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30 Basic Skills Every Doctor Should Possess

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  1. Egyptian Doctor

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    1. Take a blood pressure.

    2. Insert IV cannula

    3- Treat diabetic coma

    4- Do PV examination and diagnose labour

    5. Identify a pneumothorax on a chest radiograph.

    6. Diagnose iron deficiency anemia.

    7. Treat simple infections.

    8. Help a patient stop smoking cigarettes.

    9. Diagnose thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

    10. Distinguish between the various tachyarrhythmias.

    11. Find enlarged lymph nodes or splenomegaly on examination.

    12. Successfully treat hypertension, or find a doctor who can.

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

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

    15. Deliver bad news compassionately, yet honestly.

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

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

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

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

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

    21. Be unafraid to say “I don’t know.”

    22. Understand the precious value of time, both theirs and their patients’.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    29. 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.

    30. Know that money is not everything

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