2212-Specialist medical practitioners

Main Tasks include -

• (a) conducting physical examinations of patients and interviewing them and their families to determine their health status
• (b) considering medical information provided by a referring doctor or other health care provider, (c) ordering specialized diagnostic tests to determine the nature of disorders or illnesses
• (d) prescribing, administering and monitoring patients' responses to treatments, medications, anaesthetics, psychotherapies, physical rehabilitation programmes and other preventive and curative measures
• (e) performing surgery of a general or specialized nature
• (f) managing complications before, during and after childbirth
• (g) recording patients' medical information and exchanging information with other health professionals to ensure the provision of comprehensive care
• (h) reporting births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities to meet legal and professional requirements
• (i) providing information to patients and families and communities about preventive measures, treatment and care for specific ailments
• (j) performing autopsies to determine cause of death
• (k) conducting research into specific human disorders and illnesses and preventive or curative methods and disseminating the findings such as through scientific reports
• (l) planning and participating in programs designed to prevent the occurrence and spread of specific diseases.