1 of 9

Slide Notes

DownloadGo Live

Senior Projects

Published on Dec 05, 2015

No Description

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

pediatrician

Holding the Future of Today's Children...

Basic duties

  • Treat both sick and healthy children
  • Focus on a child from birth to as late as 21
  • Their overall goal...?
Photo by knottyboy

requirements

  • Extensive skills
  • Knowledge
  • Experience
Photo by John-Morgan

challenges of a pediactrician

  • Children are not small adults
  • Children can not communicate as easily
  • Physican and emotional toll
they often react differently to drug products than adults do. In order for a pediatrician to help sick children and adolescents, they must prescribe medicines in the appropriate dosages that have only been approved and tested for the treatment of adults.
Photo by Daniel Y. Go

rewards

  • Personal feeling of healing a sick child
  • Always having a strong education
  • High pay
Photo by billhd

Job outlooks

  • Fairly standard present job prospects
  • Very favorable future outlooks
  • Always more children = always more pediatricians

schooling

  • Bachelor's of Science degree
  • Passing the MCAT
  • Completing Medical School 
  • Residency Programs

Personal preference...

  • Rated top 3 nation
  • Big campus 
  • Various interest groups and programs 

Work cited

  • Administrative. "Pediatrician Salary." Healthcare Salary World. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2014. . 
  • Andrews, Julie D. "What Are the Benefits of Being a Pediatrician?" Woman. The Nest, 2013. Web. 26 Feb. 2014. .
  • Justice, Erica R. "Pediatric Physician: Interview 1 with Job Mentor." E-mail interview. 24 Feb. 2014.
  • Klass, Perri. The Real Life of a Pediatrician. New York: Kaplan Pub., 2009. Print. 
  • "The Optimum Dosage for Kids." Pediatrics. Bayer Magazine, 2011. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.