Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
On the Job
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians work with patients whose conditions require rehabilitation or physical therapy. They may examine patients to assess their movements, strength, communication abilities, or thinking. They create patient treatment plans, and manage their care.
Typical Work Tasks
People who work in this career often:
- Treat acute illnesses, infections, or injuries.
- Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
- Record patient medical histories.
- Diagnose medical conditions.
- Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
- Train medical providers.
- Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
- Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
- Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
- Test patient nervous system functioning.
Typical Working Conditions
- Freedom to make decisions without supervision.
- The freedom to determine tasks, priorities, and goals.
- Working with a group or team.
- Using e-mail.
- Having face-to-face discussions.
- Working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
- Exposure to disease or infections.
- Responsibility for outcomes and results.
- Meeting strict deadlines.
- High levels of competition.
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