Careers
1) Pathologist:
A pathologist is someone who specializes in diagnosing human diseases. They test bodily fluids, blood and tissue samples, they interpret the results in order to find the disease that is affecting us or other medical conditions. They also can work on autopsy in order to find the cause of death of a person. Pathologists also work with patients as well and share the information they have learned from the testing’s they did. Pathologist’s have responsibilities which is to make sure they performed the tests correctly and
accurately, and they need to ensure that they interpreted the results properly. They study medical conditions, they examine microscope samples to identify diseases, they need to talk to physicians about providing treatments to their patients, they interpret results from urine tests, microbial tests and they have many more duties.
Pathologists have many different environments in which they work. They may work in hospitals where they diagnose and treat patients, they need to spend time with other pathologist and review cases with them. Pathologists work in labs, hospitals, offices and classrooms. They mostly work 40 hours a week but it depends on how much they are needed. They mostly work in a team and attend meetings to inform their group members of what is going on. They make approximately $240,000 a year. The educational pathway you would need to take to become a pathologist is to get a bachelor’s degree but that only gives you the basic jobs such as medical laboratory technologists. People who have a master’s degree get a better job like teaching or applied
research. In order to be a fully qualified pathologist, you need to have a PhD. After they go to medical school to get their M.D, higher degrees or higher job education gets you a better job.
2) Cardiac Surgeon:
A cardiac surgeon is a surgeon who specializes in doing surgery on the heart, the chest and the lungs. They mostly perform surgery because the patient would have a disease. A cardiac surgeon is responsible for repairing and treating injuries or diseases that the chest area has. Most cardiac surgery procedures are coronary artery bypass, heart transplants, valve replacements and
much more. Cardiac surgeons also perform surgery on the lungs, mostly because they are diseased. Other than surgery, surgeons also care for their patients after their operation monitoring them. They also have to inform the patient’s family with anything that goes on during surgery. Another one of their duties is to supervise other in-training cardiac surgeons. Cardiac surgeons work long
hours standing in an operation room operating. They work more than 50 hours a week and don’t have a certain schedule to follow. Surgeons work in a well-lit, disinfected environment with many others who help with the operation. Surgeons need to be able to work under pressure when life and death situations occur and they need to have good decision making and technique skills. They mostly work with others when operating on people but sometimes they may be alone with some assistants. The salary made by cardiac surgeons is approximately anywhere up to $300,000. To become a cardiac surgeon, you need to get a bachelor’s degree then go to medical school to get you M.D. After that, you would attend a surgical residency program to train and perhaps go into a specific type of cardiac surgeon.
Bibliography:
· Pathologist Job Description, Career as a Pathologist, Salary, Employment - Definition and Nature of the Work, Education and Training Requirements, Getting the Job - StateUniversity.com . (n.d.). Job Descriptions and Careers, Career and Job Opportunities, Career Search, and Career Choices and Profiles -
StateUniversity . Retrieved June 16, 2012, from http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/412/Pathologist.html
· Science Careers: Pathologist. (n.d.).Science Fair Project Ideas, Answers, & Tools. Retrieved June 16, 2012, from http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-engineering-careers/HumBio_pathologist_c001.shtml?From=testb#education
· Batiste, C. (n.d.). Cardiac Surgeon Duties | eHow.com. eHow | How to Videos, Articles & More - Discover the expert in you. | eHow.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012, from http://www.ehow.com/facts_5533372_cardiac-surgeon-duties.html
· Bianca, A. (n.d.). The Working Conditions for a Heart Surgeon | eHow.com. eHow | How to Videos, Articles & More - Discover the expert in you. |
eHow.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012, from http://www.ehow.com/about_6322971_working-conditions-heart-surgeon.html
· Huds, D. (n.d.). Duties & Responsibilities of a Cardiac Surgeon | eHow.com. eHow | How to Videos, Articles & More - Discover the expert in you. | eHow.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012, from http://www.ehow.com/info_7839388_duties-responsibilities-cardiac-surgeon.html
· Santiago, A. (n.d.). Surgeon Careers: Jobs as a Surgeon and Overview of Surgeons' Careers. Health Careers. Retrieved June 17, 2012, from
http://healthcareers.about.com/od/physiciancareers/p/surgeonjobs.htm
A pathologist is someone who specializes in diagnosing human diseases. They test bodily fluids, blood and tissue samples, they interpret the results in order to find the disease that is affecting us or other medical conditions. They also can work on autopsy in order to find the cause of death of a person. Pathologists also work with patients as well and share the information they have learned from the testing’s they did. Pathologist’s have responsibilities which is to make sure they performed the tests correctly and
accurately, and they need to ensure that they interpreted the results properly. They study medical conditions, they examine microscope samples to identify diseases, they need to talk to physicians about providing treatments to their patients, they interpret results from urine tests, microbial tests and they have many more duties.
