Please give me a full description of the duties and responsibilities for the career of a pediatrician?

Question

Working conditions, working hours, or schedule, salary, what are the education and training requirements, 2 courses could take in highschool, special skills, and more

Answer 1

1st responsiblity is to LISTEN TO THE PATIENT/PARENT

I here the same story over and over again how teh doc discounts what the patient  says and brushes them off

The DOc needs to understand that medicine is about the patient-NOT the doctor

The Doc needs to understand that he is only part of a health care team-and teh LEADER of that TEAM is teh PAtient

the patient is the boss

Answer 2

A pediatrician is a child's physician who provides:

preventive health maintenance for healthy children.

medical care for children who are acutely or chronically ill.

the yearly salary ranges are $120,000 to $160,000 depending on the area of specialty, and where you are located.

they make about 25-38 dollars an hour

Generally, pediatricians focus on babies, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth to age 21 years to:

reduce infant and child mortality.

control infectious disease.

foster healthy lifestyles.

ease the difficulties of children and adolescents with chronic conditions.

Pediatricians diagnose and treat the following:

infections

injuries

genetic defects

malignancies

organic diseases and dysfunctions

However, pediatricians are concerned with more than physical well-being. They also are involved with the prevention, early detection, and management of other problems that affect children and adolescents, including the following:

behavioral difficulties

developmental disorders

functional problems

social stresses

depression or anxiety disorders

Pediatrics is a collaborative specialty - pediatricians work with other medical specialists and healthcare professionals to provide for the health and emotional needs of children.

Education:

Following graduation from medical school, primary care pediatricians complete three years of education in an accredited pediatric residency program.

Pediatric residency training emphasizes care of the whole infant, child, adolescent, and young adult. Following the pediatric residency, the pediatrician is eligible for board certification by the American Board of Pediatrics with successful completion of a comprehensive written examination. Recertification is required every seven years.

Although nearly 60 percent of pediatricians are involved in the provision of primary care for their patients, many others choose to continue their education in pediatric subspecialties such as the following:

adolescent medicine

cardiology

critical care medicine

emergency medicine

endocrinology

gastroenterology

hematology/oncology

infectious diseases

neonatal/perinatal medicine

nephrology

pulmonology

rheumatology

High School - this is where it really begins.

Classes: Basic Sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, algebra, geometry, calculus if possible).

Humanities (English, a foreign language - we'd recommend Spanish)

Get involved in high school charity organizations, like the Key Club, and extracurricular programs like student government, music programs, and sports.

Plan to get into the best 4-year college your grades allow. The better (and thus the harder) the more likely you are to get into medical school. It generally doesn't matter whether it is a big school or small school - just a good school.

Bottom line: 4 years college + 4 years medical school + 3 years of residency = 11 years (after high school).

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