Pediatrician
By Marjoya Smith
What they do ?
Pediatricians focus on the physical, emotional, and social health of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth to 21 years.
Environment
- Hospital
- Offices for group practice
How do you become one ?
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Four Years of Medical School
- Three-Year Residency
- hands-on training
Pay
- works 54 hours a week, with most of that time in direct patient care
- sees 95 patients a week
- works in a group practice (only 10% of Pediatricians are in solo practice)
- is either self employed (47%) or are employees of a group practice or hospital
- works in an urban area
- has a mean income of $139,600 a year
Job outlook
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published studies regularly on the need for physicians and surgeons. According to their statistics, Pediatricians will see a 22% increase in jobs from 2008-2018
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