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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

Also called: MD (Medical Doctor), Pain Management Physician, Physiatrist, 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.
On the job, you'll need:

Health

  • medicine and dentistry
  • therapy and counseling

Math and Science

  • psychology
  • biology

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

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

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

Investigative

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

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

Medical software

  • Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software

Electronic mail software

  • Email software

Word processing software

  • Microsoft Word

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Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Average.

New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Median Annual Salary: $223,410

Education

Doctoral degree or post-doctoral training is usually needed.