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Family Medicine Physiciansresume guide.

Diagnose, treat, and provide preventive care to individuals and families across the lifespan. A strong Family Medicine Physicians resume shows critical thinking, active listening and reading comprehension, and names the tools you have worked with, such as Epic Systems, Microsoft Office software and Microsoft Excel.

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01Also called

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Board Certified Family PhysicianFamily Medicine PhysicianFamily PhysicianFamily Practice Medical Doctor (FP MD)Family Practice Physician (FP Physician)Family PractitionerMedical Doctor (MD)Medical Staff PhysicianPhysicianPrimary Care Physician

02Skills employers expect

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Importance is how much the skill matters to the job; level is how much of it the job demands. Both are worth naming on the resume, in this order.

SkillImportanceLevel
Critical ThinkingVery highAdvanced
Active ListeningVery highAdvanced
Reading ComprehensionVery highAdvanced
SpeakingVery highAdvanced
WritingVery highAdvanced
Active LearningVery highAdvanced
Complex Problem SolvingVery highAdvanced
Judgment and Decision MakingVery highAdvanced
MonitoringVery highAdvanced
Time ManagementVery highIntermediate

03Knowledge areas

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  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • English Language
  • Therapy and Counseling
  • Psychology
  • Biology
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Mathematics
  • Education and Training
  • Sociology and Anthropology

04Common responsibilities

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Ordered by importance. Each one is a bullet waiting for a result and a number.

  1. Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
  2. Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
  3. Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
  4. Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
  5. Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
  6. Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
  7. Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
  8. Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.
  9. Coordinate work with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, pharmacists, psychologists, and other health care providers.
  10. Plan, implement, or administer health programs or standards in hospitals, businesses, or communities for prevention or treatment of injury or illness.

05Software and tools

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25 tools across 9 categories. The six largest categories are below; Hot marks a hot technology, In demand a tool employers ask for most often.

Medical software17
  • Epic SystemsHotIn demand
  • MEDITECH softwareHot
  • eClinicalWorks EHR softwareHot
  • Medical procedure coding software
  • SOAPware EMR
  • Allscripts Professional EHR
  • e-MDs software
  • ChartWare EMR
  • Epocrates
  • MedcomSoft Record
  • Practice Partner Total Practice Partner
  • Brickell Research Brickell Medical Office
  • e-MDs topsE&M Coder
  • Greenway Health PrimeSuite
  • Med Math
  • Misys Healthcare Systems Mysis Tiger
  • Acrendo Medical Software Family Practice EMR
+ 12 more
Billing and invoicing software1
  • Billing software
Calendar and scheduling software1
  • Scheduling software
Data base user interface and query software1
  • Practice management software PMS
Electronic mail software1
Information retrieval or search software1
  • Medical reference software
Internet browser software1
Office suite software1
Spreadsheet software1

06Education and preparation

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Typical education
Doctoral Degree
59% of surveyed workers. Others report Post-Doctoral Training (29%) and Master's Degree (9%).
Preparation level
Job Zone 5 · Extensive preparation
Usually a graduate degree and extensive related experience.

07Putting it on your resume

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BEE · How to show it

Lead with what you built. For a Job Zone 5 role, hiring managers and parsers both look for outcomes before credentials. Put two or three results at the top of each job entry, with the scale or effect stated plainly.

Name the tools exactly. This occupation is heavy on named software. A skills section that says "Epic Systems, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Excel, Web browser software" matches more job descriptions than a general phrase. Use the spelling employers use.

Show active listening and reading comprehension, not just critical thinking. Active listening and reading comprehension rank close to critical thinking for this occupation. One bullet per role that shows a decision, a tradeoff or a result covers them.

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