Career Exploration Essay

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CAREER EXPLORATION 1) Career description In my career exploration project, I will talk about Physicians (doctors) because it’s one of my favorite jobs. After providing diagnoses, a doctor treats patients who are suffering from diseases and injuries. A doctor is also called a physician and may be either an M.D. (medical doctor) or D.O. (doctor of osteopathic medicine). M.D.s and D.O.s both use traditional treatment methods such as drugs and surgery, but D.O.s emphasizes the body's musculoskeletal system, preventive medicine and holistic patient care. Doctors can be primary care physicians or they may specialize in a particular area of medicine such as obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry or anesthesiology. 2) Salary The mean annual salary of a MD specialist is $175,011 in the US, and $272,000 for surgeons. However, because of commodity inflation, increasing negligent costs, steep price rise of rental, and the annual salary range of a MD varies and is not rising as fast as other professional pay. The salary of a doctor depends on how hard he/she has to deal in that job. For example, Anesthesiology doctors’ salary is about $331,000 to $423,507 because they help to prevent patients from feeling pain and sensations; monitor patients through the first recovery stages after an operation; and administer appropriate medications during recovery… The salary range of a doctor is about at least $150,000 per year and maximum can reach anywhere up to $200,000-$500,000 per year. 3) Education Generally, almost all physicians complete at least 4 years of undergraduate school, 4 years of medical school, and 3 to 8 years of internship and residency, depending on their specialty. There are 146 medical schools in the United States-126 teach allopathic medicine and award a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree; 20 teach osteopathic medicine and award the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

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