Pediatrician


 * Category: **** physician **


 * Career ** : ** pediatrician **


 * Job Description: **

A pediatrician is a child’s physician who provides: preventive health maintenance for healthy children, medical care for children who are acutely or chronically ill. Pediatricians manage the physical, mental and emotional well-being of their patients in every stage of development in good health or in illness. For pediatricians includes a wide variety of tasks including collecting medical history, ordering tests, administering providers, and refer patients to medical specialist when necessary. Pediatricians plan and implement healthcare programs, as well as prepare reports for other organizations. And they work to reduce infant and child mortality, control infectious disease, foster healthy lifestyles, and ease the day-to- day difficulties of children and adolescents with chronic conditions.


 * Educational Requirements: **

Following graduation from medical school, primary care pediatricians complete 3 years of education in an accredited pediatric residency training emphasizes care of the whole infant, child, adolescent and young adult.


 * Colleges or Universities Programs of Study: **
 * __ Baylor College of medicine __**
 * __ Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center __**
 * __ The university of Texas Health Science Center __**
 * __ The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio __**
 * __ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas __**


 * Professional Organizations: **

__ International Pediatric Association __ __ American Board of Pediatrics __ __ American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry __


 * Salary Range: **

The American Medication reports on average income for pediatricians at $135,400 a year, but that was from 1993. Medical Economics magazine reports a salary range for pediatricians from less than $60,000 up to $400,000 a year, with doctors that saw more patients and worked longer hours generally making more money, while those who work part time make less.


 * Future Job Outlook ** :

As long as kids continue to be born, the outlook is good. Government economists expect faster-than-average job growth for doctors, including pediatricians, through 2014. Rural and low-income areas will have the most opportunities because of less competition for jobs. Medical research jobs, especially in the areas of AIDS and cancer, are well funded and open to pediatricians who specialize in these areas, but they are also competitive.


 * Personal Thoughts of the Page Author: **

I’m interested in this career because I love kids I like to be around them and take care of them. And since I like the health care field I think been a pediatric would be a good choice.