------------- Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
Work setting
---------------- Private practice
Clinic
Tasks
--------- Diagnose diseases and physiological disorders
Prescribe medication and treatment
Refer patients for surgery
Treat diseases and physiological disorders
Study the nature, cause and development of diseases and the structural and functional changes caused by diseases
Act as consultants to other physicians
Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
---------------------------------------------------- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities