Eastern Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: Doctors of traditions Chinese medicine provides health care to patients using traditional Chinese medicine techniques and others forms of treatment including acupuncture, herbology or reflexology to promote, maintain and restore the holistic health of patients. Doctors of traditional they diagnose the disease, physiological disorder and injuries of the patient.

Average Salary: $22,700

Educational Requirements: You must register and meet the requirements of CTMA. You must have completed a traditional Chinese medicine education or training program. You also have to take 2 years of university courses. You must complete several exams of the CTCMA

Ü Acupuncturist written and clinical exams

Ü Herbalist written and clinical exams

ü Doctor of traditional Chinese medicine competency written and clinical exam

Ü The safety program exams for acupuncturists and herbalists

Ü The safety course for doctor of traditional Chinese medicine

Reflection: i would not want to be one because this is not really my thing to do and also that i really don't see myself working as one.

Periodontist

Duties and Responsibilities: A periodontist is a dentist who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease, and in the placement of dental implants. Periodontist are also experts in the treatment of oral inflammation. Periodontist receive extensive training in these areas, including three additional years of education beyond dental school. They are familiar with the latest techniques for diagnosing and treating periodontal disease, and are also trained in performing cosmetic periodontal procedures.

Salary: $97,000-$241,000

Education: It takes many years to become a periodontist. The journey begins by completing a bachelor`s degree in chemistry, biology or a related topic and continues with four years to study in dentistry school.

Reflection: I think this job is interesting I can really see myself as a periodontist in my future.

Thoracic Surgeon

Duties and Responsibilities: According to the Cardiothoracic Surgery Network there are four specialties of cardiothoracic surgery: cardio (involving the heart and major vessels), endovascular (less invasive surgical procedures that use the major vessels and radiology to perform operations), congenital (surgical procedures on inherited conditions), and thoracic (surgeries performed on the organs and structures located in the chest and throat). In addition to these specialties, cardiothoracic surgeons can further focus on surgically treating illnesses in children or adults.

Salary: 350,000

Education: According to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, there are four steps to becoming a general thoracic surgeon: completion of any four-year degree (provided the coursework meets the prerequisites for entrance into medical school), four years in medical school, five years in a surgical residency program, and two to three years of advanced training in cardiothoracic surgery.

Radiologic Technologist

 Duties and Responsibilities: Radiologic Technologists use x-ray machines, ultrasound machines, magnetic resonance scanners, positron emission scanners, and other technologically advanced machines to help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries under the direction of a physician.  They are responsible for explaining and getting patients ready for radiological tests and treatment that will be performed.  They place the equipment at the right distance and right angle from the patient to make the appropriate images for the physician. 

Salary:$24,000 - $36,000

Education: Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school. To become a registered radiologic technologist, students must complete a two year training program in a hospital or school.

Reflection: i think i would like this job because it does interest me.(:

Radiation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities: Radiation Therapy Technologists assist radiologists and oncologists (cancer specialists) in treating diseases by exposing areas of patients' bodies to ionizing radiation.  In addition to help with the treatments, technologists are responsible for maintaining the radiation therapy equipment and helping to maintain patient records.  Radiation therapy has been provided in hospitals, public health clinics, cancer treatment centers, and private offices.

Salary: $22,000 - $36,000

Education: Students should take the most challenging science, math, and also the English courses available in a high school. Student can train to become a radiation therapist in either one or two year programs. One year programs are often offered by hospitals some are one year program, and an applicant must have graduated from an approved program in radiologic technology or has been a nurse with the right education in radiation physics you need a GED is required to enter two year courses.

Reflection: I would not like to be one because this career doesn’t really interest me as much as I thought it would.

Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities: psychologists study the behavior and actions of people to understand, explain, and change their behavior patterns.  They also provide counseling and therapy to those with emotional, learning, and behavior problems.  Psychologists work in schools, clinics, hospitals, and private practice.  They can specialize in clinical, educational, quantitative, developmental, social, experimental, and industrial-organizational psychology.

Salary: $45,000-$65,000

Education:    Students should prepare for a career in psychology by taking the most challenging (AP or IB) high school courses available, especially in English and science. Licensed psychologists must earn a Ph.D. in psychology.  Admission to graduate programs is usually dependent on the quality of undergraduate performance in a psychology major.

Psychiatrist

Duties and Responsibilities: Psychiatrists are physicians who like to specialize in the problems of mental illness.  As physicians, they are licensed to use a very wide variety of some treatment and may write prescriptions.  Psychiatrists may work for the government, have their own private practice, or work in any hospitals, clinics, or universities. 

