Occupation Atlasspecialised doctor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9b889f07-c39c-464d-b9d9-b2daa650f9ac
specialised doctor
Specialised doctors prevent, diagnose and treat diseases depending on their medical or surgical specialty.
Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
SICSocial · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social6.21
- I Investigative6.08
- C Conventional3.95
- R Realistic3.75
- E Enterprising2.34
- A Artistic1.45
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Family Medicine Physicians (29-1215.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (62)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- Interpret diagnostic procedures for vascular surgery
- cancer risks
- conduct cancer screening tests
- conduct preoperative investigations
- conduct research on reproductive medicine
- counsel patients on fertility treatments
- delegate emergency care
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- demonstrate technical skills during neurological surgery
- dermapathology
- develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system
- diagnose brain death
- diagnose disorders of the urogenital system
- diagnose rheumatic diseases
- electroencephalography
- follow-up patients with heart attack
- implant brachytherapy treatments
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- interpret diagnostic tests in otorhinolaryngology
- interpret electromyograms
- interpret urology diagnostic tests
- intracranial hypertension
- manage acute oncology patients
- manage adverse reactions to drugs
- manage communicable disease
- manage hospital-acquired infections
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke
- manage trauma through surgical means
- manage treatment for HIV affected patients
- monitor children's physical development
- neoplasia
- operate open source software
- operate patients with thoracic diseases
- perform antepartum fetal monitoring
- perform bronchoscopy
- perform endoscopy
- perform esophagoscopy
- perform eye surgery
- perform gynecological examination
- perform intra-operative neuromonitoring
- perform pathology consultations
- perform project management
- perform reconstructive microsurgery
- perform reconstructive oral surgery
- perform reconstructive plastic surgery
- perform skin surgery
- perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures
- provide anti-cancer medical treatment
- provide clinical advice to team members
- provide healthcare services to patients in specialised medicine
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- treat endocrine disorders
- urogynaecology
- urolithiasis in the urinary tract
- use laser therapy for skin conditions
- use obstetric sonography
- use of specialised instruments in otorhinolaryngology
- use ophthalmic instruments
- use photodynamic therapy for cancer
Optional (116)
- address side effects of menopause
- administer immunotherapy
- advise on poisoning incidents
- advise on pregnancies at risk
- advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling
- allergology
- anaesthetics
- analyse X-ray imagery
- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- assess physical conditions of clients
- assist in epilepsy surgery
- assist in kidney transplant
- biological chemistry
- biological haematology
- browse, search and filter data, information and digital content
- cardiology
- child psychiatry
- clinical biology
- clinical neurophysiology
- communicable diseases
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- community medicine
- conduct health related research
- conduct patch testing
- conduct polysomnography
- conduct research across disciplines
- dermato-venereology
- dermatology
- determine eye disease progression
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- diagnose diseases of ear, nose, and throat
- diagnose diseases of the vascular system
- diagnose heart conditions
- diagnose respiratory diseases
- diagnose tropical diseases
- diagnostic radiology
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- emergency medicine
- endocrinology
- evaluate data, information and digital content
- evaluate research activities
- explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients
- explain types of coagulation disorders
- forensic psychiatry
- gastroenterological surgery
- gastroenterology
- general haematology
- general medicine
- general surgery
- geriatrics
- hepatology
- identify digital competence gaps
- immunology
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact through digital technologies
- manage a healthcare unit budget
- manage a multidisciplinary team involved in patient care
- manage data, information and digital content
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage multiple patients simultaneously
- manage open publications
- maxillo-facial, oral, and dental surgery
- maxillofacial surgery
- mentor individuals
- microbiology-bacteriology
- neurological surgery
- neurology
- neuropsychiatry
- nuclear medicine
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- occupational health
- occupational medicine
- ophthalmology
- orthopaedics
- otorhinolaryngology
- paediatric surgery
- paediatrics
- pathological anatomy
- perform VATS
- perform pediatric surgery
- perform scientific research
- perform stem cell transplantation
- pharmacology
- physiotherapy
- plastic surgery
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- protect personal data and privacy
- provide care for a particular patient group
- provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions
- psychiatry
- publish academic research
- radiology
- radiotherapy
- renal diseases
- respiratory medicine
- rheumatology
- speak different languages
- spine surgery
- stomatology
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- teach medicine
- thoracic surgery
- tropical medicine
- urology
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
- vascular surgery
- venereology
- write scientific publications
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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