General Practitioner

Who is a general practitioner?

General practitioners are people who have graduated from medical school in our country. General practitioners are people with a lot of knowledge. General practitioners are the doctors who make patient checks, diagnose diseases, diagnose the disease and refer this patient to the specialist doctor if necessary. In order to become a general practitioner, it is necessary to graduate from medical faculties that provide 6-year education to their universities. Students who graduate from medical faculties can start working as general practitioners.

What does a general practitioner do?

• Keeping medical records.
• To ensure patient privacy and safety.
• To use as a whole in diagnosis and treatment.
• To inform patients about possible side effects of drugs.
• To conduct scientific researches related to the field of study.
• Informing patients and their families about their illness.
• To follow the innovations in the medical, technological and pharmaceutical sectors.
• To inform individuals about the prevention of diseases.
• Performing physical examinations and taking history of patients.
• To write a prescription for drugs within the scope of his/her authority in accordance with the job description.
• To direct the patient to different specialties when necessary.
• To request the necessary analyzes according to the symptoms and complaints and to interpret the results.

Working Areas of General Practitioners:

• health centers
• SSK dispensaries
• Institutional medicine
• Tuberculosis dispensaries
• Private hospitals and polyclinics
• State hospital emergency services
• They are maternal and child health centers.