My Careers: A Career In The Health Field

Career Research Paper

I have always been interested in many careers located in the healthcare field, first I wanted to go into being just an osteopathic doctor. With being in the health field though you can’t generally just be a doctor, you have to specialize in some general area whether it is pediatrics or something more specific like rare diseases. Whenever, I first started looking at going into the health field I wanted to be an anesthesiologist. However, it has only been within the last year that I began to focus on the area of genetics. Not only is the field in itself a very interesting subject, but it hits closer to home for me. My grandmother was diagnosed with early onset dementia and then later re-diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. At the time of her first diagnosis I was only 12 or 13 so I really didn’t know what that would have instore for my family. As I got older though I started to become more intrigued with what causes Alzheimer’s and where it originated. With the research that I did it lead me back to

It is recommended that you either have a minor or major in biology or in chemistry, while it helps to have a major in either and then the other as your minor (Bureau). The educational requirements mainly depend on high up in the chain you want to go. As far as Obtaining a medical degree I have to have a Ph.D. Which includes 4 years to get an undergrad degree in biology (Careers). Then moving on to taking the MCAT, which is the entry test into medical school, after medical school there comes another 6-8 years in completing my residency and hopefully obtaining a certification from the American Board of Medical Genetics, and the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medial Licensing Exam (Clinical). All of which are required to practice medicine except for the certification from the board of Medical Genetics, the certification is mainly to help boost a doctor’s