Pediatrician

1. Pediatrician Name: Ingrid Voicu Roth NOC Number: 3111

2. Job Description • A pediatrician is a doctor that specialized in working with newborns, children and teenagers. • What they do is diagnose or treat injuries, infections or diseases but they also have to counsel some of the children and make them feel better about themselves. • They may be faced with various challenges and they also have to be good under pressure.

3. Working Conditions • The working condition of pediatricians vary. • They can work in hospitals with children that need their help, they can work in their own private offices, in health clinics or government agencies. • Most paediatricians work from 8 – 12 hours a day depending on where. They must be willing to come to work at night and/or weekends and work for long periods of time.

4. Earnings • Earnings depend on the working condition of these doctors like the country they are in, where they work, how much time they spend working, etc… • Earnings also vary on the experience a person has with this job and how many years it has been into practice. • An average pediatrician usually makes $100,000 to $300,000 a year. If he is a really experienced one with a reputation he may even make more.

5. Education and Training • High school: • Grade 11- mathematics, English, physics, biology, chemistry, social studies, probability & statistics, computer technology. • Grade 12- English, calculus, biology, chemistry, physics, social studies, computer technology, algebra & geometry • After high school individuals must attend a medical school and earn a medicine degree. They must have about 2-3 years of undergraduate university education. They must also write a standardized exam.

6. Other suggested qualifications • Compassionate • Patient • Love for children • Communication Skills • Friendly • Understanding • Able to cope with stress • Experience working with children • Ready to learn more day by day

7. Program description • Name of institution: University of Waterloo • Name of program: Honours Science • Program Description: Offering you the widest choice, Honours Science is our most flexible and versatile program. If you're not sure what your main interest is or prefer the flexibility of a non-major program, Honours Science lets you sample different science courses in your first 2 years. You may then decide on a major at any time up to third year.

8. Program details • Admissions: Required courses: any grade 12 university English, advanced functions, calculus and vectors, any two of: chemistry, biology, physics, earth and space science, mathematics of data management. • Admission advantages: low 80s

9. Sample career path • Level 1: Resident in Pediatrics Earnings - $42,000 to $65,000 a year Requirements - Doctor of Medicine degree (MD) Responsibilities- Diagnosing and treating patients with minor ailments under the supervision of licensed doctors. • Level 2: Pediatrician Earnings - $100,000 to $150,000 a year Requirements - Completion of 4-year residency in pediatrics, successful completion of the medical licensing exams. Responsibilities - Diagnosing and treating patients; providing education and counselling to patients and their parents; performing administrative duties. • Level 3: Established Pediatrician Earnings - $150,000 to $300,000 a year or more Requirements - Many years of experience, a solid reputation, an established group of patients Responsibilities - Diagnosing and treating patients; providing education and counselling to patients and their parents; advocating children’s issues within the community; performing administrative duties; possibly undertaking research activities.

10. Why I would like to be a pediatrician • I would love to be a pediatrician because I think it is a beautiful job. You get to help children throughout their social problems and health issues. • I personally love children and working with them and understanding how they act, think, speak… I also enjoy giving advice and helping them out with problems. • One of my dreams is to become a pediatrician and once I am financially stable to go out on missionary trips and help kids in developing countries that don’t get the same health care as people in developed countries. • I am friendly and determined to pursue this career and help children out. • Plus it pays very good salary and it may help me sustain myself and my future family.

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13. Interesting facts Ten fun facts • Fact 1:The average age children begin to use a microwave is seven.Fact 2:A 3-year old Boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.Fact 3:Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.Fact 4:On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.Fact 5:Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children.Fact 6:In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.Fact 7:The great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.Fact 8:Children's’ kneecaps only start to turn bony at 3 years of age, until that they are made of cartilage.Fact 9:Both boys and girls in 1600s England and New England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.Fact 10:Children under the age of six are at the greatest risk for crushing or burning injuries of the hand.