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Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist deals with mental disorders.

They assess and treat mental illness through a combination of psychotherapy, and medication etc.

Different types are addiction psychiatrist, adult psychiatrist, and adolescent psychiatrist.

It takes about 12 years to become a board certified psychiatrist.

Bachelors degree: 4 years

Medical school: 4 years

Residency: 4 years

Examples of Psychiatrists

Cardiologist

The field includes diagnosis and treatment of a heart failure congenital heart defects.

Cardiologist are physician's who identify and treat heart problems.

They don’t perform surgery, thoracic do.

To become a cardiologist you should take biology, chemistry ,health and psychology classes in school.

Have to have a bachelors degree, need to get medical degree and be licensed to practice medicine need to complete 7 or more training.

Cardiologist salaries range from $165,000-$301,000 a year or sometimes more.

Example of Cardiologists

Obstetrician

Obstetrician doctors treat pregnant woman and are experts on pregnancy, labor and delivery.

Sub specialization in the gynecological field of study.

This medical career can be enjoyable for those who love interacting with infants. It is also stressful since they work long hours and they often work irregular hours as well and bad outcomes in the delivery room can be emotionally draining.

To become an obstetrician its most likely to take about 12 years after graduating form high school: 4 years in college, 4 years in medical school, and 4 in residency.

Examples of Obstetricians

Groups of Doctors

Status: Before being any type of doctor you have to become a doctor first. A doctor is a licensed health practitioner with a medical degree.

Primary Care: Trained in every major area of medicine – a general practitioner. Takes care of patients or families general health needs: minor illnesses, injuries, checkups, tests, and immunizations.

Immediate care: They are the ones to go to in urgent but not emergency care. For example: burns, sprains, cuts, sore throats, etc.

Specialty Care: The more familiar ones are mostly associated with the organs or their related ailments: oncologists (cancer), cardiologists (heart), psychiatrists (mental health), pediatricians (child), dermatologists (skin) and many more.

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Understand the amount of school different careers will require.

Prepare to spend as little as 1 year or as much as 12 years training for a medical career.

Interested in becoming a Doctor?

Average Salaries of U.S Physicians

Median net income in US dollars of M.D.s after expenses in 1998, according to the American Medical Association:

All physicians $160,000

Surgery $240,000

Radiology $230,000

Anesthesiology $210,000

Obstetrics/gynecology $200,000

Emergency medicine $184,000

Pathology $184,000

General internal medicine $140,000

General/Family practice $130,000

Psychiatry $130,000

Pediatrics $126,000

*Salary could have increased since we are in 2013 not in 1998.

Pros and Cons of being a Doctor

Pros Being able to help

people.

Enormous amount of respect.

Well Paid.

Save lives.

Cons

Stress.

Responsibility.

Cost of studying to become a Doctor. (Debt!)

Time to become a Doctor.

Constant pressure.

Skills to being a Doctor

Empathy.

Manual Dexterity.

Intellectual curiosity .

The desire to help people.

The ability to read a great volume of material and remember it.

Interpersonal communication skills.

Education on becoming a Doctor?

Four years of college are required (with courses in Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology, Genetics, Physics, Calculus, being among them).

Four years of Medical School.

At least four years of hospital and clinic-based residency training (amount varying, depending upon medical specialty chosen).

Where can you find more Information?

BLS information about physicians and surgeons can be found in the Occupational Outlook Handbook. The Handbook also shows where to find out even more about this job.

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Bibliography

http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-an-obstetrician.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2YCMkTLLNk

http://www.mommd.com/beingadoctor.shtml

http://www.gapmedics.co.uk/blog/2013/07/18/the-pros-and-cons-of-being-a-doctor

http://data.bls.gov/search/query/results?cx=013738036195919377644%3A6ih0hfrgl50&q=Doctors