Pediatrician Job Description and Salary

A Pediatrician is a child’s physician, dealing with the physical, mental, and emotional well being of the child. You undoubtedly have to have a strong love for children and have patience to be a Pediatrician. If you don’t like children then it is apparent being a Pediatrician is not the job for you. I have dreamed of being a Pediatrician since I was 7 years old, ever since I was rushed to the emergency room for an accident I had. I remember how the doctor interacted with me; he introduced himself, and he explained what a Pediatrician did. He told me step by step what he was doing, as he was doing it, and how he was going to do it. From then is when I realized that doctors were not scary, and since that day I have dreamed of becoming a doctor, of course until now. I love children very much, and I would absolutely love to have a career involving them. Being a doctor is basically everyone’s dream at one point, mine just stuck with me throughout the years. Now put being a doctor and children together and that sounds like a perfect job to have. Interacting with different kids and babies’ daily would be such a joy. Before I did research on this career, I thought it was going to be simple and an easy way to earn money. That is when I then found out after you complete 11 years of college, every year you have to continue to take a test, and have an excellent score. By the time I would be finishing 11 years of college I would be almost 28, maybe 29, years old, and I would just be starting my career. I would have to pay thousands of dollars of college debt before I would be making any real money.

The first obstacle every Pediatrician must face is becoming one, because it takes a lot of years to finally start a profession as one. They must...

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...avel around the world to some third world countries and help the children there. That would be an amazing experience, and very beneficial.

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