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Pediatrician By: Kelsie Kennedy 2nd hour

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Pediatrician

By: Kelsie Kennedy 2nd hour

Introduction to job

I chose this career because it sounded the most exciting when i was researching my choices. Plus kids love me, but i don't know why they love me so much. The main thing this job focuses on is treating children from newborns to teenagers.

The Nature of work for my job

A pediatrician works mainly with children from all ages and all age groups.They also try to diagnose diseases that kids have like the most common one every kid knows is ADD. I have a special connection with this part because i was diagnosed with ADHD myself so i have a lot of heart for these doctors.

Working Conditions

Their main working conditions are in hospitals. Some choose health clinics, some choose to be self-employed (etc). The hours are different because they work 9-12 hours a day and 45-60 hours a week.The have unusual schedules because some of them may have to work Saturdays and they can be away from home for long periods or time.

Training, Qualifications

This career requires a Bachelors and Doctorate degree and then it also requires medical school. But most medical school require a 3-year undergraduate college education. But most applicants have a 4-year and even a masters even before they start medical school. They also require you to write and take the MCAT test,this all before you get into medical school.

Job Outlook and Employment

The job outlook for this job is said to be growing strong because it is expected to a 24 percent increase.It had another big increase between the year 2010 and 2020.They say in 2015 there will be a shortage or more than 29,000 doctors in general.

Earnings

Some pediatricians earn an average income of $135,000 annually.Some make up to $160,000 this is if they are a full-time employ.Higher pediatricians can make/earn from $100,000 to $200,000 in reality.

Uses of Technology

They use EHR or Electronics Health Records to keep track of all the patients. So they now know what wrong with the patient before they walk in.They also use handhelds to record stuff faster and quicker with out leaving and coming back.

Summary of this Job

I thought this job would be easy to research but it not it is actually hard to do this job because you have to deal with kids all day. And i like kids but i couldn't be a pediatrician even if i had to because you have to tell them bad and good news to them sometimes. It just breaks my heart to do that.