Question

9. The Ontario government has wage controls for medical doctors. To keep the analysis simple, assume that they set one wage for all doctors: $100,000 per year. It takes roughly 6 years to become a general practitioner or a pediatrician, but it takes 8 or 9 years to become a specialist, like a gynecologist or ophthalmologist. What kind of doctor would you want to become under this system, if income is your primary concern?2 Briefly explain, using a diagram. (15%)

Please include a digram

Answer 1

A physician is a medical practitioner who practices general medicine and can also be known as a specialist in internal medicine. On the other hand, a surgeon is the specialist who has been trained and certified to carry out surgeries.

CASE STUDY

Physicians and surgeons are both medical practitioners. Physician is a practitioner of general medicine. They can also be referred to as specialists in internal medicine. A physician diagnoses diseases and injuries and then provide the treatments. The word has been first used in early 13^th century. The word has been derived from Latin physica ("natural science").

Apart from the minimum educational qualification, it requires detailed understanding of anatomy, physiology, disease and treatment, in order to be a physician. The word physician is used to refer to any medical doctor who does not specialize in surgery. A doctor who specialized in surgery in order to treat disorders or diseases is known as a surgeon. Therefore, a surgeon can be seen as a specialist dealing with surgeries. These specialists can be any of the physicians, dentists, podiatrists or veterinarians.

he difference between a physician and surgeon is that a physician treats illness with medication. On the other hand, a surgeon carries out a surgery (medical treatments that involve cutting open the human body) for dealing with the problem

Physicians first examine patients by considering their medical histories. They may also prescribe or perform some diagnostic tests before prescribing medication. A physician also works as a counselor by providing information on diet, hygiene and preventive healthcare for some patients. On the other hand, Surgeon basically operates on patients. These operations or surgeries are done to treat complications like broken bones, diseases like cancerous tumors an many more.

It is important to mention that the term "Physician and Surgeon" is used for referring to a general practitioner or any medical practitioner without considering the area of specialty.

Some Types

Primary care – family medicine Hospitalist Surgeon Dermatologist Cardiologist

General surgeon Pediatric surgeon Vascular surgeon Plastic surgeon Ophthalmologic surgeon Thoracic surgeon Urology surgeon

CASE STUDY

In this case a general practitioner takes $ 1ooooo per year for completing his course it takes $ 700000 in total . for opthamalaogic surgeon it takes $ 900000 . my advise regarding this case go for general physician for considering financial factors as well as general practioner includes these surgeon also .

DIAGRAM

160000 140000 120000 2009 2008 100000 2007 80000 1 2006 1 2005 60000 1 2004 2003 40000 1 2002 12001 20000 GENERAL SPECIALIST