walter's+research+paper

Walter Cressy 4/30/09 Introduction My Career that I chose to do was a doctor specifically a heart surgeon because they are very important to the community. They help save lives everyday by doing heart surgery. The duty of a doctor/heart surgeon is to get rid of any heart problems that anyone would have. Their responsibilities are to save people lives.

The education you have to have to be a heart surgeon is to go to Medical School and take a big test called the MCAT test. You also have to be good with testing drugs and medicine. You have to be a good people’s person to be a heart surgeon or the patient would feel very uncomfortable. You have to be good with needles and scalpels to be a heart surgeon.

The minimum salary of a heart surgeon is about $316,000. The maximum salary of a heart surgeon is about $529,000. Also, heart surgeons have to work about 100 hours per week. But there are some advantages to working all those hours. Such as decent salary, saving lives, and rewards. There are also some disadvantages such as difficulty, stressful, and it is time consuming.

The opportunities for advancement of a heart surgeon is that they get additional training and they learn new skills. There are many organizations such as, University Hospital, Charity, Oschener’s, and many others. Also, there are any employment fields in doctoring like nursing and pediatrician.

I mostly want to know about all the stuff that comes with the responsibility of being a heart surgeon. I also want to know more about the education and the tests that you would have to take for becoming a heart surgeon. Also, I would like to learn more about the medicine and drugs that you would have to deal with. I don’t want to be giving some body the wrong pills or something. I also don’t want to cut somebody in the wrong spot and mess up their bodies forever. That would be bad on my conscience, knowing that I have messed up somebody’s life.

I want to also learn more about the money and salary I would be making as a heart surgeon. I really chose this career because of the amount of salary they make a year. All that money would come in handy when I would have to pay my bills for my house. Also I would use some of the money to keep and buy stuff for me and my family. Besides, everyone likes a little money in their pocket.

The Story of My Search The story of my search begins when one day, I thought about what I wanted to do after I got out of high school. I was thinking mostly about the money I would be making with the career I chose. Also, I thought the way I would be helping my community with the career I chose. Like would it be helping the community in a good way or a bad way? So I chose my career to be a heart surgeon because they are very important to the community and they save lives on a daily bases.

I like to watch TV shows about medical stuff so that I could learn a lot about what I would have to do if I was to be in those situations. I was fascinated by the stuff at a young age. I used to watch those shows all day long, just sitting in front of the TV for hours learning and taking notes on the stuff. I was looking very carefully to every move the surgeon made during the surgery.

At that point I knew that I would be a heart surgeon someday. My uncle is a doctor and my auntie is a nurse. I am getting some advice on being a doctor from them. I figure that I should go to them because they have the most experience with being a doctor and working with medicine. My uncle showed me how to use a needle properly. He showed me how to hold the needle and how much of something I should use in the needle. He told me to pull the slider back to show the amount on the side of the needle.

After that I started thinking about what I would and how I would do the job. I knew it would not be an easy job to do so I looked on the internet and found some stuff I would need to definitely know about heart surgery and the equipment that I would be using in the surgeries. I found out that I would need to go to a Medical School for a couple of years first before I get to do anything. During the Medical School, I would have to take a big standardized test called the MCAT test. That test determines if I get to be a heart surgeon or not.

After you take the MCAT test and completed 10 to 12 years in Medical School, you should get your degree proving that you have passed the MCAT test and are legible to be a heart surgeon. I found out that you would have to take a few more class right before you actually start to do anything. Just to give a simulation of real surgery taking place. In the classes, they give you a test dummy to see if you actually know what to do. Once you have finished that, you are now ready to perform surgery on a patient. When you are a heart surgeon, I found out that you will be given an assistant for the surgeries to be taught and to hand you any utensils that you might need for the surgery.

I have found out most of the information that I might need for becoming a heart surgeon. At least the main stuff I need to know. As long as I remember the procedures of the surgery, I can never go wrong. I really think I think I would enjoy doing surgery and saving people’s lives everyday. I think I could be one of the best surgeons ever if I really try to do my best and remember the stuff I need to.

