Diagnose and provide non-surgical treatment of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Provide care mainly for adults who have a wide range of problems associated with the internal organs.

Other names for Internists, General: Attending Physician, Clinic MD Associate (Clinic Medical Doctor Associate), Doctor, Emergency Medicine Physician, Emergency Room Doctor (ER Doctor), Endocrinologist, Gastroenterologist, General Internist, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine Doctor, Internal Medicine Physician, Internist, Medical Director, Medical Doctor (MD), Physician, Physicians and Surgeons, Primary Care Physician, Pulmonary Physician,

• Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and problems of the lung, brain, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract.
• Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
• Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital.
• Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza and pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
• Monitor patients' conditions and progress and re-evaluate treatments as necessary.
• Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
• Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary.
• Immunize patients to protect them from preventable diseases.
• Advise surgeon of a patient's risk status and recommend appropriate intervention to minimize risk.
• Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
• Provide consulting services to other doctors caring for patients with special or difficult problems.
• Operate on patients to remove, repair, or improve functioning of diseased or injured body parts and systems.
• Plan, implement, or administer health programs in hospitals, businesses, or communities for prevention and treatment of injuries or illnesses.
• Conduct research to develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures to prevent or control disease or injury.
• Prepare government or organizational reports on birth, death, and disease statistics, workforce evaluations, or the medical status of individuals.

• Intubation forceps
• Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters or sets
• Auditory function screening units
• Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
• Blood collection syringes
• Medical ultrasound bone densitometers
• Colposcopes or vaginoscopes or accessories
• Cryosurgery equipment or accessories
• Surgical curettes or loops
• Desktop computers
• Dictation machines
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Otological instruments or accessories
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Electrocardiography EKG units
• Electronic blood pressure units
• Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment or accessories or related products
• Flexible endoscopes or accessories or related products
• Glucose monitors or meters
• Long term continuous electrocardiography EKG or holter monitoring systems
• Specimen collectors
• Notebook computers
• Mercury blood pressure units
• Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories
• Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves
• Surgical lasers or accessories
• Medical tuning forks
• Microscope slides
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Nasogastric tubes
• Reflex hammers or mallets
• Surgical scissors
• Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
• Orthopedic splint systems
• Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
• Personal computers
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
• Pulse oximeter units
• Eye charts or vision cards
• Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Medical suction cannulas or tubes or accessories
• Medical suction or vacuum appliances
• Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines or accessories
• Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories
• Suture removers
• Tablet computers
• Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use
• Vaginal exam specula
• Resuscitation masks or accessories
• Binocular vision test sets or accessories

Office suite software

Accounting software

Calendar and scheduling software

Information retrieval or search software

Medical software

Internet browser software

Electronic mail software