Working in the Childcare Internship, we have been exploring and looking further into other possible career paths in the Social Services industry. One of the, I wouldn't say popular, but most (in my opinion) rewarding career path was Pediatrician. My partner, Atiya and I researched this job together. Some of the questions we were asked to answer were: what does someone in this job do (responsibilities), what skills and capabilities are required to do the job and well, what kind of education and training are needed, how much does this job pay and is this type of job growing or changing?
To qualify as a pediatrician, one must have four years in medical school, as well as have three years in residency followed by a written exam provided by the ABP (American Board of Pediatrics). While researching the educational aspect of being a Pediatrician, I was shocked at how little amount of time one needed to be in Medical school as well as residency.
Another attribute one must have to be a Pediatrician is the ability to teach, topics such as Nutrition, Injury and disease prevention. A Pediatrician must be an advisor (being able to advise young adults/any client on healthy eating, exercising etc.), must be able to diagnose illnesses, prescribing treatment and to counsel families in areas such as, keeping each other healthy and making regular doctors visits. A Pediatrician specializes in the health of infants, adolescents and young adults up to the age of 21.
Some personal attributes an Pediatrician must have include being hardworking, trusting, loyal and have an endless amount of communication skills as well as listening skills. The salary for todays Pediatrician would be in a nice size margin, but to narrow it down it would be about 80,000 dollars between 130,000.
After researching this profession we had to answer the final question: Is this type of job growing or changing? When Atiya and I read this question together we were dumbfounded at the numerous answers and ideas that we came up with. For me I was thinking more along the lines of the profession changing along with the clients, meaning the specifications of a Pediatrician would change along with the needs of the young adolescents. On the numerical side of the question (Atiya's point of view), the Pediatric field is one of the largest growing jobs in america today, being in the previously stated field provides 13.5 million jobs, it is also the 8th out of 20th occurring projected to grow the fastest.
Besides answering the questions, I learned a lot about this career. I discovered how important Pediatricians are as well as medical doctors. I believe any job that helps others, especially children is a extremely rewarding career.
Thank you for reading, and as always god bless ♥
