Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physicians

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MD (Medical Doctor), Pain Management Physician, Physiatrist, Physician

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Orthopedic Surgeon; Physical Therapist; Physical Therapy Technician; Preventive Medicine Officer (Occupational)
Occupational Medicine Physician; Physical Medicine Physician
What they do:
Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.
On the job, you would:
  • Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.
  • Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
  • Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.

Knowledge

Health

  • medicine and dentistry
  • therapy and counseling

Math and Science

  • psychology
  • biology

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

  • understanding people's reactions
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • notice when problems happen

Visual Understanding

  • see hidden patterns
  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Concern for Others
  • Persistence
  • Self Control
  • Cooperation

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Medical software

  • Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software Hot Technology

Electronic mail software

  • Email software

Word processing software

  • Microsoft Word Hot Technology

Education

doctoral degree or
post-doctoral training
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Average
New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Salary:

$236,000
$66,260
$239,200+
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