Orthopedic Surgeon

Orthopedic Surgeon

Duties and Responsibilities: Orthopedic Surgeon are professionals who treat patients with skeletal injuries and diseases. The professionals are required to identify the problem with the patient's uses research from symptoms and abnormal features in the body. Treatment for patients include surgery. Orthopedic Surgeons work with Nurses, ER Physicians, etc for treatment care for the patient. An Orthopedic Surgeon is responsible to educate their patient on what is going to happen and what is happening to them with the problems them have. An Orthopedic Surgeon work in hospital departments.

Salary: $355,957 - $585,605 annually

Education: Orthopedic Surgeons are required to complete a 4 year bachelor degree in pre-medicine, 4 years of medical school, and 4-5 years of orthopedic surgery. To add on, when receiving license they must take a test, but they must take a test every 7-10 years to be certified. Orthopedic Surgeons are required to understand the technologies use, medical understanding, the prevention and treatment understanding,etc. Orthopedic surgeons are those who specialize in surgery.

Demand or Need for this Profession: 14% by 2024

Reflection: To conclude, I wouldn't like to become an Orthopedic Surgeon, because it includes performing surgeries. I do not desire to be in the medical field. To add on, I wouldn’t like to perform surgeries on anyone whom i may get very nervous and does not like to be near blood. Being in the Medical Field would be pretty cool, but with what I know about myself it wouldn’t fit me the best.

Operation Room Technician

Operating Room Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Operating Room Technicians are also known as surgical or technologist technicians. These technicians are those who prepare and clean up afterwards a operating room before and after a surgery. These technicians are like the surgeons assistant. These technicians are required to prepare and clean up a surgical room before and after operation has been done, provide assistance during the operation, have the needed and asked tools for operation, and to organize those tools properly. Operating Room Technician working environment is in an operating room that can be found in hospital or clinics.

Salary: $41,032 - $49,103

Education: To become a Operating Room Technician you are required to have a high school diploma or something equal to it, a completion of surgical technology program, and certification. In surgical technology programs they are training program where you learn about the techniques and surgical ways during operation. This program can take 9 to 15 months for certification. To become certified they must pass a national exam.

Demand for this profession: 15% by 2024

Reflection: I personally wouldn’t want to be a Operating Room Technician, because i do not desire to be involved in the Medical field. I don’t have an interest in this career, because it involves being part of a surgery and I am someone who can get crossed out easily. I personally am not the best person to be around anything in relation with human blood,etc. This job doesn’t fit for me.