Personal Suitability

Initiative; Effective interpersonal skills; Flexibility; Team player; Excellent oral communication; Excellent written communication; Client focus; Interpersonal awareness; Dependability; Judgement; Values and ethics; Reliability; Organized

Specialization in Family Practice Rural medicine; Family counselling

Work Setting Private industry; Private practice

Specific Skills

Advise patients on health care; Prescribe and administer medications and treatments; Perform patient advocacy role; Examine patients and take their histories, order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures; Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health; Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases; Communicate health promotion, disease, illnes and accident prevention to patients; Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care; Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues; Provide emergency care; Provide acute care management; Supervise home care services

Experience 5 years or more

Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)

Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities; Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE I and MCCQE II); Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)

Education Earned doctorate degree

Languages English