes

Peak flowmeters

Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits

Intubation forceps

Medical syringes with needle

Visible light radiators

Immunology analyzers

Surgical scissors

Desktop 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.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
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.
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).
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
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.
Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

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.
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.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
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.

Skills

Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
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.
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.
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.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
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.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Technology Skills

Medical software: Henry Schein Dentrix; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word

Tools

Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets: Ophthalmoscopes; Otoscopes
Intravenous infusion pumps for general use: Intravenous IV infusion pumps
Intubation laryngoscopes: Laryngoscopes
Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles: Automated external defibrillators AED
Electronic medical thermometers: Electronic patient thermometers; Oral thermometers; Rectal thermometers; Tympanic thermometers
Medical gas cylinders or related devices: Oxygen tanks
Electrocardiography EKG units: Electrocardiography EKG machines
Pulse oximeter units: Pulse oximeters
Microbiology analyzers: Automated microbial identification systems
Spirometers:
Oxygen concentrators:
Nebulizers: Handheld nebulizers
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
Medical acoustic stethoscopes: Mechanical stethoscopes
Mercury blood pressure units: Manual blood pressure cuffs
Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes: Confocal Raman microscopes; Laser scanning confocal microscopes
Peak flowmeters:
Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits: Intravenous IV equipment
Intubation forceps: Magill forceps
Medical syringes with needle: Hypodermic syringes
Visible light radiators: Phototherapy units
Immunology analyzers: Immuno-chemistry analyzers
Surgical scissors: Bandage scissors; Mayo scissors; Metzenbaum scissors; Microscissors
Desktop computers:
Tablet computers:

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