Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a general practitioner can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a general practitioner already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

General practitioners promote health, prevent, identify ill health, diagnose and treat diseases and promote recovery of physical and mental illness and health disorders of all kinds for all persons regardless of their age, sex or type of health problem.

Also known as general medical practitioner.

Professionals 56 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
religion scientific researcher 69% covered thanatology researcher 65% covered philosopher 63% covered palaeontologist 62% covered seismologist 62% covered general practitioner You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from general practitioner, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a general practitioner already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A general practitioner needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • provide healthcare services to patients in general medical practice assisting and caring
  • assess physical conditions of clients information skills
  • monitor children's physical development information skills
  • think abstractly communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interact professionally in research and professional environments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • operate open source software working with computers
  • synthesise information information skills
  • demonstrate disciplinary expertise information skills
  • manage research data information skills
  • manage personal professional development management skills
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General practitioner is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a general practitioner’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.