31100 – Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine

Lead statement

Anesthesiologists administer anesthetics prior to, during, or after surgery or other medical procedures.

Main duties

• Administer anesthetics prior to, during, or after surgery or other medical procedures.
• Diagnose and provide non-surgical treatment of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Provide care mainly for adults who have a wide range of problems associated with the internal organs.
• Diagnose, treat, and help prevent children's diseases and injuries.
• Diagnose, treat, and help prevent disorders of the mind.
• Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.
• Provide inpatient care predominantly in settings such as medical wards, intensive care units, rehabilitation centers, or emergency rooms. Manage and coordinate patient care throughout treatment.
• Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and disorders of the nervous system involving the brain and spinal cord and other nerve and muscular conditions.
• Diagnose and treat diseases using radioactive materials. May monitor radionuclide preparation, administration, and disposition.
• Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases or other conditions of the skin.
• Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.
• Apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or individuals, and aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. May diagnose and treat patients in the context of clinical health promotion and disease prevention.
• Examine and diagnose disorders and diseases using x-rays and radioactive materials. May treat patients.
• Diagnose and treat diseases and physiological or psychiatric disorders. Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures. Prescribe medication and treatment and refer patients for surgery. Act as consultants to other physicians. May conduct medical research.
• Diagnose presence and stage of diseases using laboratory techniques and patient specimens. Study the nature, cause and development of diseases in humans and the structural and functional changes caused by diseases. Act as consultants to other physicians. May perform autopsies.

Employment requirements

• A bachelor's degree orin Quebec, completion of a college program and one year of pre-medicine university studies is usually required.
• Graduation from an approved medical school and specific specialty training are required.
• Completion of the certifying examinations of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada andlicensing by the provincial or territorial licensing authority are required.
• Four to five years of specialty residency training are required.
• Two years of subspecialty training may also be required.
• A bachelor's degree or in Quebec, completion of a college program and one year of pre-medicine university studies is usually required.

Example job titles

anesthetist · anesthesiologist · internist · pediatrician · pediatric oncologist · child specialist · neuropsychiatrist · psychiatrist · psychiatrist - Canadian armed forces · immunologist and allergologist · clinical immunology and allergy specialist · allergologist · allergist · acute care specialist · hospitalist · inpatient physician · emergency medicine physician · emergentologist · emergency physician · neurologist · neuropathologist · diagnostic radiologist · specialist in nuclear medicine · nuclear medicine specialist · nuclear medicine physician · nuclear physician · skin specialist · dermatologist · skin disease specialist · physiatrist · physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist · specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation · specialist in sports medicine · sports medicine specialist · rehabilitation specialist · sports medicine physician · preventive medicine specialist · specialist in preventive medicine · preventive medicine physician · radio-oncologist

Wages (per year)

Source: Job Bank wages, 2025 release (ESDC). Low and high are the 10th and 90th percentiles.