The public is usually quite familiar with what many clinical specialists such as surgeons, cardiologists and anaesthetists do.
But many are not familiar with what a public health specialist does. A public health physician's core competencies include epidemiology, and coordinating and planning the fight against communicable diseases, among others.
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