What You'll Do

  • Teach or train medical and clinical staff.
  • Document or review patients' histories.
  • Provide urology consultation to physicians or other health care professionals.
  • Refer patients to specialists when condition exceeds experience, expertise, or scope of practice.
  • Direct the work of nurses, residents, or other staff to provide patient care.
  • Treat urologic disorders using alternatives to traditional surgery such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, laparoscopy, or laser techniques.
  • Treat lower urinary tract dysfunctions using equipment such as diathermy machines, catheters, cystoscopes, or radium emanation tubes.
  • Prescribe or administer antibiotics, antiseptics, or compresses to treat infection or injury.
  • Prescribe medications to treat patients with erectile dysfunction (ED), infertility, or ejaculation problems.
  • Perform abdominal, pelvic, or retroperitoneal surgeries.

Essential Skills

Reading Comprehension 4.38/5
Critical Thinking 4.25/5
Judgment and Decision Making 4.25/5
Active Listening 4.12/5
Writing 4.12/5
Speaking 4.0/5
Complex Problem Solving 4.0/5
Active Learning 3.88/5
Monitoring 3.88/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.88/5
Science 3.62/5
Time Management 3.62/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Helper: Supporting people and making a difference matters to you.

Common styles

Dependability, Integrity, Stress Tolerance, Attention to Detail, Achievement/Effort

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Problem Sensitivity 4.75/5
Written Comprehension 4.38/5
Oral Comprehension 4.25/5
Oral Expression 4.25/5
Written Expression 4.25/5
Deductive Reasoning 4.25/5
Inductive Reasoning 4.25/5
Near Vision 4.0/5

Technologies & Tools

Allscripts PM athenahealth athenaCollector Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR CareCloud Central Cerner PowerWorks Practice Management eClinicalWorks EHR software Email software Epic Practice Management Epic Systems GalacTek ECLIPSE GE Healthcare Centricity Practice Solution Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITE HealthFusion MediTouch Henry Schein Medical Systems MicroMD Urology EMR IOS Health Systems Medios EHR Kareo Practice Management McKesson Practice Plus MEDITECH software

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 5.0/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.97/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 4.91/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.9/5)
  • Achievement/Effort (High importance: 4.85/5)

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How to Become One

This career requires extensive preparation, typically including a graduate degree (Master's or Doctoral) and several years of experience. Most professionals in this field have invested significant time in education and training.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Acute Care Physician General Urologist Male Infertility Specialist MD (Medical Doctor) Neurourologist Owner Pediatric Urologist Physician Practicing Urologist Surgeon Urologic Surgeon Urologist Urology MD (Urology Medical Doctor) Urology Physician