Personal Suitability

Accurate; Excellent oral communication; Excellent written communication; Values and ethics

Work Location Information Urban area

Work Setting 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; Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities; 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 acute care management; Supervise home care services

Experience 2 years to less than 3 years

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

Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities; College of Family Physicians Certification (CCFP); Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)

Education

Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Languages English