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An oncologist treats cancer patients. Pediatrics is children's medicine. A pediatric oncologist would treat children who have cancer.

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You can obtain this information by going to www.collegeboard.com/splash/ and using the sites College MatchMaker search engine, or you can also click on the related links section (College Board) indicated below this answer box, which will take you directly to the site. You can research colleges and universities by name, or by programs of study, or by geographical location, size, or combinations of part or all of them etc. The site will provide you with a list of institutions based on your request. It will give you the schools background, accreditation, degree offerings, programs of study, entrance requirements, tuition and fees, financial assistance, room and board, athletic programs etc. and a link to each institutions official web page. Make sure the college or university has a regional accreditation (most important). Practice navigating this site. It will be well worth the time and effort.

You can obtain this information by going to www.collegeboard.com/splash/ and using the sites College MatchMaker search engine, or you can also click on the related links section (College Board) indicated below this answer box, which will take you directly to the site. You can research colleges and universities by name, or by programs of study, or by geographical location, size, or combinations of part or all of them etc. The site will provide you with a list of institutions based on your request. It will give you the schools background, accreditation, degree offerings, programs of study, entrance requirements, tuition and fees, financial assistance, room and board, athletic programs etc. and a link to each institutions official web page. Make sure the college or university has a regional accreditation (most important). Practice navigating this site. It will be well worth the time and effort.

You can obtain this information by going to www.collegeboard.com/splash/ and using the sites College MatchMaker search engine, or you can also click on the related links section (College Board) indicated below this answer box, which will take you directly to the site. You can research colleges and universities by name, or by programs of study, or by geographical location, size, or combinations of part or all of them etc. The site will provide you with a list of institutions based on your request. It will give you the schools background, accreditation, degree offerings, programs of study, entrance requirements, tuition and fees, financial assistance, room and board, athletic programs etc. and a link to each institutions official web page. Make sure the college or university has a regional accreditation (most important). Practice navigating this site. It will be well worth the time and effort.

You can obtain this information by going to www.collegeboard.com/splash/ and using the sites College MatchMaker search engine, or you can also click on the related links section (College Board) indicated below this answer box, which will take you directly to the site. You can research colleges and universities by name, or by programs of study, or by geographical location, size, or combinations of part or all of them etc. The site will provide you with a list of institutions based on your request. It will give you the schools background, accreditation, degree offerings, programs of study, entrance requirements, tuition and fees, financial assistance, room and board, athletic programs etc. and a link to each institutions official web page. Make sure the college or university has a regional accreditation (most important). Practice navigating this site. It will be well worth the time and effort.

There are a lot of reasons why someone might choose against a career in Pediatrics or medicine in general. These include: * the long years of being in school, including 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school and at least three years of an internship and residency

* the debt that many medical students build up to get through school. Depending on whether you go to a public or private medical school, you might pay from $24,553 to $37,445 a year, and you will likely end up with an average of about $90,745 in debt.

* reports of the crisis and rising cost of malpractice insurance, with some doctors in high risk specialities, like neurosurgery and obstetrics paying over $100,000 a year. Pediatrics is generally considered a low risk area of medicine and traditionally have low malpractice insurance costs.

* the hassels of dealing with managed care and health insurance companies. * While this can be difficult to deal with, it is more of a problem for older doctors who remember the 'good old days' when they didn't have to deal with HMOs.

* the difficulty of completing an internship and residency, where you might work more than 80 or 120 hours a week and 36 hour shifts.

* Discouraged yet? Well you shouldn't be. There are many more reasons why a career in medicine, and especially Pediatrics, would be a great idea.

It is true that there are many years of school, but is that really so bad? After college, if you compare someone who goes straight to work with someone that goes to medical school, which one is going to get extended time off for Spring Break, during the summer, and for major holidays? Reviewing this curriculum outline from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, you can see winter and spring breaks and 10 weeks off during your first summer.

And you might build up some impressive debt in medical school from student loans, but you will have plenty of time to pay it off and you will likely make a more than comfortable living. The average starting salary for primary care physicians is about $120-130,000, and up to $150-200,000 after three years.

