General Internal Medicine Physicians

Health Science In demand
Diagnose and provide nonsurgical treatment for a wide range of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Provide care mainly for adults and adolescents, and are based primarily in an outpatient care setting.

What a general internal medicine physician does

Become a general internal medicine physician

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good general internal medicine physician

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Reading work related information.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $125 per hour with an average salary of $259,500 per year.

General Internal Medicine Physician job outlook

  • There are 604 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 39 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

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Education needed

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

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