Preventive Medicine Physicians
Apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or individuals, and aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. May practice population-based medicine or diagnose and treat patients in the context of clinical health promotion and disease prevention.
- Tasks
- 15 tasks15 core
- Family
- Healthcare PractitionersOne of its 96 occupations
- Code
- 29-1229.05SOC 2018: 29-1229
What the work is made of
All 15 are core tasks, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the job
- Task 1. Direct or manage prevention programs in specialty areas such as aerospace, occupational, infectious disease, and environmental medicine.Core taskTask 17222Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 2. Document or review comprehensive patients' histories with an emphasis on occupation or environmental risks.Core taskTask 17212Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 3. Identify groups at risk for specific preventable diseases or injuries.Core taskTask 17217Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 4. Perform epidemiological investigations of acute and chronic diseases.Core taskTask 17220Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 5. Supervise or coordinate the work of physicians, nurses, statisticians, or other professional staff members.Core taskTask 17214Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 6. Design or use surveillance tools, such as screening, lab reports, and vital records, to identify health risks.Core taskTask 17218Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 7. 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.Core taskTask 17219Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 8. Evaluate the effectiveness of prescribed risk reduction measures or other interventions.Core taskTask 17216Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 9. 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.Core taskTask 17225Rated by 18 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 10. Teach or train medical staff regarding preventive medicine issues.Core taskTask 17211Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 11. Coordinate or integrate the resources of health care institutions, social service agencies, public safety workers, or other organizations to improve community health.Core taskTask 17224Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 12. Prepare preventive health reports, including problem descriptions, analyses, alternative solutions, and recommendations.Core taskTask 17213Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 13. Design, implement, or evaluate health service delivery systems to improve the health of targeted populations.Core taskTask 17223Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 14. Develop or implement interventions to address behavioral causes of diseases.Core taskTask 17221Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
- Task 15. Deliver presentations to lay or professional audiences.Core taskTask 17215Rated by 19 occupational experts, August 2023
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 29-1229
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