Features of the profession
If you have firmly decided to become a doctor, but do not yet know what specialization to choose, you can analyze your physical data.
Surgeons tend to have thin and long fingers. This will make it easier to carry out operations.
Orthopedists need strength. After all, realigning joints and vertebrae is not an easy task.
The main feature of the profession is that a doctor should not “harm the patient.”
Etiquette of a medical practitioner
- Medical ethics begins with the Hippocratic Oath. After all, it contains the basic principles of behavior.
- Appearance should inspire confidence in the patient.
- Well delivered speech. The specialist cannot complain to the patient about personal problems, lack of money or poor working conditions.
- Gestures should help position the patient for open communication.
- The doctor is prohibited from showing the patient that you are hesitating in making a decision.
- Respect for colleagues
- The doctor is prohibited from disclosing personal information about the person who sought help to third parties.
Required professional skills and knowledge
Every doctor must have a good understanding of the structure of the human body, and highly specialized doctors must have a thorough understanding of the issues they deal with.
He needs to know everything about the organs that he is entrusted with treating and that are nearby.
The doctor is required to have excellent knowledge about basic medications: what they are for, how to use them, contraindications. You need to be aware of a huge number of new products.
In order to establish contact with the patient, you need to know psychology. The ability to create a trusting atmosphere is highly valued in medical practice. Such knowledge especially helps dentists, gynecologists, and proctologists. With the help of simple methods, an appointment with a doctor will not turn into hard labor for the patient, and will have a beneficial effect on health.
Personal qualities of a doctor
It is recommended for people who have developed the following qualities to devote their lives to medical practice:
- intelligence;
- intuition;
- observation;
- patience;
- sociability;
- self confidence;
- determination;
- emotional resistance to stressful situations.
It is important that doctors become those who care about the people around them; those who are merciful to the grief of others and want to change the world for the better.
How to become a doctor?
In order to become a doctor you need to receive special education. Doctors are trained in medical schools and medical institutes.
Schoolchildren who are determined to study medicine can begin to prepare for the profession of a doctor while still at school, because in order to enter a medical school, the future doctor must have a good knowledge of biology, physics and chemistry. There are a lot of people who want to become a doctor, and the teachers at the institute will teach only the smartest and most diligent students who received the highest marks in the entrance exams.
Immediately after entering the institute, medical students begin to study general information about human health, diseases and methods of treating them. Over time, students make a decision about what kind of doctor they should become, because doctors are very different and it is impossible to be a good specialist in all areas at once. From this time on, they begin to study in depth the area of medicine that interests them and eventually receive professions: pediatrician, ophthalmologist, dentist.
However, after graduating from college, young specialists are not yet able to treat people on their own. In order to become a full-fledged experienced doctor, they will have to work for several more years in a hospital or clinic under the guidance of other experienced doctors.
The path to becoming a doctor is long and difficult, and not everyone reaches the end of this path, but young men and women who have successfully completed their training will henceforth be able to save people, heal the sick, and help people stay healthy.
How much do doctors earn
A doctor's earnings are influenced by many factors:
- whether you work in a private or public clinic;
- specialization;
- professionalism.
On average, doctors' income ranges from $390 to $780 . However, in metropolitan cities with prestigious clinics, this figure can be much higher.
The highest paying medical professions
Among the profitable and most popular specialties are dentistry and cosmetology .
Obstetricians , urologists , and gynecologists earn slightly less .
Surgeons also have a decent income, but their earnings are inferior to the above categories.
People who became therapists and pediatricians . They are constantly in demand.
Today there is a demand for the profession of a doctor - psychologist , nutritionist . They are also on the list of the highest paid.
Advantages and disadvantages
The profession of a doctor is accompanied by positive aspects:
- demand;
- good earnings with proper practice;
- the opportunity to engage in research activities;
- awareness of one's own importance;
- grateful looks from patients.
However, the work of a doctor is not without difficulties:
- long training period;
- negative reactions of patients who did not respond to the proposed treatment;
- irregular working hours;
- the need to talk with the patient at his intellectual level in order to identify symptoms of the disease;
- self-sacrifice, not sparing one’s health, to save human lives.
Contraindications
Not every person can be a doctor by vocation. This applies primarily to people who are characterized by
- fear at the sight of blood;
- disgust and rigidity;
- pessimistic mood;
- diffidence;
- irresponsibility.
