Grey's Anatomy: A Career As A Surgeon

When I was little I would always play doctor. Every year up until I was 9 I asked for a doctor barbie every Christmas and even now my favorite show is Grey’s Anatomy. I think that a surgeon is one of the most important career of all because a surgeon gets to help people who are ill and have broken bones or tumors. After researching important career information like work environment,skills needed for the occupation, the years of college and medical school needed, the licence and certificates needed, the salary, and the job outlook for this career I’ve decided I want to pursue a career in the medical field specifically as a surgeon.
Education and training needed, any other skills needed, work environment, and a description of being a surgeon. Being a surgeon takes a lot of schooling first surgeons must complete 4 years of undergraduate school after that, 4 years of medical school and it depends on the specialty a resident wants to be trained for so it’s between 3-7 years of internship and

A surgeon's salary during their residency years is $187,200 per year or $90.00 an hour. A general surgeon’s yearly pay is $395,456. Pay may vary because of years in practice, geographic region of practice, hours worked, skill, personality, and professional reputation. A surgeon's pay is one of the highest pay wages of any occupation. Surgeons have a 14% growth of employment rate between 2014 and 2024 (Occupational Outlook Handbook). Some pros of being a surgeon is the highest paying rates of any occupation, healing people, working with other surgeons, and working in very sterile environments. Some cons of being a surgeon is at least 13 years of college after high school, long work hours, a person could/would die if you make a wrong decision, and being a surgeon will be tiring because a surgeon has to walk or run around a huge hospital and they don’t sit a lot while