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General Internal Medicine Physiciansresume guide.

Diagnose and provide nonsurgical treatment for a wide range of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. A strong General Internal Medicine Physicians resume shows active listening, reading comprehension and complex problem solving, 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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DoctorGastroenterologistGeneral Internal Medicine PhysicianGeneral InternistInternal Medicine DoctorInternal Medicine Physician (IM Physician)InternistMedical Doctor (MD)PhysicianPrimary 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
Active ListeningVery highAdvanced
Reading ComprehensionVery highAdvanced
Complex Problem SolvingVery highAdvanced
Critical ThinkingVery highAdvanced
Judgment and Decision MakingVery highAdvanced
ScienceVery highAdvanced
Social PerceptivenessVery highAdvanced
SpeakingVery highAdvanced
WritingVery highAdvanced
Active LearningHighAdvanced

03Knowledge areas

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

04Common responsibilities

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

  1. Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
  2. Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract.
  3. Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
  4. Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
  5. Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital.
  6. Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
  7. Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
  8. Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure.
  9. Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary.
  10. Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.

05Software and tools

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26 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 software16
  • Epic SystemsHotIn demand
  • MEDITECH softwareHot
  • eClinicalWorks EHR softwareHot
  • GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
  • 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
+ 11 more
Electronic mail software2
Internet browser software2
Billing and invoicing software1
  • Billing software
Calendar and scheduling software1
  • Scheduling software
Data base user interface and query software1
  • Practice management software PMS
Information retrieval or search software1
  • Medical reference software
Office suite software1
Spreadsheet software1

06Education and preparation

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Typical education
Post-Doctoral Training
53% of surveyed workers. Others report Doctoral Degree (47%) and Less than a High School Diploma (0%).
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 reading comprehension and complex problem solving, not just active listening. Reading comprehension and complex problem solving rank close to active listening for this occupation. One bullet per role that shows a decision, a tradeoff or a result covers them.

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