family physician

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Hybrid

Work must be completed both in person and remotely.

Work setting

• Chronic or long-term care facilities/centres
• Urban area
• Mental health institution, facility or clinic
• Private practice
• Clinic

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
• Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
• Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases
• Participate in health care policy and planning
• Deliver babies and provide pre-natal and post-natal care
• Advise patients on health care
• Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities
• Be the patient advocate
• Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
• Provide acute care management
• Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
• Supervise home care services

Supervision

• Staff in various areas of responsibility
• Committees
• Working groups

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

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

Additional information

Personal suitability

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