General Medical Practitioner

Specialisations: Primary Health Care Physician, General Practitioner (GP), Physician, Sports Medicine Practitioner, Doctor, Medical Practitioner, Sports Physician

• Ordering laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures and analysing findings to determine the nature of disorders or illnesses
• Recording patients' medical information and history and exchanging information with specialist practitioners and other health workers as required for continuing medical care;
• Providing referrals to patients and families for specialised care in hospitals, rehabilitation centres or other types of health care centres
• Performing surgery and other clinical procedures
• Providing continuing medical care for patients including prescribing, administering, counselling on and monitoring curative treatments and preventive measures
• Conducting physical examinations of patients and interviewing them and their families to determine their health status
• Identifying, managing and providing referrals for complications before, during and after childbirth
• Advising individuals, families and communities on health, nutrition and lifestyle which aid prevention or treatment of disease and disorders
• Reporting births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities to meet legal and professional requirements
• Conducting research in human health and medical services and disseminating the findings such as through scientific reports
• Planning and participating in programs designed to prevent the occurrence and spread of common diseases