Careers in the Medical Field

Medical Scientist

Medical Scientists conduct research on human diseases to improve human health. They could be part of the development of a new product, engage in a clinical investigation along with many more activities. These activities would include you carrying up to 20lbs., but regularly only 10lbs, wearing protective gear and being exposed to hazardous circumstances. You will also be standing and inside most of the time.

Before you can do those activities you first have to go through schooling. The schooling includes getting your high school degree through receiving your doctorate degree. If you are planning on administering gene therapy and/or drugs to human patients or even doing anything medical related such as drawing blood, you will have to be a licensed physician. To do this you will have be a graduate of medical school, pass a test to receive your license and complete a 1 to 7 year of medical education.

There are skills that go along with your education and others you simply have or you don’t that will be necessary to do this profession well. You will have to have decent listening, writing, reading comprehension, speaking, mathematics, science, critical thinking, active learning, and monitoring skills. You will also have to have a high level of skill in analyzing and interpreting life science data, collecting and recording medical information, explaining life science concepts, operating computers to record and analyze life science data. Operating medical diagnostic equipment, and researching life sciences.

After you finish your schooling your entry hourly wage will be around $23.96 ($49,837 annually.) Once you gain experience your hourly wage could be about $41.38 (86,070 annually.)

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...this job is good in my opinion. The national average hourly wage is $44.45 ($92,460 annually) and the outlook is increasing. It is projected to rise +29.5% by 2020 nationally and annually 22% here in Iowa.

Physician assistants typically have previous health care experience and almost all have some sort of college/university degree in sciences. Physician assistants programs are mostly master programs that usually last two years. The programs include clinical training in area such as internal medicine, pediatrics, family medical and clinical pharmacology. Keep in mind you must finish high school because you may start any of this.

Finally, I picked this profession because of the science aspect of the occupation and how you get to talk and explain medical related topics to others. I think it would fit my personality well and I would be happy going to my job every day.