Pediatricians, General
Also called:
Pediatrician, General Pediatrician, Medical Doctor (MD), Physician
see titles from the Air Force, Army, or Navy.
Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics; Pediatrician; Pediatrician, Adolescent Medicine; Pediatrician, Cardiology; Pediatrician, Endocrinology; Pediatrician, Gastroenterology; Pediatrician, Hematology; Pediatrician, Neonatology; Pediatrician, Nephrology; Pediatrician, Neurology; Pediatrician, Pulmonology
Pediatrician
Pediatrician
What they do:
Physicians who diagnose, treat, and help prevent children's diseases and injuries.
On the job, you would:
- Examine patients or order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis.
- Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development.
- Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children.
Health
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
Math and Science
Arts and Humanities
Business
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include
ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Concern for Others
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Cooperation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- Advanced Data Systems MedicsDocAssistant for Pediatrics
- EMR Experts Pediatric EMR
Information retrieval or search software
- Drug reference software
- Medical information databases
Electronic mail software
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doctoral/professional degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$158,170
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Army, or Navy.
