Preventive Medicine Physicians

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Deliver presentations to lay or professional audiences.
2. 02Document or review comprehensive patients' histories with an emphasis on occupation or environmental risks.
3. 03Identify groups at risk for specific preventable diseases or injuries.
4. 04Perform epidemiological investigations of acute and chronic diseases.
5. 05Supervise or coordinate the work of physicians, nurses, statisticians, or other professional staff members.
6. 06Design or use surveillance tools, such as screening, lab reports, and vital records, to identify health risks.
7. 07Direct public health education programs dealing with topics such as preventable diseases, injuries, nutrition, food service sanitation, water supply safety, sewage and waste disposal, insect control, and immunizations.
8. 08Evaluate the effectiveness of prescribed risk reduction measures or other interventions.
9. 09Direct or manage prevention programs in specialty areas such as aerospace, occupational, infectious disease, and environmental medicine.
10. 10Teach or train medical staff regarding preventive medicine issues.
11. 11Coordinate or integrate the resources of health care institutions, social service agencies, public safety workers, or other organizations to improve community health.
12. 12Prepare preventive health reports, including problem descriptions, analyses, alternative solutions, and recommendations.

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