________________________________________ Investigative Occupations: Forensic Science TechniciansFamily and General Practitioners
! Personality Code: IS! Education/Training Required: First
professional degree
! Annual Earnings: More than $145,600
! Beginning Wage: $67,400
! Earnings Growth Potential: Cannot be
calculated
! Growth: 14.2%
! Annual Job Openings: 38,027
! Self-Employed: 14.7%
! Part-Time: 8.1%
! e job openings listed here are shared with
Anesthesiologists; Internists, General; Obstetricians and
Gynecologists; Pediatricians, General; Psychiatrists; and
Surgeons.Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and
injuries that commonly occur in the general pop-
ulation. Prescribe or administer treatment, ther-
apy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized
medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or
injury. Order, perform, and interpret tests and ana-
lyze records, reports, and examination information
to diagnose patients’ condition. Monitor the patients’
conditions and progress and re-evaluate treatments
as necessary. Explain procedures and discuss test
results or prescribed treatments with patients. Col-
lect, record, and maintain patient information, such
as medical history, reports, and examination results.
Advise patients and community members concern-
ing diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
Refer patients to medical specialists or other prac-
titioners when necessary. Direct and coordinate
activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists,
therapists, and other medical staff. Coordinate work
with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation thera-
pists, pharmacists, psychologists, and other health-
care providers. Deliver babies. Operate on patients to
remove, repair, or improve functioning of diseased or
injured body parts and systems. Plan, implement, or
administer health programs or standards in hospital,business, or community for information, preven-
tion, or treatment of injury or illness. Prepare reports
for government or management of birth, death, and
disease statistics; workforce evaluations; or medical
status of individuals. Conduct research to study anat-
omy and develop or test medications, treatments, or
procedures to prevent or control disease or injury.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 08. Health Science.
Work Group: 08.02. Medicine and Surgery. Other
Jobs in! is Work Group: Anesthesiologists; Inter-
nists, General; Medical Assistants; Medical Tran-
scriptionists; Obstetricians and Gynecologists;
Pediatricians, General; Pharmacists; Pharmacy
Aides; Pharmacy Technicians; Physician Assistants;
Psychiatrists; Registered Nurses; Surgeons; Surgical
Te c h n o l o g i s t s.
Skills: Science; Social Perceptiveness; Reading Com-
prehension; Complex Problem Solving; Persua-
sion; Service Orientation; Management of Financial
Resources; Active Learning.
Education and Training Programs: Medicine
(MD); Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy (DO);
Family Medicine. Related Knowledge/Courses:
Medicine and Dentistry; Biology; # erapy and
Counseling; Psychology; Sociology and Anthropol-
ogy; Chemistry.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; disease or infections;
standing; using hands on objects, tools, or controls.Forensic Science Technicians
! Personality Code: IRC
! Education/Training Required: Bachelor’s
degree
! Annual Earnings: $47,680
! Beginning Wage: $29,170
! Earnings Growth Potential: Medium
! Growth: 30.7%
! Annual Job Openings: 3,074
! Self-Employed: 1.3%
! Part-Time: 19.4%Investigative–
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