What technical skills are required by a doctor?

Answer 1

• strong communication skills
• confidence
• empathetic - able to relate to people's situation
• compassionate
• motivated
• disciplined
• determined

Answer 2

you need strong listening skills, cause if you miss important info about the patients symptoms or history you could give an incorrect diagnoses. This could cause a life or death situation. They also need to have strong communication skills-written and speaking. You should also be able to interact with people easily...no awkwardness. This isn't really a skill but you should be able to remain confident or the patient won't trust you.

Answer 3

Some of the skills needed to be a medical doctor is the ability to go to school and do well academically for a number of years. An interest in people and desiring to heal is also important. A doctor must be patient and detail oriented as well as a good listener.

Answer 4

You must have a curious nature and like sciences. But most of all, you must love helping people who are suffering. Never become a doctor just for the title or the money (said by a dentist).

Answer 5

1. Recognize when a patient needs to be transferred to the ICU.

2. Deliver bad news compassionately, yet honestly.

3. Identify a pneumothorax on a chest radiograph.

4. Diagnose iron deficiency anemia.

5. Help a patient stop smoking cigarettes.

6. Diagnose thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, which has a mortality rate of 90% if not treated and 10-20% if treated.

7. Distinguish between the various tachyarrhythmias.

8. Explain a disease or procedure to patients in plain, understandable terms.

9. Use the internet to find medical information and references.

10. Know when to speak, and when to listen.

11. Practice what they preach, especially when it comes to a healthy diet.

12. Take a blood pressure.

13. Find enlarged lymph nodes or splenomegaly on examination.

14. Know when to call in a consultant and when to do the work themselves.

15. Successfully treat hypertension, or find a Doctor Who can.

16. Refer a patient to the right specialist at the right time, or at least within a reasonable time period.

17. Be unafraid to say "I don't know."

18. Understand the precious value of time, both theirs and their patients'.

19. View their medical colleagues as a source of support, information and camaraderie.

20. Treat nurses and other staff in a courteous and professional manner.

21. Learn the gentle art of patience, patience and more patience.

22. Keep up with important advances in health care and research.

23. Never let anger, the killer of careers, interfere with the mission at hand.

24. Be able to always, always, have a plan of action to help a patient.

25. Appreciate the unique gifts each physician carries within, and never let a tough day become an excuse to withhold them from those who need them the most

Answer 6

To become a doctor you need to be good in science and math and to have good grades in high school. After high school you need to enroll in college and get a 4 year degree, then you need to be accepted into a medical degree program at a university and go another 4 years of medical school. Finally, you will serve an internship in a hospital. If you make it through all the schooling, testing, and internship you will be a doctor after 12+ years of college.

Answer 7

paitent good at communication keeping patients problems confidental treat patient with respect

Answer 8

helpful

smart

thinker

just a good job !!!!!

yeah

Answer 9

communication skills

Answer 10

patient care skills