SURGEN

Surgeons are physicians who treat diseases, injuries, and deformities by invasive, minimally invasive or non invasive surgical methods, such as using instruments, appliances, or by manual manipulation.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience : many require more than 5 years experience with an additional 5 years of on site training
• Education : a bachelors degree is the minimum degree, but most require a Ph.D, or M.D
• Training : many require at least 1 year of residency.

Surgeons held about 691,400 jobs in 2012. Surgeons have demanding education many requiring 4 years of undergraduate, 4 years of medical school and 3-8 years in residency.

Wages for surgeons are among the highest of all occupations, with their salaries ranging from $220,942 - $396,233 a year.

JOB TASKS

• Follow established surgical techniques during the operation.
• Examine patient to determine condition and risk.
• Analyze patients medical history, medication allergies, physical condition to determine best procedures.
• Provide consultation and surgical assistance to other surgeons
• Prepare case histories
• Examine instruments , equipment and operating room to ensure sterility.
• Ect..

TOP 5 SKILLS

• Judgement and decision making : considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one
• Active listening : giving full attention to what other people are saying
• Complex problem solving : identifying and reviewing related info to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
• Critical thinking : using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Reading comprehension : understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

TOP 5 ABILITIES

• Problem solving : the ability to tell when something is wrong or likely to go wrong.
• Deductive reasoning : the ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Manual dexterity : the ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Inductive reasoning : the ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions
• Oral comprehension : the ability to listen and understand information and ideas presented through words

I love the idea of how being a surgeon could help people, because I do love to do that. I just don't know how I could handle the loss of losing a patient because I would feel like it was my fault because I would feel like something I did was wrong and I wouldn't like to feel that burden.

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