Overview

Work Term: Permanent

Work Language: English

Hours: 40 hours per week

Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years

Work setting

• Private practice
• Urban area

Tasks / Responsibilities

• May conduct medical research on human disorders, illnesses, preventive or curative methods
• Prescribe medication and treatment
• Refer patients for surgery
• Study the nature, cause and development of diseases and the structural and functional changes caused by diseases
• Act as consultants to other physicians
• Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
• Diagnose patients' diseases and disorders
• Diagnose patient illnesses and minor injuries, such as allergies and muscle strains or sprains

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses