Healthcare
Preventive Medicine Physicians
Apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or individuals, and aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. May practice population-based medicine or diagnose and treat patients in the context of clinical health promotion and disease prevention.
Median salary
Varied
Typical range
Varied
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
Typical progression
Junior Preventive Medicine Physicians
Entry / Junior
Varied
~2 yrs to advance
Preventive Medicine Physicians
Established
Varied
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Preventive Medicine Physicians
Senior
Varied
Key skills
A typical day
- •Direct or manage prevention programs in specialty areas such as aerospace, occupational, infectious disease, and environmental medicine.
- •Document or review comprehensive patients' histories with an emphasis on occupation or environmental risks.
- •Identify groups at risk for specific preventable diseases or injuries.
- •Perform epidemiological investigations of acute and chronic diseases.
- •Supervise or coordinate the work of physicians, nurses, statisticians, or other professional staff members.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.