Worried about long hours during your internship and residency? While you may have some long days and weeks, in reality, if you do have to work that long, it will only be for a few months out of the year, when you are in a difficult month, such as the intensive care unit. There will also be many more months, especially on electives, when you work just 40 hours a week.

What are the other benefits of being a Pediatrician?

While you may have to deal with managed care and insurance companies, you also have a lot of flexibility and independence in how and where you practice. You can start your own office and be your own boss, join a group of doctors and share some responsibility, but in general, still be your own boss, or work for somewhere else and totally leave the trouble of running a business to them.

Want to work part-time? Not a problem. About 15 percent of Pediatricians work part-time, leaving you more time to stay home with your family or persue other interests.

As you have to do when choosing any career, you have to decide if you would enjoy the day to day duties of being a Pediatrician. This includes working in the hospital, taking care of sick children in the office, and counseling parents about raising happy and healthy children.

And Pediatrics isn't all runny noses and ear infections. As a Pediatrician, you can be as challenged as you want to be, taking care of kids with complex medical problems like diabetes, depression and asthma, instead of simply referring them to a specialist. Don't like babies or toddlers? Then Pediatrics probably isn't for you, although you could work more with older children and teens.

Don't like learning? Then Pediatrics and medicine isn't for you. Although you learn a lot in medical school and during your residency, one of the greatest challenges of being a doctor is that you have to continue learning new things as you practice.

How do you know if you would like to being a Pediatrician? The easist way to know would be to spend some time with a Pediatrician. Spend a few days in a Pediatric office following a Peditrician around and making rounds in the hospital.

Although you will likely come across some doctors who will try to discourage your from choosing a career in medicine, you would likely be getting advice from someone who chose the wrong career themselves. Personally, I love being a Pediatrician, and it almost doesn't seem like 'work' when I go to the office each day. Okay, 4 days a week. I'm off on Wednesdays.

A LOT! You have 2 years of intense academics. The courses range from Biochemistry to Immunology. The first year isn't that bad if you remember everything from your undergrad years. But after the 2nd year all you do is rotations in different specialities. You will be someone's slave pretty much until you are a resident which will happen by the time you're 28-32 (depending on the specialty that you chose)

Plastic surgeons are licensed medical physicians and go to medical school like all physicians (assuming of course that they are practicing legally and are properly licensed and board-certified).

To become a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.), one must complete a 4 year college program in excellent standing and 4 years of medical school. Usually, following the completion of medical school, an individual will work in a hospital setting for 3-7 years (residency) in the field of their choice (pediatrics, internal medicine, surgery,etc).

No doctors appts are not company paid

To be a board-certified Dermatologist in the U.S., you must have a valid license to practice medicine*, and have completed one year of general medical training, followed by three years of a Dermatology Residency.

*To obtain a Medical License in the US, you must have graduated from an accredited Medical School (either MD or DO in the US), pass all three "Steps" of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and/or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX), and successfully match into and complete a Dermatology Residency (arguably one of the most difficult specialties to match into). Most U.S. medical schools require a Bachelors degree with a strong background in the sciences (though not necessarily a major in the sciences, so long as the prerequisite courses are completed) and the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) for admission.

While you don't have to complete a 4-year, bachelor's degree prior to applying to a dental school, most students applying to a dental school have such a degree. Typical college coursework for people looking to become dentists or Oral Surgeons includes chemistry, physics, biology, health and mathematics.

To prepare yourslef for the intense competition you will experience in one of the toughest disciplines in the field of medicine, you should test your mettle now in the toughest course your high school has to offer. That means taking as many first-track, honors, and AP courses as you can possibly handle. Ace those and with decent SATs or ACTs, you should be able to get into a top-drawer college. Assuming you do well in college, you will hopefully get into a top medical school, where you'll fight it out with other top guns who want to be surgeons. Good luck and God bless you.

The information in this answer was developed by interviewing several physicians and nurses in varied work settings. It isn't an all-inclusive response, but can provide some general information.

The work environment of a doctor varies according to the type of physician (general practice or a speciality, surgeon or office work, etc.) and his or her location. The one thing all medical work environments have in common is that they are usually busy and often stressful.

