Veterinarian

Veterinarian

Duties and Responsibilities: Examine animals for natural diseases and injuries. Prescribe medication or treatments for the sick or injured animals.

Salary: Veterinarians earn up to $84,460 US dollars every year.

Education: To become a veterinarian you need to have a doctoral or professional degree in doctoral.

Demand of profession: No veterinarians are highly on demand. There are that much veterinarians in need.

Reflection: I wouldn’t want to become a veterinarian because i feel that i wouldn’t enjoy being one. Besides this type of job doesn’t interest me in anyway.

Sports Medicine Physician

Sports Medicine Physician

Duties and Responsibilities: One of their duties are to select and prepare the medical equipment needed for the athlete. They also provide the coaches help in picking what equipment best protest the athlete.

Salary: Sports Medicine physician earn up to $241,000 each year.

Education: You are required to have a bachelor’s degree and a doctor of medicine degree. You need to take premedical classes of biology, anatomy, and chemistry.

Demand of profession: Not really, this job isn't really needed right now.

Reflection: I would mind becoming a sports medicine physician, they make good money. Also because i love sports and i would still be surround in the sport world.

Speech Pathologist

Speech Pathologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Their duties are to diagnose and treat a patient who have suffered from stutter, also from vocal communication impairment.

Salary: Speech Pathologist earn up to $70,810 dollars a year.

Education: Speech Pathologist have to have a license for what they do. You also need a masters degree and supervised clinical experience.

Reflection: I would mind becoming or studying to become a speech pathologist. It looks like a fun job and you also have the opportunity to help others in need.

Medical Scientist

Medical Scientist

Duties and Responsibilities: Discovering new ways to better human health. Also to come up with new treatment options, drugs, and vaccines to certain diseases and sicknesses.

Salary: Medical Scientist make an annual salary of $90,230 dollars each year.

Education: You are required to have a doctoral or professional degree in medical.

Demand of this profession: You are also required have a license for scientist who works with patients.

Reflection: I would like to become a medical scientist because i've always liked problem solving and i think in this job that's what you have to be doing.

Military Flight Surgeon

Military Flight Surgeon

Duties And Responsibilities: They are responsible for providing aviation and general medical service for army aviation personnel.

Salary: Flight Surgeon earn up to $84,000 to $93,000 each year

Education: Current license to practice medicine in the united states. You have to be 21 or older, but the maximum age is 42.

I would really like to become a flight surgeon because I’m really interested in being in the military. Also working in the medical career pathway.

Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

Duties and Responsibilities: Psychiatrist are responsible for analyzing the patients data and finding their mental disorder.They are also in charge of prescribing their patients to medications and psychotherapy treatments. 

Salary: Psychiatrist earn an salary of $184,265 each year. Some Psychiatrist earn up to $250,333 dollars each year. 

Education: This job requires you to have a degree level and specialty field. Your also required to have experience and licensure and certification. You will also need to have key skills such as problem solving and leadership. 

Reflection: I wouldn't mind becoming a Psychiatrist because they get paid good. I'm also really good at problem solving. 

Nursing Home Administrator

Nursing Home Administrator 

Duties and Responsibilities: The role that nursing home administrators take are caring for the nursing home residents and for their families. They are also in charge of managing the nursing home's staffs. Nursing home administrators also have to take the financial reins, comply with federal and state procedures.  

Salary: Nursing Home administrators make a annual salary of $65,000 - $90,000 each year. Some may earn over $100,000, depending on the region and the size of the facility. 

Education: You will need at lease a bachelor's degree in healthcare administration. Most of the nursing home administrator have masters degrees. 

 Reflection: I am very intrigued and very interested in becoming a nursing home administrator. I would love to study to be one. They get paid good and because i want to have a job were I take charge.

Medical/ Health Volunteer Opportunities

Medical/ Health Volunteer Opportunities

• Place; St. Johns well child and family center; Job Description: you will need to volunteer your time, most of the stuff you will be doing is assignments in administration, accounting, human resources, patient reception, etc.; Location: South Los Angeles area

If you have any question you can contact ST. Johns at this website; 

http://www.wellchild.org/volunteer-intern/. 

Orthodontist

Orthodontist

Duties and Responsibilities: The duties of orthodontist are to strengthen teeth and also to correct the way a patient bites. They also have to find the problem of the positioning of the patients teeth. Then you will have to use dental tools such as braces,  retainers, space maintainers. You will also be responsible of planning custom treatment plans.

Salary: The average U.S. orthodontist earn up to $196,270, but the CEO however earns up to $178,400. 

