Allopathic Physician (M.D.)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical doctors (M.D.s) diagnose patient conditions using examinations and tests. Based on their findings, they prescribe treatment and medications to attempt to heal any illnesses or injuries. General practitioners and pediatricians have a wide range of medical knowledge and they are often the first types of doctors who patients visit. Most doctors routinely work in teams, with nurses and aides assisting them in well-lit work locations.

Salary:

Income for medical doctors varies significantly based on their amount of experience and area of specialty. For example, the BLS reported, as of May 2012, family and general practice doctors earned an average annual salary of $180,850; meanwhile, anesthesiologists averaged $232,830 per year.

Education:

There are 126 allopathic medical schools in the United States, including three in Virginia (Medical College of Virginia, University of Virginia School of Medicine, and Eastern Virginia Medical School). Most MD programs require 4 years of study, including emphasis on basic science, clinical work, and social science. The first two years of most programs are generally aimed at classroom learning of basic science as it relates to medicine. Subsequent years of most programs then focus on clinical training.

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Reflection:

Yes to help people out

Student Success Statement

“True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.”

Og Mandino

Reflection:I agree with him we don’t really need money to be happy 

Allergist/Immunologist

Duties and Responsibilities:  A physician specially trained to diagnose, treat and manage allergies , asthma and immunologic disorders including primary immunodeficiency disorders.

Salary: The usual starting salary is close to $150,000 and goes up two $225,000

Education: First of all you go to college and take pre-med courses, and then you are accepted into medical school.  The usual time that it takes to complete that stage of your training is about eight years.  After medical school, one then enrolls in an internship and a residency and that usually is three to four years.  To get into allergy one has to do either an internal medicine residency, or a pediatric residency.

Reflection:  Yes I will like to be one because I would like to help other  people and because  I know how to help myself because when I have allergies.   

Choose the right!!!

Student success statement

“real wealth is not so much what we have as what we are.”

Sterling W. Sill

Reflection: I think real wealth is when your happy how you are rich or poor. 

Acupuncture

Duties and responsibilities:

 is the stimulation of specific acupuncture points along the skin of the body involving various methods such as penetration by thin needles or the application of heat, pressure, or laser light. Traditional acupuncture involves needle insertion, moxibustion, and cupping therapy. It is a form of complementary and alternative medicine and a key component of traditional Chinese medicine.

Salary:

 $ 45,000 per year and up

Education:

 Satisfactory completion of at least 60 semester hours at an accredited college or university, including nine semester hours in the biosciences. Biosciences are defined as biological sciences and do not include chemistry or physics. Coursework completed to satisfy your professional education requirement cannot be used to also satisfy the biosciences requirement.   

             

                   

Refection:

 I would not like to be acupuncture im scared I might do it wrong