Neonatologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Neonatologists are people who specialize in medical help for newborns. These specific newborns are those who are prematured, or have a certain illness. A neonatologist job is to try to diagnose what illness the baby has and try to cure it. Some serious life threatning illness the baby suffers from is sometimes cure, sometimes through surgery procedure. Babies are treated if they are born with birth deffects. Sometimes a neonatologist is there to assist in delivering a baby. A neonatologist provides propper care and nutrition for ill newborns, to grow properly and have strength.

Salary:

Weekly $4,427 

Education:

In order to become a neonatologist, the person must attend a medical school. Only four years are required. After graduating medical school, three years of residency training in general pedriatics is needed. It is a second step closer to becoming a neonatologist. You then need to complete an extra of three years to finish training in newborn intesive care. As soon as those three years are over, you can get a certification from the American Board of Pedriatics and by the Sub-board of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine. Averagly it takes up to 10 years to become one.

Reflection:

I would like to be a neonatologist because my goal in life is to help someone, more specifally a baby. No baby needs to suffer through a lot and I want to help those babies in need. It is actually my second choice, behind a Cardiologist. I can relate to this because my brother wasn't born properly and a neonatologist saved his life. Maybe that's what I want to do, save innocent lives.

Veterinarian

Duties and Responsibilities:

A veterinarian is a person who practices veterinary performances such as treating a disease, disorder, or injury to an animal specifically. A veterinarian also administers vaccines. A veterinarian also does regular checks up as well. Veterinarians also cure dogs if they fall ill, or if they are sick. Animals that suffered dome injury are also treated. Depending on the injury, the treatment can last a few weeks or even months. Some Veterinarians also perform surgeries on certain animals for specific reasons. They also treat skin infection, or other infections the animal carries. Some veterinarians also fix broken bones. However there are many kinds of veterinarians out there. Typical veterinarians are those who treat are dogs and cats, there are also those who treat wildlife animals at zoos or aquarium. Duties and jobs vary from the type of profession and type of clinic.

Salary:

Median pay (annual): 84,460 USD (2012)

Median pay (hourly): 40.61 USD (2012)

 

Education:

In order to be a veterinarian, you need to have a Bachelor’s Degree. You also need to attend a veterinary school. As long as you take any science course you’re fine. However, some veterinary schools expect you to take more advanced science courses. After you need to get a license. You have to pass some tests in order to be licensed. Then you gain some experiences with real animals. Most veterinarians choose to work with easy going animals such as dogs, cats, birds, or any farm animal. 

Reflection: I wouldn't want to be a veterinarian, but working with animals seems nice. I find it interesting because its a medical career helping animals. I like animals, and seeing them healthy brings me joy. 

Health Educator

Duties and Responsibilities:

A health educator promotes most of their ideas about health. Sometimes they even make programs to encourage people to choose a healthy lifestyle. Health educators basically, collect data, and find ways how people or the community can live healthier. They try to look for improvement each time so the people can live healthier. A health educator sometimes analyzes data, sees people’s weaknesses and tries to figure out a solution for a certain health issue. They sometimes control or run, their programs depending what it is. Some Health Educator work for different issues and see what’s the problem, or if anything needs further improvement. Many health educators are available for different health issues that run through our community. Most common issues are basically, environmental health, and physical health.

Salary:

Median pay (annual): 41,830 USD (2012)

Median pay (hourly): 20.11 USD (2012)

Projected 10-year growth: 21% (2012)

 Number of jobs: 99,400 (2012)

Education: First step in order to be a health educator is to have a Bachelor’s Degree in health care. Sometimes a High School diploma can get you a spot. Also, some high school undergraduates might be accepted as well. They have to take one year program. Then they have to take special training. Most raining is done on the job.

Health Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities:

Administrator’s tasks depend on what kind of facility. For example there are many administrators, like nursing home administrators, clinical administrators, and assistant administrators. Furthermore, these are the main administrators, but there are more than just these three I just listed. Basically, these administrator have this task to file patients record. Depending on what kind of health administrator you are, some work can be pretty complex and sometimes work can be easy, depending on your facility too. An administrator will issue or pay bills in their offices. They sometimes spend the day in their offices answering the phone for questions, issues or any other related health problems. This seems easy to do, but it’s a lot more complicated than it looks. That’s why specific training is needed.

Salary: $64,821 per year

Education:

In order to be a health administrator, you have to have some sort of degree in something. Some administrators have a bachelor’s degree. Those with a bachelor degree are decent administrators working in small clinics. While those with a master degree work in complex offices in the hospital.

Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

An ENT specialist is someone who specializes on ear, nose and throat. Usually you would see this specialist in case you have some sort of disorder, disease, or illness. Sometimes cases are so bad, that you need some surgical procedure performed in the area needed in the throat, nose, or ear. People get infections in their ears, probably because water went into their ears. This specialist would assist you right away, and will prescribe certain medicines for ear pain relief. They are also responsible for curing damage hearing loss. Not only that, but specialists are there to assist in throat surgeries. Some people apparently have swallowing and speaking problems, so they have to see this specialist.

Salary: $184,650 - $302,500

Education:

In order to be an ENT specialist you got to go to medical school. 4 years of medical school is needed. It is also imperative to score well on the MCAT, and to get a good GPA. Courses needed to qualify are, biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics. Soon you can join a 3 to 5 year ENT program.

Reflection:

I feel like this is a maybe. I like to work as an ENT specialist because it’s interesting to find cures for people.