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.

On the job, you would:

Direct or manage prevention programs in specialty areas such as aerospace, occupational, infectious disease, and environmental medicine.
Document or review comprehensive patients' histories with an emphasis on occupation or environmental risks.
Identify groups at risk for specific preventable diseases or injuries.

Personality

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Characteristics of this Career
		94%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
		87%	Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
		86%	Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
		82%	Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
		82%	Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
		82%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
		82%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
		80%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
		78%	Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
		76%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
		76%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
		75%	Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
		72%	Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
		71%	Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
		67%	Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
		56%	Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Strengths
		95%	Social - Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.
		89%	Investigative - Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.
		56%	Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Values of the Work Environment
		89%	Recognition - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
		83%	Achievement - Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
		83%	Independence - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
		78%	Working Conditions - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
		78%	Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
		67%	Support - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Abilities \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		85%	Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
		85%	Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
		85%	Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
		81%	Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
		78%	Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
		78%	Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
		78%	Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
		75%	Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
		75%	Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
		75%	Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
		72%	Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
		72%	Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
		69%	Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
		66%	Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
		66%	Flexibility of Closure - The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
		56%	Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
		56%	Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
		53%	Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
		53%	Memorization - The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
		53%	Number Facility - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
		53%	Speed of Closure - The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Skills \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		79%	Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
		73%	Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
		71%	Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
		71%	Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
		70%	Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
		70%	Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
		70%	Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
		70%	Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
		68%	Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
		66%	Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
		66%	Science - Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
		66%	Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
		66%	Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
		64%	Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
		64%	Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
		63%	Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
		61%	Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
		59%	Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
		57%	Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
		55%	Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Job Details

Responsibilities

Train medical providers.

Gather medical information from patient histories.

Record patient medical histories.

Present medical research reports.

Supervise patient care personnel.

Communicate health and wellness information to the public.

Analyze quantitative data to determine effectiveness of treatments or therapies.

Develop health assessment methods or programs.

Manage healthcare operations.

Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.

Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.

Direct healthcare delivery programs.

Manage healthcare operations.

Design public or employee health programs.

Communicate health and wellness information to the public.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent
		99%	Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
		99%	Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
		96%	Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
		92%	Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
		91%	Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
		90%	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
		90%	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
		88%	Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
		85%	Frequency of Decision Making - How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
		83%	Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results - What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
		80%	Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
		80%	Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
		76%	Letters and Memos - How often does the job require written letters and memos?
		75%	Spend Time Sitting - How much does this job require sitting?
		75%	Coordinate or Lead Others - How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
		74%	Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
		74%	Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
		74%	Responsibility for Outcomes and Results - How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
		65%	Consequence of Error - How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
		63%	Level of Competition - To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
		60%	Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
		58%	Frequency of Conflict Situations - How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
		84%	Duration of Typical Work Week - Number of hours typically worked in one week.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Tasks & Values
		93%	Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
		92%	Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
		89%	Analyzing Data or Information - Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
		87%	Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
		86%	Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others - Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
		85%	Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
		82%	Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
		82%	Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
		81%	Communicating with People Outside the Organization - Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
		80%	Providing Consultation and Advice to Others - Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
		80%	Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards - Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
		78%	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
		76%	Developing and Building Teams - Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
		76%	Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
		76%	Working with Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
		76%	Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
		75%	Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
		72%	Developing Objectives and Strategies - Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
		71%	Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
		69%	Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates - Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
		69%	Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information - Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
		69%	Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others - Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
		69%	Performing for or Working Directly with the Public - Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
		68%	Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
		67%	Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
		66%	Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
		66%	Coaching and Developing Others - Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
		63%	Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
		58%	Scheduling Work and Activities - Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
		54%	Staffing Organizational Units - Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
		51%	Selling or Influencing Others - Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.

Getting Started

Education:

74%

Post-Doctoral Training

26%

Doctoral Degree

Preventive Medicine Physicians

What they do:

On the job, you would:

Personality

Characteristics of this Career

Strengths

Values of the Work Environment

Aptitude

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Job Details

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

Tasks & Values

Getting Started