Pediatrician


 * **Category ** || **Explanation ** || **EXTRA REQUIRMENT ** ||
 * ====Tasks ==== || * ====Examining sick children and trying to diagnose what disease they have.====
 * ====Treating children that have infections or injuries.====
 * ====Giving a well kid check up; this consists of checking eye sight, weight, hearing, etc.====
 * ====There are some pediatricians that specialize in only treating children with cancer, heart problems, kidney problems, etc.==== ||  ||
 * ====Tools & Technology ==== || * ====Stethoscopes====
 * ====Otoscope====
 * ====Tongue depressors====
 * ====Scales====
 * ====Measuring tapes====
 * ====Blood pressure cuffs====
 * ====Thermometers==== ||  ||
 * ====Knowledge ==== || * ====Chemistry====
 * ====Latin====
 * ====Biology==== ||  ||
 * ====Skills / Abilities ==== || * ====Patience====
 * ====Playfulness====
 * ====Communication====

-Communication is a big factor because if pediatricians didn't know how to communicate well with their patients and their parents, then the patient would never get cured.
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 * ====Work Context ==== || * ===Hospitals ===
 * ===Clinics ===
 * ===Work from home ===
 * ===Small private health care facilities === || media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=3505+Converse+Drive,+Suite+200,+Wilmington,+NC+28403&daddr=715+Medical+Center+Drive,+Wilmington,+NC+28401+to:1914+Glen+Meade+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FZ3VCQIdKTtb-ynTWSanlfWpiTEHF3aP0XUUEQ%3BFX7ICQIdb89a-yltFLAlGR6qiTEBjNDwqbrlUQ%3BFezlCQIdXQlb-ym3xU2BjvWpiTErbtzcB7C9eg&mra=ls&sll=34.196203,-77.934737&sspn=0.008572,0.013754&ie=UTF8&ll=34.197534,-77.921047&spn=0.024847,0.036478&z=14&output=embed" width="425" height="350" ||
 * ====Education ==== || * ====Four years of college====
 * ====Four years of medical school====
 * ====Three years of a Residency==== || ====﻿ ==== ||
 * ====Related Occupations ==== || * ====Surgeons====
 * ====Physician's assistant====
 * ====Nurses==== ||  ||
 * ====Wages & Employment ==== || * ====North Carolina Average=$182386====
 * ====National Average=$132969==== || ====<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[[file:Salaries Chart.xlsx]] ==== ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Additional Information ==== || ====Children and teenagers normally stay with the same pediatrician until they are twenty-one years old.==== ||  ||



Was this career for me?
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Based on what I saw during my job shadow, I would love my career to be a pediatrician. When I interviewed Dr. Edralin, he said that the classes that you have to take in college would mainly be in the field of science. Since I enjoy science, I would not be bored while learning about how to be a pediatrician, and all the medical terms and things that you have to know. To be a pediatrician, you have to enjoy being around children. The reason is because you will be working with them every day.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">There are many different types of jobs for different people. Not everyone can be a pediatrician, because there are certain personality traits and qualities that people need. The first one is that you have to like children to be a pediatrician. If you don’t, then being a pediatrician isn’t for you. While interviewing Dr. Edralin, he said that the three personality traits that all pediatricians should have are patience, playfulness, and communication. All pediatricians have to be patient with the children, they have to be playful so the children aren’t scared, and they just have to be able to communicate, mainly with the parents or guardian of the children. If a person has all or most of these personality traits and qualities, then being a pediatrician could be for them.

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