Primary Care Physician
By: Jordyn Robinson 3rd hour
Basic Information About Primary Care Physicians
- Diagnose and treat a wide variety of diseases
- Advise on preventative health care practices
- Work in offices, clinics, hospitals, or medical schools
- Usually work more than 40 hours a week
- Need a state medical license
- Job outlook is very good in the next few years
- Training usually lasts 10 years after high school
- Usually work more than 40 hours a week
- A earn an average of $140,000
- Work with patients of all ages
Education Needed
High School Courses
- Advanced courses in math, science, english, and social studies
- Anatomy and physiology
- Chemistry
- Foreign language
- Statistics and probability
College education
- Undergraduate in pre-medicine
- Four-year medical school
- Additional 3-5 years specializing in internal medicine completing residency experiences
- Need to get a state medical license
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Pros
- Offers flexibility
- Prepares you for the medical college admission test (MCAT)
- 84% graduate rate in 4 years or less
- Does not guarantee admission into medical school
- Expensive tuition 53,120
- Out of state
- 303 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
- http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/
Concordia University Wisconsin
Pros
- Lutheran college
- Cheap tuition
- Smaller class
- 34% graduate rate in 4 years or less
- Small school
- Cheap application fee
- 12800 N Lake Shore Dr, Mequon, WI
- https://www.cuw.edu/
Michigan Technological University
Pros
- Cheap tuition
- Many clubs
- Average GPA is 3.62
- Location has lots of snow
- Remote location
- Expensive application fee
- 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931
- http://www.mtu.edu/
Organizations
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Primary care physician job opening. You will diagnose and treat a wide variety of diseases and advise on preventative health care practices. You will work in a clinic and maybe needed at the hospital. You will need a state medical license or obtainable. The starting salary is $137,000. Based on experience.