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Pediatrician . Diamond Boyd. Brief Description and Pictures. Most of them wear professional, clean and neat clothes. The type of tools they use are; baby scales, child-size blood pressure cuffs, ophthalmoscope, and thermometer. They work at hospitals and offices. . Education and Training.
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Pediatrician Diamond Boyd
Brief Description and Pictures • Most of them wear professional, clean and neat clothes. • The type of tools they use are; baby scales, child-size blood pressure cuffs, ophthalmoscope, and thermometer. • They work at hospitals and offices.
Education and Training • 4 years of college/ university • Take the MCAT test [to get into medical school] • 4 years in medical school • 3 years in residency • And then you get a pediatric medical licensing • So a total of 11 years in school
Attributes and Abilities • If you want to be a pediatrician you have to have; observation, communication, decisiveness, and motivation. • College- $160,000 for 4 years • Medical School-$160,000 for 4 years • You will have to treat physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to 21 years old.
Job Outlook • They say that the job will grow 24% from now to 2020.
Duties of a pediatrician • Treating children who have illnesses, health problems, and other medical concerns • Examine children to chart growth and development or diagnose conditions
Duties of a pediatrician • Order or perform tests to find out about patients health • Examining patients • You will have extended hours
Duties of a pediatrician • Diagnosing patients • Patient tracing • Being nice and putting it into a kid’s understanding
Bibliography • Occupational Outlook Handbook.13 April 2012. Bureau Of Labor Statistics 14 February 2013 • <http://www.bls.gov/ooh/>