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I am trying to specify what career I want to go into. I am currently in college, and would like to begin specifying what exact profession it is that I want to go into. I have considered such careers as: pediatrician or optometrist. I currently work in a Pediatric Endocrinology clinic, and in seeing a specialty clinic with such a small amount of doctors, am wondering about all the other medical profession possibilities. There are so many! Are there any suggestions?
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If you plan on going to med school to be any kind of doctor you’ll rotate through all the different specialties then you can see what you really like. When I was in respiratory therapy school I wanted to work in the NICU, that was until I rotated through it. I hated it. I found ER and trauma more my style. If you don’t want to spend 4 years in college then another 4 in med school then another 4-8 in residency you can look into nursing. RN’s have a lot of opportunities for employment. Any area of health care has nurses, even radiology. My friend became an optometrist and really likes it. Pharmacists make a ton of money and are in high demand with 6-8 years of college and no residency, they have a PhD.
Palliative Care. It’s becoming a huge specialty. Because primary care MDs don’t want to issue large amounts of controlled substances under their own license and people do not want to go on hospice (not ready, don’t think they need it), comfort care is a big newcomer to the industry. Though you end up referring people to hospice at times, mainly your goal is to provide the consult and recommend what level of care. However, you have to be an extremely compassionate individual who can be honest with your patients about their futures and treatment options.