Almost all physicians work with someone, either in an office setting or in a medical facility, so professional work interactions are important. They are also interacting with the patient, the family of patients or others. Even veterinarians are interacting with pet owners and with office staff. Research physicians must talk to others in the lab and sometimes they must explain their findings in order to receive financial support. So, the environment that a physician works in nearly always involves communication in challenging situations.

A positive aspect (from a physician's viewpoint) of almost every physician's work is that doctors are respected for their education and their abilities to help others. In most medical work settings doctors have the highest professional status while even highly trained and well-respected nurses and others have a supportive role and thus, less professional status in the minds of many.

Even when the work of a doctor is heavy and there is a lot of pressure, nearly always there are others who are supporting him or her by keeping the work area clean, providing tools and supplies and ensuring that the doctor can get his or her work done. The work environment of a physician is designed to be efficient and effective for medical work. The waiting areas may be focused on the patient but the working areas are focused on providing the supplies, work spaces and work environment in general that the medical practitioner and his or her associates need to be effective.

That is what makes medical work in emergencies or in nontraditional settings, so difficult. The supplies, assistance and even the cleanliness to be expected, may not be there and the doctor has to work around those circumstances to still be effective.

In summary, there is no typical work environment for a physician because it will vary according to many circumstances. However, all of medical work environments involve mental concentration and a degree of pressure, combined with the need to interact with others effectively.

they make from 17,000 to 25,000 a month! and from 200 - 300,000 a year! Very well payed.!

Colleges that offer two year programs are more likely to be career focused and usually offer more certificate/Associates programs so that students can enter the work force quickly (generally these include nursing certifications, computer certifications, and many mid-and-entry level jobs). Four year institutions usually grant Bachelors and Masters degrees for those who aspire to professions in the legal field, medical practitioners such as surgeons, and teachers.

The best states to earn a Pediatrician salary are Kentucky$196,210, Iowa $206,390, Nebraska $200,280, Minnesota$199,440, and Arkansas $196,360.

OD is for Doctor of Optometry. It is NOT used behind an ophthalmologist's name, however. An ophthalmologist has MD after their name because they go to medical school.

This should not be confused with D.O. which is a doctor of osteopathic medicine.

Since a plastic surgeon is a doctor, it would be best to take academically rigorous classes - 4 years of English, 4 years of science, etc. Good luck! Know you chemistry, calculous, and biology. I'm in college right now and those are the most challenging courses that usually weed people out when they wan't to persue medical school. If you don't do well in these classes when you first get into college, it's easy to get discouraged. GO FOR IT!

No a nurse practitioner cannot write a prescription, only an MD can.


I am a Nurse Practitioner and I can and do write prescriptions for medicines and controlled substances ( I have a DEA number.... just like a doctor must have as well to write for scheduled drugs). A Nurse Practitioner is a mid- level clinician and we often function independently in clinical settings. We take a pharmacology course identical to an MD pharmacology course. We are authorized to write prescriptions in all 50 states. In many clinical settings- we are the primary care person- as so many MDs have left or are reluctant to go into family medicine. Please, who ever wrote this answer- educate yourself before you attempt to answer a question you clearly have no knowledge about.

Neurologist median salary is $85.85 per hour. The lowest 10% earn $70 per hour and those in the upper 10% earn more than $100 per hour.

On an annual basis Neurologists earn $178,564. The lowest 10% earn less than $150,000 per year while the upper 10% earn more than $208,000 per year. These salaries are calculated as a mean or average. Some sites report salaries as high as $300,000 for the more successful neurologist.

Actually, they don't do the surgery. Though they do consult the surgeon (sorry but I do forget the name, it might be theatric surgeon or something like that) but anyways. They are the ones who tell the surgeons what kind of procedure of surgery they might have to perform.

Do well in Highschool, get good SAT scores so that you can be accepted into a respected Pre-Med University, Enter Med School after doing well in college, after Med school select a specialty and continue. It's a time consuming process but certainly what the public expects from the medical profession.

Students who are interested in becoming psychiatrists must earn a bachelor's degree and then attend at least four years of medical school. After earning their MDs, psychiatrists have to complete a three-year residency before becoming licensed to practice.

It varies greatly, depending on which qualification is to be studied.

The basic requirements can be found on the university's website, at http://www.maties.com/admission/admission-requirements-1.html