By the time I was a high school freshman had my future career down to two choices. I was going to either be a Forensic scientist or a doctor. Forensics became a choice because I enjoyed watching a lot of shows that included a forensic scientist or a coroner. The medical field became an option the summer before 9th grade when I had surgery on my spine. I liked the way the doctors treated me, and that they took pride in their work. I knew that my options were in the right field due to the fact that biology has always been my favorite subject. Yet by the start of 11th grade I still had not come to a conclusion on my career choice. That year I signed up to take a forensics course that sounded very fun. The information was always interesting but I could never pass the test with the grade I wanted. I decided that forensics was out, leaving me with only the Medical Field.
What I Know
Since I was young, I have met a number of different doctors for multiple reasons. Though I never actually liked going to the doctor, it was never an unpleasant visit. The doctors always treated me with respect and did their job well. Each doctor I met influenced me to respect the entire field more and more because of the amount of information they have to retain. While interning at a doctor’s office, I learned that Family Practitioners do more than diagnose the type of cold you have. They are your gynecologist, mini surgeon, therapist, eye, nose, and ear doctor, etc. Surgeons have to solve life or death problems sometimes very quickly. A surgeon’s job is rarely a 9 to 5. They have to be ready to work at all hours while still maintaining their sanity and personal lives. All areas of the Medical Field have their own challenges and advantages, still I am not ...
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..., I will probably be in a lot of debt. An article written by "Cover MD:Being a Doctor, Pros, Cons, and what it's really like." supported this information. They stated, "One family practitioner recently complained that her net take-home pay after all expenses ( including malpractice and student loans) is approximately $37,000 per year." That is not a lot of money, although it's more than what others tend to make.
What I learned
General surgery is a difficult career to pursue and it is not always worth the trouble. Due to the people in today's society, more and more people have begun suing doctors for mistakes that may or may not had have the chance of being prevented. Even still, it is a field in high demand and it is absolutely worth the effort. I am very pleased with the results of my findings and I am even more motivated to pursue the career of general surgery.
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I remember a time in my life when I would always play with little children. At that point, at the age of six or seven, I decided to become a pediatrician or a kindergarten teacher. When I started high school, I started feeling stressed out because of the pressure that I was doing to myself to reach my goal of becoming a pediatrician. I could hardly focus on the topic we would have during class because I would be thinking about my future as a pediatrician. With the help of my friends, they helped me overcome the obstacles that I had. The more I thought about what profession I wanted to be, I thought about how much I loved working and dealing with computers. My friends and cousins told me that I should and can be what ever I wanted, and that helped me decide to major in computer engineering at San Jose State University. So you see when it comes down to life, dreams are not the only thing that can keep men going, friendships, pets and companionships can do the same.
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The education needed for this career changes as to what specialty one chooses, but for the Navy its more specific. The United States Navy requires its physicians to graduate from an eligible medical school accredited by the AMA or AOA, and completed one year of graduate level education. In the civilian world one must obtain an undergraduate degree in addition to a medical degree from an accredited college or university. However, these are only basic requirements, a student may further his education in the physicians field up to eleven-fifteen years, and many receive schooling every couple so often to stay up-to-date. In most...
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