The career I chose was a neurologist. A Neurologist is a doctor that works with your nervous system. Whenever your heart beats, you breathe, think, dream, smell, see, move, laugh, or feel something you use your nervous system. Neurologist could diagnose a patient’s sleep disorder by using their brain wave test, eye movement, and breathing data while a sleep test. They can diagnose different disorders, for example using a child’s brain wave data to see if their seizures are from epilepsy or another disorder. They can also tell how bad a car accident victim is injured and see what they should do to best help them recover. Neurologist alsoadminister reflex exams during a neurological examination to see if the nervous system in the patient is damaged.
Education is very important in order to become a Neurologist. Classes in High School include Biology, chemistry, physics, geometry, algebra II, pre-calculus, English and if a choice computer science and physiology, biomedical science, and statistic. Taking a foreign language could also help. In the college education, you need 8 years of education after high school and 3-8 years of residency. This equals to you needing four years of premedical education, four years of medical school, one year of internship, and at least three years of specialty training at a residency program. The least amount of a degree is a professional degree of MD (Doctor of Medicine). Neurologist must be very observant, kind and empathetic, and analytical they need to be able to communicate with others well and have strong desire to help others.
Someone that is a Neurologist currently would be making $187,200 a year. The US mean annual pay is $42,320. A Neurologist is in demand right now but is grower faster than the average. It will be 20% or more in the future. Which means in 2022 there will be a lot more opportunities to become a Neurologist. This also means that the Neurologist job is growing largely.
A Neurologist has many things they must do during their day. Being a Neurologist you would perform neurological examinations of the nerves in the head and neck and all the other nervous in your body. They can also perform another diagnostic test. For example, a CAT scan, MRI/MRA, Lumbar puncture, EEG, and an EMG/NCV. They measure a patient’s severity and can also come up with the treatment that should be done. Another example of many is performing or interpreting the outcomes of procedure and diagnostic test, for example, the treatments I listed above.
I have a big interest in becoming a Neurologist. The job seems fun and looks like it would never get boring. One of the criteria you must have to become a Neurologist is being able to speak with others which is one of my strong suits I have. I also love helping others so it seems like a great fit for me. Becoming a Neurologist sounds hard and sounds like it will take a lot of work, though I think that I could work extra hard if it is a topic that interests me. The job also pays very well after you get out of debt and are out of residency which will take three to eight years. Another big reason is because I have two connections with people who have had seizures. One of the two sadly does have epilepsy, but the other ended up just banging their head perfectly and causing them to seize. One question I would ask a Neurologist is if you become a Neurologist are you always on call or ever have any free time to go on trips or spend family time?
In conclusion becoming a Neurologist does sound like a job I might put into consideration in becoming. It sounds fun and exciting. It does, however, take a lot of hard work, but I think that if I work up to my potential then I can get it done. I now have a lot of respect for Neurologist because I now know how hard they have worked to get where they are today.