Family physicians often have an additional 3 years of training beyond medical school with some family
practice doctors choosing to specialize in obstetrics.
Not exact matches
The MD initials mean that the
doctor has
chosen to
practice allopathic medicine.
Jeanette Lager: So one of the reasons that I would
choose a
doctor as my caregiver for childbirth is if you're established in a
practice and you already have a
doctor that you've been working with for your regular gynecological exams.
Many women
choose to use a midwife rather than a
doctor because of the difference in
practicing philosophy.
Regardless of the type of
practice you
choose, you should feel comfortable and confident that the
doctor will respect your decisions, and work with you to give your baby the best care possible.
You might be
choosing between obstetricians, between a family
doctor and a midwife, or between various midwifery
practices.
M.D.s typically emerge from medical school with mountains of debt, and this often drives young
doctors to
choose private
practice over a research career.
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doctors can
choose to use unapproved therapies, with patient consent, under the «
practice of medicine» (e.g., see http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/09/colorado-
doctors-skirt-fda-jurisdiction-to-provide-human-stem-cell-therapies-video/).
As a result of these interests she
chose to study for her
Doctor of Nursing
Practice degree in Health Systems Leadership.
Suzanne Simons, executive director of the Chicago - based National Headache Foundation, suggests that patients take a pro-active approach in
choosing a specialist — asking questions, such as how much of a
doctor's
practice is dedicated to treating headaches, or whether they publish research on headaches — to get a feel for a physician's involvement in the field.
If you are
choosing a
doctor, be sure that the other
doctors in their
practice are aligned.
In addition, like conventional medical
doctors (MDs), a growing number of naturopathic
doctors choose to focus their
practices in specialty areas.
In place of a residency, many new naturopathic
doctors choose to
practice with or shadow an experienced
doctor before setting up their own
practices.
In addition, while
practicing Family Medicine, many naturopathic
doctors choose an area of focus based on a therapeutic, condition, or population subset.
New
doctors may
choose to develop an interest in a specific area of medicine, or maintain a broad
practice, seeing a variety of patients and conditions.
As in human medicine, some veterinary
doctors choose to pursue further education in a specialized area of
practice.
It's dangerous to rely on workplace insurance, because it's tied to your employer, and for
doctors — who move around a lot over the course of their careers or
choose to open their own
practice — it's an even bigger risk.
Most
doctors start further training immediately after the Foundation Programme,
choosing to specialise in either general
practice or a specialty.