Salary: $90,000 - $200,000

Education: In addition to completing the requirements for a degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychiatrists must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.

Optometrist

Duties and Responsibilities: Optometrists treat some vision problems.  They treat vision problems by diagnosing the problem and then they prescribe corrective eyeglasses, contact lenses, or vision therapy. Some optometrists specialize in industrial vision safety, treatment of vision related learning disabilities, and environmental vision care.  Unlike ophthalmologist they aren’t physicians and may not write medical prescriptions, treat diseases, or perform surgery.

Salary: $78,000

Education: Students interested in becoming an optometrist should take the most challenging high school courses (AP or IB) available in math, science, and English.  Before entering an optometry school at least two years of college in a pre-professional program is required.

Reflection:  I think I would like this job because I myself wear glasses and I will learn new things about it and I could also help myself with my own vision.

Operating Room Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Operating room technicians are also called surgical technicians and surgical technologists.  They assist in preparing operating rooms for the surgery. They are responsible for having a surgical instruments, sterile bandages and linens, needed fluids, and other equipment ready for the operation.

Salary: $16,000 - $22,000

Education: A high school diploma and/or GED certificate is required.  Many vocational and junior colleges offer programs in the operating room technology, and training may also be taken at large hospital

Reflection: I don’t think I would like to take this job because it doesn’t interest me very much.

Occupational Therapy

Duties and Responsibilities: Occupational therapy assistants and Aides help their patients who are mentally, emotionally, or physically disabled adjust to handicaps and they regain abilities to perform daily living and self-care skills.  They work under the supervision of occupational therapists as part of the team with physicians, counselors, and physical therapists. Most of the occupational therapy assistants are employed at hospitals, and many work at nursing homes. 

Salary: $12,000 - $15,000

Education: Occupational therapy aides must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.  They receive their training while on the job. Occupational therapy assistants must have a complete two year training program that includes clinical experience.

Reflection: i think i would like to be one because helping is what i like to do, i would love to help around and get them better or atleast try to get them better.

Pyramid Healing

Duties and Responsibilities: The healing and Meditation pyramid are powerful personal tools for achieving in deep meditative states and accelerating healing on the spiritual, the mental, and the physical levels. The base and sides of the healing meditation pyramid are crafted from a high grade stainless steel; copper is used only for the capstone. Copper isn’t used for the base and side constructions only because the primary use of the healing meditation pyramid is for humans.

Salary: They have a salary for this type of job

Education: You need to take challenging classes in high school to proceed with this type of job. Some of the challenging classes you would probably take are math, science, and English. You just study and work hard to be what you want to be.

 Reflection: I wouldn’t like this job because it doesn’t interest me and I wouldn’t work for anything that doesn’t pay because what if I need to help out I don’t have any money because my job wouldn’t pay.

Monitor Surveillance Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Monitor surveillance technicians observe in electrical activity of heartbeats in which is graphically displayed on a series of monitors in cardiac care units of hospitals. They always examine these patterns and provide the results to physicians and in the nursing staff. They gather and also report heart pattern information on the patients.

Salary: $26,000 - $41,000

Education Requirements: Students wanting to become a Monitor Surveillance Technicians should take classes like math, science, and computer technology courses when in high school.

Reflection:  I think I wouldn’t  like this job because I wouldn’t like sitting there and watching 

Health Sciences Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities: Health Sciences Librarians and also Library Technicians collect and they organize medical information and they help the practitioners find the information that they need for the patient care, education, research, and also administration. The librarians select and acquire books, journals, and other library material.  They also establish in electronic and digital database information systems.

Salary: $35,000 - $55,000

Education: Students should take some challenging high school courses in information management, science, math, and English. Health sciences library technician train in varies by the employer.

Reflection: Do you think you would like this job? Why or why not? I think I would like this job because I like to be organized and I wouldn’t mind help finding that they need knowing it would be right at the reach of things.

Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical illustrators are some highly skilled artists.  They work in the strictly medical field and they also create graphics for textbooks, journals, magazines, and also educational films.  And there drawing spans a wide range from microorganisms to body parts. Some of the medical illustrators prepare there illustrations that aid in the research about the creation of the artificial body parts.

Salary: $35,000 - $50,000

Education: Students that are interested in becoming part of the medical illustrators should take a college preparatory program when in high school that emphasizes art and in science. In college they should either be in a major or in the art and minor in science or a major in science and minor in art. 

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why or why not?

Yes, but only if I knew how to draw I would. I find it interesting but the only thing is that when they draw they really get into all the graphics and I’m not so good at that I can’t even draw a stick figure.