Preventive Medicine Physician Career

Job Description: 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.


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Preventive Medicine Physician Career

Required Education



Post-Doctoral Training usually needed for this career