From a medical point of view, doctors cannot be people who
- have difficulty hearing or seeing;
- have infectious diseases of a chronic nature;
- have a weak vestibular apparatus;
- have neuropsychiatric diseases;
- with speech defects.
Requirements for the profession
The following requirements apply to doctors:
- presence of higher education;
- experience;
- knowledge of communication psychology;
- the physician must know Latin;
Recently, an innovation came into force according to which medical workers of the Russian Federation who work with minor citizens must present a certificate of no criminal record when applying for a job. If there is a violation of the law, the applicant's candidacy for the position of doctor is considered by a specialized commission.
Job responsibilities
A doctor will never be left without work. Every working day, doctors around the world
- provide assistance;
- determine the causes of diseases;
- do diagnostics;
- treat;
- prevent the causes of diseases;
- advise;
- tell the population how to protect themselves from illnesses;
- developing new drugs and progressive treatment methods.
You can consider responsibilities in more detail based on specialization:
- therapists see you in clinics or hospitals. They examine patients, diagnose and prescribe treatment;
- surgeons - perform operations. Their work is very responsible and requires precise knowledge and practice;
- pathologists - autopsy the dead to determine the causes of their death;
- psychiatry and psychology - examine patients and find out the cause of psychological abnormalities and help restore a healthy emotional state.
Doctor's responsibility
In addition to numerous responsibilities, doctors have a huge responsibility for human life and health.
Medical workers are required to perform their duties efficiently.
After all, one mistake in choosing medications can lead to the death of the patient, and such actions require legal proceedings and are punishable by law.
Doctor's powers
A doctor has the right to refuse treatment to a patient if he feels incompetent or does not have the necessary equipment for treatment. In this case, he must transfer the patient to a more competent specialist.
It is possible to refuse further management of a patient if the patient violates the internal regulations of the medical institution and does not follow the doctor’s instructions, provided that the life of the patient and the people around him is not in danger.
The doctor has the right to hide reliable information about his illness from the patient if such information may worsen the patient’s health condition.
Where are doctors needed?
The profession of a doctor is in great demand. Doctors of various specialties work in clinics and hospitals, private and public medical centers. As a rule, medical workers are present in kindergartens, schools and health institutions to provide timely assistance in case it is suddenly needed.
Ambulance workers and so-called “disaster medicine” deserve special mention. These are doctors who immediately arrive on the first call in particularly severe cases when there is a threat to human life and health. Sometimes these doctors themselves find themselves in life-threatening situations, as they are called to fires, accidents and other dangerous incidents. A special unit of very experienced and qualified doctors, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, can even urgently fly to other cities and countries when their help is needed.
Doctor is one of the oldest professions. Primitive people did not yet know how to build houses, but they already knew what to do if their comrade fell ill or was injured. At first it was simply knowledge about medicinal herbs and special helping techniques, passed on from mouth to mouth. Generation after generation, they acquired more and more new information and gradually turned into the science that is now called medicine.
To become a doctor, you need to study a lot. How much depends on what exactly he will treat. In addition to general practitioners, there are specialists who deal with the problems of only one organ or system. For example, an ophthalmologist treats the eyes, an otolaryngologist treats the ears, nose and throat, a nephrologist treats the kidneys, and so on. Regardless of the chosen direction, the future doctor must know everything about the structure of the body, the processes that occur inside the body, the changes that are observed in various diseases (they are also called symptoms). Thanks to this knowledge, he will be able to make the correct diagnosis (that is, identify the disease) and prescribe the necessary treatment.
A doctor can work in different conditions. There are 3 main types of their activities. Some doctors see their patients in clinics. Their offices have tools for simple inspection. They can also give directions for tests, the results of which will help determine what is happening in the body. These doctors are contacted if the disease can be treated at home. Everyone who has caught a cold at least once in their life has met them.
Some doctors work in hospitals and large medical centers. As a rule, they are specialists. They are contacted if the disease requires more serious intervention - for example, surgery.
The third group is emergency doctors. They go to the patient in a specially equipped car along with a supply of necessary medications and instruments. Their field of activity includes injuries, heart attacks and other serious conditions. In addition to cars, they even have helicopters at their disposal - air ambulances. They are used if the patient is too far from the nearest hospital but needs emergency treatment. Such means are used, for example, in the Far North.
Scientists are developing new diagnostic devices and new drugs - so a doctor must study throughout his life. Thanks to the development of medicine, those diseases that were previously considered serious and dangerous can now be cured.
