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Preventive Medicine Physicians

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Apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or individuals, and aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. May practice population-based medicine or diagnose and treat patients in the context of clinical health promotion and disease prevention.

Reported Job Titles

Occupational Medicine Physician, Occupational Physician, Physician, Preventive Medicine Physician, Primary Clinician, Public Health Officer, Public Health Physician

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Abilities

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Oral Expression

Oral Comprehension

Problem Sensitivity

Speech Clarity

Written Comprehension

Fluency of Ideas

Speech Recognition

Written Expression

Category Flexibility

Information Ordering

Near Vision

Flexibility of Closure

Originality

Mathematical Reasoning

Selective Attention

Memorization

Number Facility

Speed of Closure

Visualization

Perceptual Speed

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry

Biology

English Language

Education and Training

Public Safety and Security

Law and Government

Psychology

Administration and Management

Therapy and Counseling

Mathematics

Personnel and Human Resources

Customer and Personal Service

Computers and Electronics

Chemistry

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Active Listening

Complex Problem Solving

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Speaking

Monitoring

Writing

Active Learning

Coordination

Social Perceptiveness

Instructing

Learning Strategies

Management of Personnel Resources

Science

Service Orientation

Systems Analysis

Systems Evaluation

Persuasion

Time Management

Mathematics

Negotiation

Technology Skills

Analytical or scientific software

Presentation software

Data base user interface and query software

Spreadsheet software

Medical software

Electronic mail software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Object or component oriented development software

Internet browser software

Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

Eyewashers or eye wash stations

Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles

Electronic medical thermometers

Decontamination shower

Medical head hoods

Suturing kits or trays or packs or sets

Reflex hammers or mallets

Electronic blood pressure units

Medical radiation films or badges

Medical acoustic stethoscopes

Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves

Notebook computers

Mercury blood pressure units

Surgical isolation or surgical masks

Medical hyperbaric chambers

Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets

Mask or respirators filters or accessories

Auditory function screening units

Binocular vision test sets

Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers

Medical oxygen masks or parts

Specimen collection container

Medical syringes with needle

Safety glasses

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Abilities

Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
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.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
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).
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
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).
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.
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.
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
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.
Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
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.

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.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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.
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.
Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
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.
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.
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.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
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.
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.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
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.

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.
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.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
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.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
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.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
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.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Technology Skills

Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Medical software: Henry Schein Dentrix; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
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
Object or component oriented development software: Oracle Java
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software

Tools

Eyewashers or eye wash stations: Emergency eye wash stations
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
Decontamination shower: Emergency shower stations
Medical head hoods: Oxygen hoods
Suturing kits or trays or packs or sets: Suturing kits
Reflex hammers or mallets: Reflex hammers
Electronic blood pressure units:
Medical radiation films or badges: Radiation monitoring film badges
Medical acoustic stethoscopes: Mechanical stethoscopes
Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves: Protective medical gloves
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Mercury blood pressure units: Manual blood pressure cuffs
Surgical isolation or surgical masks: Surgical masks
Medical hyperbaric chambers: Hyperbaric oxygen chambers
Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets: Ophthalmoscopes; Otoscopes
Mask or respirators filters or accessories: Breathing protection equipment
Auditory function screening units: Auditory function screeners
Binocular vision test sets: Vision test equipment
Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers: Evacuated blood collection tubes
Medical oxygen masks or parts: Infant oxygen masks; Neonatal airways; Patient airways
Specimen collection container: Laboratory specimen containers
Medical syringes with needle: Hypodermic syringes
Safety glasses: Protective safety glasses
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:

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