Pathologists have many different environments in which they work. They may work in hospitals where they diagnose and treat patients, they need to spend time with other pathologist and review cases with them. Pathologists work in labs, hospitals, offices and classrooms. They mostly work 40 hours a week but it depends on how much they are needed. They mostly work in a team and attend meetings to inform their group members of what is going on. They make approximately $240,000 a year. The educational pathway you would need to take to become a pathologist is to get a bachelor’s degree but that only gives you the basic jobs such as medical laboratory technologists. People who have a master’s degree get a better job like teaching or applied
research. In order to be a fully qualified pathologist, you need to have a PhD. After they go to medical school to get their M.D, higher degrees or higher job education gets you a better job.
2) Cardiac Surgeon:
A cardiac surgeon is a surgeon who specializes in doing surgery on the heart, the chest and the lungs. They mostly perform surgery because the patient would have a disease. A cardiac surgeon is responsible for repairing and treating injuries or diseases that the chest area has. Most cardiac surgery procedures are coronary artery bypass, heart transplants, valve replacements and
much more. Cardiac surgeons also perform surgery on the lungs, mostly because they are diseased. Other than surgery, surgeons also care for their patients after their operation monitoring them. They also have to inform the patient’s family with anything that goes on during surgery. Another one of their duties is to supervise other in-training cardiac surgeons. Cardiac surgeons work long
hours standing in an operation room operating. They work more than 50 hours a week and don’t have a certain schedule to follow. Surgeons work in a well-lit, disinfected environment with many others who help with the operation. Surgeons need to be able to work under pressure when life and death situations occur and they need to have good decision making and technique skills. They mostly work with others when operating on people but sometimes they may be alone with some assistants. The salary made by cardiac surgeons is approximately anywhere up to $300,000. To become a cardiac surgeon, you need to get a bachelor’s degree then go to medical school to get you M.D. After that, you would attend a surgical residency program to train and perhaps go into a specific type of cardiac surgeon.
Bibliography:
· Pathologist Job Description, Career as a Pathologist, Salary, Employment - Definition and Nature of the Work, Education and Training Requirements, Getting the Job - StateUniversity.com . (n.d.). Job Descriptions and Careers, Career and Job Opportunities, Career Search, and Career Choices and Profiles -
StateUniversity . Retrieved June 16, 2012, from http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/412/Pathologist.html
· Science Careers: Pathologist. (n.d.).Science Fair Project Ideas, Answers, & Tools. Retrieved June 16, 2012, from http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-engineering-careers/HumBio_pathologist_c001.shtml?From=testb#education
· Batiste, C. (n.d.). Cardiac Surgeon Duties | eHow.com. eHow | How to Videos, Articles & More - Discover the expert in you. | eHow.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012, from http://www.ehow.com/facts_5533372_cardiac-surgeon-duties.html
· Bianca, A. (n.d.). The Working Conditions for a Heart Surgeon | eHow.com. eHow | How to Videos, Articles & More - Discover the expert in you. |
eHow.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012, from http://www.ehow.com/about_6322971_working-conditions-heart-surgeon.html
· Huds, D. (n.d.). Duties & Responsibilities of a Cardiac Surgeon | eHow.com. eHow | How to Videos, Articles & More - Discover the expert in you. | eHow.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012, from http://www.ehow.com/info_7839388_duties-responsibilities-cardiac-surgeon.html
· Santiago, A. (n.d.). Surgeon Careers: Jobs as a Surgeon and Overview of Surgeons' Careers. Health Careers. Retrieved June 17, 2012, from
http://healthcareers.about.com/od/physiciancareers/p/surgeonjobs.htm