Basic Information On Doctors In The US

By Iva Cannon


A doctor is a medical professional with specialty in the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of human health. They do the aforementioned through study, diagnosis, and treatment mental or physical impairments such as diseases and injuries. Doctors are also called physicians and they have several fields they can specialize in. Major areas of specialization are methods of treatment, categories of diseases, and types of patients. When they specialize in any of the categories named above, they go by the name specialist medical practitioners.

Another specialty in the medicine field is one for providing individuals, communities, or families with continuous comprehensive health care services for an extended period. The name for practitioners who give such care is general practitioners. The word doctor and workers in this field varies across countries, but it retains certain common elements worldwide. People graduating from a learning institution are awarded various degree certificates.

Physicians have several sub-fields in which they can specialize. Among the major ones include ophthalmology, endocrinology, geriatrics, psychiatry, anesthesiology, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, neurology, emergency medicine, and internal medicine. The job description involves accepting patients and carrying out an investigation to be able to give a diagnosis of what the patient is suffering from. Once a diagnosis has been made, the practitioner proceeds to treatment which may involve, prescription of drugs and surgery.

Physicians can find work in various places. Some prefer working in small offices and clinics whereas others go for large hospitals or group practices. Statistics reveal that in 2012, 700, 000 physicians were employed in the US including Mt. Sterling. Projections reveal that employment in this field will keep rising into 2022. This means that employment opportunities will be higher compared to the number of practitioners available for employment.

Normally, a doctor is required to spend many hours working every day. They spend over forty hours every week working on average. The 40 hours per week include hours they spend attending to emergencies they are called for at night. It is a common thing to see these practitioners working throughout the night. Holidays are available to some once or twice in a year. However, workers on holidays can always be called back to work if there is need for that.

Becoming a doctor is involving and normally requires one to go through a tertiary-level academic institution, a medical school. Education in tertiary level institution takes five to six years in most developed states before one graduates to enter the medicine career. Strict supervision is given to all graduates for a certain period of time before they can be registered to practice on their own. Full registration is granted after that. In the US, only practitioners who went through residencies can practice.

The achievement of the necessary academic qualifications leads to the process of becoming registered and acquiring a license to practice. The license received is normally valid in one country, but it is sometimes necessary for some practitioners to be licensed in several countries. Once licensed, the practitioner has the power to apply their knowledge on patients and practice freely.

To conclude, one of the most well-paying professions is medicine. The profession is respected in the American society and salaries are good too. Several credits have gone to medical practitioners for inventing some of the high technologies and medical procedures in use today.




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