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Doctor Specialties could include:
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Public health medicine specialist
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Pediatric ambulatory care specialist
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Screening for tuberculosis may be conducted by nurses, physicians, physician assistants, or other trained health workers. The test is read or evaluated by a nurse, physician, or physician assistant. Treatment for TB must be prescribed and supervis...
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Parents should contact their child's doctor if the child has been in contact with someone who has been diagnosed with or is suspected to have tuberculosis, or if the child exhibits the symptoms of the disease, particularly persistent fever, night ...
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The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) recognizes 24 medical specialties in which physicians can pursue additional training and education to pursue board certification. One of these specialties is Internal Medicine, of which Pulmonology (lung disease specialist) is a subspecialty.
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After a doctor completes medical school and is licensed to practice medicine, the physician may pursue a rigorous 3 year training program in Internal Medicine.
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After completion of medical school, the pediatrician completes another three years of training and must pass an examination to be Board Certified in Pediatrics. Pediatric-infectious-disease
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A physician who specializes in the treatment of children from birth through adolescence. A pediatrician is a physician who has taken extra training in the development and diseases of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults through age 21....
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American pediatrician 1870–1960 A portrait of Owen Wilson. In the preface of "The Care and Feeding of Southern Babies," Wilson said that other similar works focused on childrearing in cooler climates, and therefore were inapplicable to infants in ...
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After a doctor completes medical school and is licensed to practice medicine, the physician may pursue a rigorous 3 year training program in Internal Medicine.
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The American Board of Medical Specialties recognizes Family Medicine as a distinct discipline requiring an additional three years of training for doctors who wish to become Board Certified in this field. Family Medicine doctors are usually primary care providers (PCPs) [formerly general practitioners, or GPs] for the entire family.
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A laboratory technician is an individual who, under the direct supervision of a laboratory scientist, processes and prepares samples from humans, animals, food, water, soil, and air for examination and testing and who performs routine laboratory t...
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Licensed practical nurses (L.P.N.s) work under the direction of physicians and registered nurses to provide wellness, preventive, and other health care services to people of all walks of life, including those who are sick, injured, convalescent, a...
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Doctors who are Board Certified Medical Microbiologists are pathologists who have sought further training in medical microbiology. Pathology is one of 24 medical specialties recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).
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