Education: Every orthodontist needs to graduate from doctor of dental surgery or doctor of dental medicine. Before all this you first need to achieve a bachelor's degree. You also have to take certain course in college like chemistry, biology, physics, and organic chemistry. 

  Reflection: I would mind being an orthodontist but it isn't my first choice. Being an orthodontist looks like it would pay off.

Health Educator

Health Educator

Duties and Responsibilities: A health educator is in charge on discussing with health specialists and civic group to determine community health needs. They also design and conduct evaluations and diagnostic studies to access the quality of performance of health education programs.

Salary: Health Educators earn up to 41,830 a year.

Education: You need a bachelor's degree of higher in health education, public health education or health promotion.

 Reflection: No I wouldn't like to be a health educator because it looks like a hassle.  

Healthcare Administrator

Healthcare Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Their duties are to set goals and too communicate with the other employees of how they can accomplish those goals. Their also in charge of budgeting, scheaduling, information managment. They are also in charge telling all the rest of the employees to do their jobs.

Salary: Healthcare Administrators earn up to 64,821 per year

Education: You need a master's degree in public health or business, hospitals or nursing administration. 

Reflection: I wouldn't mind being a healthcare administrator becasue they get paid good. Also because their in charge of everyone and i think being a leader is somthing im good with.

ENT Specialist

Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities: Diagnose and treat numerous conditions that have to do with the head and the neck including the superior respiratory infections. They also balance your hearing problems, and also thyroid problems. They work till about 50 hours a week. 

Salary: They get payed about $184,650 each year.

Education: Well for starters you need to graduate from high school and you need to attend college. You need your bachelors degree, and then you need to go to medical school. After medical school, you need to have completed your medical residency. Practice medicine and then get a board certificate.

Reflection: No I would want to become a ENT specialist because I'm not really interested in becoming or studying to become one. Besides it takes a long time to become one. 

Dermatologist

Dermatologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Refer patients to other specialist, if needed. Their jobs are also to record patients' health histories. They also need to recommend a diagnostic test to patients' if necessary. 

Salary: $283,000 yearly 

Education: You must have a go to college and earn a bachelors degree. Then go to medical school, and become a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathic medicine. 

Reflection: I won't want to be a dermatologist because you would have to be in school for a long time. I wouldn't want to be in school for that long.

Dental Assistant

Dental Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: The dental assistants job or duties is to seat the patients in a treatment area. They are also in charge of taking and developing the radio-graphs. Another thing they are responsible for is preparing the dental tools and equipment.

Salary: Dental assistants in California get about $63,000 

Education: No formal education required but you need your high school diploma and need on the job training. 

Reflection: I wouldn't like to be a dental assistant because I'm not very passionate about it.

Cardiologist

Cardiologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Cardiologist are physicians that have been trained how to prevent, diagnose and treat conditions of cardiovascular system, which includes the heart and body's blood vessels. 

Salary: Between $346,266 and 457,921 in the year 2011

Education: Must graduate from medical school, complete a residency and become board-certified in internal medicine,and then complete a fellowship in cardiology. You need six year of training, 3 in cardiology residencies and 3 in fellowship. 

Reflection: I wouldn't want to be a cardiologist, it looks like a hassle. I wouldn't be into being a cardiologist. 

Audiologist

Audiologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Examine patients who have balance, hearing, or related ear problems. Assess the results of the examination and diagnose problems. Decides and administers the treatment.

Salary: $69,720 (annually) in 2012

Education:  You need a doctoral degree. You will have to specialize in either pediatric, geriatric, or educational audiologist.

Reflection:  I wouldn’t mind being an audiologist. I think there job looks interesting and it doesn’t looking that hard.

Athletic Trainer

Athletic Trainer

Duties and Responsibilities: Athletic trainers diagnose and treat injures to the bone and muscle under the directions of a professional doctor. They work with anyone who does any athletic activities.

Salary: $44,640 per year in May 2011

Education:  Require a minimum of a bachelor’s degree for athletic training, but master’s degrees are common. They have to study courses like anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and nutrition. Most states want a certification from the professor. 

Reflection: Yeah I would love to be an Athletic trainer because I would have the opportunity to work with professional athletes

Optician

                                    Optician

Duties and responsibilities:  Optician’s are responsible for checking for various eye features, they also check the corneal thickness and pupil distance. Optician’s are also responsible for suggesting various frame shapes, styles and colors, lenses and special lens coatings, like anti-glare materials to the patients.

Salary: $33,770 annually

Education: High school diploma with an on job training or apprenticeship; or a certificate, associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree in the optician career advancement system.

sReflection: No I would like to be an Optician because it looks like a hassle.

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