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Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who studies nature, cause, and development of diseases, and structural and functional changes caused by them. Responsibilities include: * Diagnoses, from body tissue, fluids, secretions, and other specimens, presence and stage of disease, utilizing laboratory procedures. * Acts as consultant to other medical practitioners. * Performs autopsies to determine nature and extent of disease, cause of death, and effects of treatment. * May direct activities of pathology department in medical school, hospital, clinic, medical examiner's office, or research institute. * May be designated according to specialty as Clinical Pathologist; Forensic Pathologist; Neuropathologist; Surgical Pathologist.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who studies nature, cause, and development of diseases, and structural and functional changes caused by them. Responsibilities include: * Diagnoses, from body tissue, fluids, secretions, and other specimens, presence and stage of disease, utilizing laboratory procedures. * Acts as consultant to other medical practitioners. * Performs autopsies to determine nature and extent of disease, cause of death, and effects of treatment. * May direct activities of pathology department in medical school, hospital, clinic, medical examiner's office, or research institute. * May be designated according to specialty as Clinical Pathologist; Forensic Pathologist; Neuropathologist; Surgical Pathologist.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who administers anesthetics to render patients insensible to pain during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures. Responsibilities include: * Examines patient to determine degree of surgical risk, and type of anesthetic and sedation to administer, and discusses findings with medical practitioner concerned with case. * Positions patient on operating table and administers local, intravenous, spinal, caudal, or other anesthetic according to prescribed medical standards. * Institutes remedial measures to counteract adverse reactions or complications. * Records type and amount of anesthetic and sedation administered and condition of patient before, during, and after anesthesia. * May instruct medical students and other personnel in characteristics and methods of administering various types of anesthetics, signs and symptoms of reactions and complications, and emergency measures to employ.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses and treats diseases of heart and its functions. Responsibilities include: * Examines patient for symptoms indicative of heart disorders, using medical instruments and equipment. * Studies diagnostic images and electrocardiograph recordings to aid in making diagnoses. * Prescribes medications, and recommends dietary and activity program, as indicated. * Refers patient to surgeon specializing in cardiac cases when need for corrective surgery is indicated. * May engage in research to study anatomy of and diseases peculiar to heart.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses and treats diseases of heart and its functions. Responsibilities include: * Examines patient for symptoms indicative of heart disorders, using medical instruments and equipment. * Studies diagnostic images and electrocardiograph recordings to aid in making diagnoses. * Prescribes medications, and recommends dietary and activity program, as indicated. * Refers patient to surgeon specializing in cardiac cases when need for corrective surgery is indicated. * May engage in research to study anatomy of and diseases peculiar to heart.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses and treats diseases of human skin. Responsibilities include: * Examines skin to determine nature of disease, taking blood samples and smears from affected areas, and performing other laboratory procedures. * Examines specimens under microscope, and makes various chemical and biological analyses and performs other tests to identify disease-causing organisms or pathological conditions. * Prescribes and administers medications, and applies superficial radiotherapy and other localized treatments. * Treats abscesses, skin injuries, and other skin infections, and surgically excises cutaneous malignancies, cysts, birthmarks, and other growths. * Treats scars, using dermabrasion.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses and treats diseases of human skin. Responsibilities include: * Examines skin to determine nature of disease, taking blood samples and smears from affected areas, and performing other laboratory procedures. * Examines specimens under microscope, and makes various chemical and biological analyses and performs other tests to identify disease-causing organisms or pathological conditions. * Prescribes and administers medications, and applies superficial radiotherapy and other localized treatments. * Treats abscesses, skin injuries, and other skin infections, and surgically excises cutaneous malignancies, cysts, birthmarks, and other growths. * Treats scars, using dermabrasion.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses and treats variety of diseases and injuries in general practice. Responsibilities include: * Examines patients, using medical instruments and equipment. * Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient's condition. * Analyzes reports and findings of tests and of examination, and diagnoses condition. * Administers or prescribes treatments and drugs. * Inoculates and vaccinates patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases. * Advises patients concerning diet, hygiene, and methods for prevention of disease. * Provides prenatal care to pregnant women, delivers babies, and provides postnatal care to mother and infant (obstetrician ). * Reports births, deaths, and outbreak of contagious diseases to governmental authorities. * Refers patients to medical specialist or other practitioner for specialized treatment. * Performs minor surgery. * May make house and emergency calls to attend to patients unable to visit office or clinic. * May conduct physical examinations to provide information needed for admission to school, consideration for jobs, or eligibility for insurance coverage. * May provide care for passengers and crew aboard ship and be designated Ship's Doctor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses and treats variety of diseases and injuries in general practice. Responsibilities include: * Examines patients, using medical instruments and equipment. * Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient's condition. * Analyzes reports and findings of tests and of examination, and diagnoses condition. * Administers or prescribes treatments and drugs. * Inoculates and vaccinates patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases. * Advises patients concerning diet, hygiene, and methods for prevention of disease. * Provides prenatal care to pregnant women, delivers babies, and provides postnatal care to mother and infant (obstetrician ). * Reports births, deaths, and outbreak of contagious diseases to governmental authorities. * Refers patients to medical specialist or other practitioner for specialized treatment. * Performs minor surgery. * May make house and emergency calls to attend to patients unable to visit office or clinic. * May conduct physical examinations to provide information needed for admission to school, consideration for jobs, or eligibility for insurance coverage. * May provide care for passengers and crew aboard ship and be designated Ship's Doctor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who provides comprehensive medical services for members of family, regardless of age or sex, on continuing basis. Responsibilities include: * Examines patients, using medical instruments and equipment. * Elicits and records information about patient's medical history. * Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient's condition. * Analyzes reports and findings of tests and examination, and diagnoses condition of patient. * Administers or prescribes treatments and medications. * Promotes health by advising patients concerning diet, hygiene, and methods for prevention of disease. * Inoculates and vaccinates patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases. * Provides prenatal care to pregnant women, delivers babies, and provides postnatal care to mothers and infants (obstetrician ). * Performs surgical procedures commensurate with surgical competency. * Refers patients to medical specialist for consultant services when necessary for patient's well-being.
Industry:Professional careers
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