Specialised Doctor

Undertake screening test at an early stage, before cancer symptoms appear, taking physical exams, laboratory tests, imaging procedures and genetic tests.

Perform and interpret antepartum diagnostic tests such as non-stress, contraction stress test, and doppler velocimetry.

Conduct a thorough examination and screening tests of the female patient`s genitals, taking a pelvic pap smear to ensure there is no abnormality, such as cancerous tissue or sexually transmitted diseases. Identify and diagnose most common gynecological diseases.

Conduct bronchoscopy to visualise the tracheobronchial tree for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

Diagnose rheumatic disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune rheumatic diseases, gout, lupus, back pain, osteoporosis, musculoskeletal pain disorders, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, and tendonitis.

Determine brain death for patients who have suffered a massive, irreversible brain injury of identifiable cause, identifying brain death by watching for coma, absence of brainstem reflexes, and apnoea.

Determine the effects and progression of eye disease by applying specialised diagnostic and imaging techniques, such as ultrasonography and topography.

Recognise and describe the development of children, observing the following criteria: weight, length, and head size, nutritional requirements, renal function, hormonal influences on development, response to stress, and infection.

Analyse and interpret electromyograms or EMGs to detect the electrical potential generated by muscle cells when these cells are electrically or neurologically activated.

Localise brain lesions approximately, formulating a basic differential diagnosis as to stroke aetiology and estimating the severity of the deficit and the urgency of further assessment.

Perform diagnostic procedures relevant to urology such as urinalysis, semen analysis, prostatic fluid examination, ultrasonography of the bladder, kidneys, and prostate.

Diagnose diseases or disorders of genitourinary organs and tracts such as erectile dysfunction, infertility, incontinence, prostate cancer, urethral stones, bladder cancer, premature ejaculation, and kidney stones.

Perform a sleep study in order to diagnose sleep disorders, recording measures of the sleep cycles and stages, including air flow in and out of the lungs, the level of oxygen in the blood, brain waves, electrical activity of muscles, and eye movement.

Perform pathology consultations by preparing a complete report and making recommendations in response to a request from another health care professional or a medico-legal authority.

Interpret procedures such as venography, angiography in vascular surgery and interpret invasive and non-invasive imaging modalities such as CT scan, MR imaging, and ultrasound.

Diagnose and treat infections developed in a hospital environment.

Determine the cancer treatment appropriate for the patient, considering chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and targeted therapy such as immunotherapy.

Handle dangerous infectious diseases in an intensive medical therapy unit.

Develop treatments for HIV and AIDS patients to increase their lifespan, working on the clinical aspect of HIV to help AIDS patients with their daily care.

Ensure follow-up care following a heart attack, such as examining the patient at regular intervals.

Handle acutely ill patients with side-effects of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and metastatic spinal cord compression and manage new cancer patients presenting for the first time as an emergency.

Identify and provide medication treatment to endocrine-related disorders such as dysmenorrhea or amenorrhea.

Analyse and manage adverse reactions to drugs such as general and local anaesthetics and antibiotics, describing the principles of drug challenge and desensitisation to the allergic patient and providing advice on the use of alternative drugs.

Implant radioactive sources into or adjacent to a specific target within the body and supervise all high-dose rate brachytherapy treatments.

In the exercise of the medical doctor`s profession, provide healthcare services to patients within a special field of medicine in order to assess, maintain or restore patients` state of health.

Use Photodynamic Therapy (PDT), a cancer treatment method that combines a drug (or a photosensitising agent) with a specific sort of light.

Perform thoracic surgery on patients with diseases such as lung cancer, severe emphysema, cancer of the oesophagus, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatal hernias, swallowing disorders such as achalasia, and excess sweating, usually of the upper extremity called hyperhydrosis.

Perform skin surgeries in order to prevent or cure skin diseases; improve skin's condition by treating growths or discolouration; treat skin damage caused by disease or ageing.

Surgically correct problems caused by traumatic injuries, infection and disease, congenital abnormalities, developmental abnormalities and cancer or tumours. Perform tumour removal, laceration repair, scar repair, hand surgery, breast reduction or mastectomy, etc.

Apply technical skills to open and close the scalp and skull as well as the spinal column. Meticulously control haemostasis requisite for operative neurosurgery.

Treat conditions that may involve eye surgery through performing corrective surgery, cataract surgery, glaucoma surgery, orbital surgery or ophthalmic plastic surgery.

Manage trauma such as musculoskeletal, hand, and head injuries, taking responsibility for all phases of care of the injured patient.

Transfer tissue to cover a defect, removing healthy tissue from one part of the body, and move it to another site on the body and reconnecting it to a blood supply by suturing arteries and veins, using miniturized instruments and/or a microscope

Carry out bone marrow stem cell transplants.

Correct problems of the jaw and facial bone resulting from previous trauma or removal of pathology.

Perform vascular surgical interventions, such as arterial exposure and control, repair of vascular trauma, aortic reconstruction, repair of aortic aneurysms, carotid surgery, endarterectomy, endovascular interventions, and thrombosis treatments, reconstruction and vessel occlusion.

Use specialised instruments in ophthalmology such as phoropter, tonometers, wire speculum, iris forceps, lid plate or Beer`s knife.

Conduct oesophagoscopy to visualise the oesophagus for either diagnostic or therapeutic benefit.

Correctly and efficiently use the appropriate instruments for otorhinolaryngologic procedures, such as laryngeal mirrors, the flexible laryngoscope, the nasal speculum, the otoscope with pneumotoscopy, the tongue depressor, the head light and the microscope.

Apply medical ultrasonography to obstetrics to show the foetus in the mother`s womb.

Carry out endoscopy using an endoscope to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of a patient.

Provide regular or ad-hoc supervision and advise team members on clinical matters.

Inform patients about the fertility treatment options available, their implications and risks in order to help them take an informed decision.

Conduct tests before a planned surgical operation, taking into consideration possible risk factors apparent from the clinical assessment, the likelihood of asymptomatic abnormalities and the severity of the planned surgery.

Perform investigations such as electroencephalography, electromyography and evoked potentials to monitor the functional integrity of neural structures such as nerves, spinal cord and parts of the brain during surgery.

Produce and analyse scientific data originating from qualitative and quantitative research methods. Store and maintain the data in research databases. Support the re-use of scientific data and be familiar with open data management principles.

Efficiently delegate care to other personnel in the emergency department, supervising others working in the clinical environment to ensure that patient needs are met.

Apply laser treatments to remove undesirable body hairs, to lighten or eradicate pigmented lesions, or to remove tattoos.

Show consideration to others as well as collegiality. Listen, give and receive feedback and respond perceptively to others, also involving staff supervision and leadership in a professional setting.