Occupation information for Preventive Medicine Physicians District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: Doctoral or professional degree

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: Internship/residency

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• Direct or manage prevention programs in specialty areas such as aerospace, occupational, infectious disease, and environmental medicine.
• Document or review comprehensive patients' histories with an emphasis on occupation or environmental risks.
• Supervise or coordinate the work of physicians, nurses, statisticians, or other professional staff members.
• Design or use surveillance tools, such as screening, lab reports, and vital records, to identify health risks.
• Perform epidemiological investigations of acute and chronic diseases.
• Direct 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.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of prescribed risk reduction measures or other interventions.
• Provide information about potential health hazards and possible interventions to the media, the public, other health care professionals, or local, state, and federal health authorities.
• Teach or train medical staff regarding preventive medicine issues.
• Prepare preventive health reports, including problem descriptions, analyses, alternative solutions, and recommendations.

Tools:

• Auditory function screening units
• Binocular vision test sets
• Decontamination shower
• Desktop computers
• Electronic blood pressure units

Technology:

• Analytical or scientific software
• Calendar and scheduling software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Electronic mail software
• Internet browser software

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