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Internal Medicine Doctor Careers

What is an internal medicine doctor?
How do you fix a problem that you can’t see? Doctors know. Internal medicine doctors, or internists, figure out what’s wrong when your insides hurt – and even when they don’t hurt. They know how to take care of your heart, lungs, brain, kidneys and stomach along with everything connected to it. Working with all of the major organs requires doctors to know a lot about proper care and treatment, but the studying is all worth it when they start saving lives.How much education do you need?
Most internal medicine doctor careers require a master’s degree or Ph.D., M.D. or J.D. (law degree).

What skills do you need?
* Careful listening
* Decision making
* Science
* Critical thinking
* Time mastery
* Complex problem solving
* Reading
* Ongoing learning
* Speaking
* Selecting instructional methods

Does this career fit your personality type?
This career is great for investigative, social and realistic types.

Want to learn more?
* Find your personality type.
* Read about doctor careers at O*Net Online.

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