I would make all of my family proud if I was one of the best surgeons ever because I would share some of my profits with my family. I would get an award for being one of the best surgeons ever and would hang the award on my wall so I could show every one. I would be a well known surgeon all over my city and hopefully, the world. I would have enough money to give to charity and other places like the children’s hospital. I’m sure they would be proud of me for doing such deeds and I could help the children at the hospital if they need any help.

I would help little college students learn about surgery and medical stuff if they want to be a doctor or nurse like me. I could them a little heads up on what they need to know and do to be a successful doctor or nurse. I would tell them about the tests they would need to take in Medical School. If they have any questions that I could answer for them I would be glad to answer them. I would be like a teacher to the young college students. I could tell all the things I know about be a doctor and all the things I have learned.

If I had a son, I would probably teach him about being a doctor. If I had a daughter, I would probably teach her about being a nurse. I would teach how to give shots to their mother at a young age so whenever their mother gets sick, the would be there to give her shot like my grandmother let me do to her when I was around 11 years old. I would teach my kids how to use a scapula to dissect a pig for practice surgery before they do real surgery if they were thinking on becoming a surgeon like their dad.

When I was around 8 years old, I actually watch someone getting surgery (on the TV screen of course) on them. I was kind of curious of what the man in the mask was doing to the other person lying down on the table. Then I asked my uncle what the man doing to the other man was looking dead on the table. Not knowing that the man was not dead, my uncle told that he was getting fixed. I didn’t understand at the time what he meant by that. It took me about a couple of weeks to really understand what he was saying. Then I found out and understood it perfectly. Then I said I want to do that when I grow up.

Results __ Job Requirements __ People who wish to become heart surgeons must have a desire to serve patients, be self-motivated, and be able to survive the pressures and long hours of medical education and practice. Heart surgeons also must have a good bedside manner, emotional stability, and the ability to make decisions in emergencies. Prospective heart surgeons must be willing to study throughout their career to keep up with medical advances.

__ Outlook for my career __ According to the BLS, Heart Surgeons' specialized expertise will continue to be in demand for the foreseeable future, especially in less populated, more rural areas in the South Central and Mountain regions of the US, where the ratio of surgeons to population is much lower. Earning potential in the Cardiac and Cardiothoracic Surgery field is very high, at over $200,000 annually on average, with self-employed Cardiac Surgeons typically at the top of the salary range.

__ Benefits __ Being a heart surgeon is a very rewarding job; you get to help in the process of curing people’s diseases and even in saving their lives.

__ Physical demands __ Use hands to examine patients and handle surgical equipment. Stand for long periods during surgery. See details of objects whether they are nearby or far away. Speak clearly so listeners can understand. Understand the speech of another person. Use fingers or hands to grasp, move, or assemble very small objects. Hold the arm and hand in one position or hold the hand steady while moving the arm. Make quick, precise adjustments to machine controls. Move two or more limbs together (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while remaining in place. See differences between colors, shades, and brightness. Use muscles for extended periods without getting tired. Use muscles to lift, push, pull, or carry heavy objects. Bend, stretch, twist, or reach out. Choose quickly and correctly among various movements when responding to different signals. Make fast, repeated movements of fingers, hands, and wrists. Determine the distance between objects. Hear sounds and recognize the difference between them. Focus on one source of sound and ignore others. Adjust body movements or equipment controls to keep pace with speed changes of moving objects. React quickly using hands, fingers, or feet. Be physically active for long periods without getting tired or out of breath. Use stomach and lower back muscles to support the body for long periods without getting tired. Coordinate movement of several parts of the body, such as arms and legs, while the body is moving.

__ Potential Advancement __ Some heart surgeons advance by gaining expertise in specialties and subspecialties and by developing a reputation for excellence among their peers and patients. Many heart surgeons start their own practice or join a group practice. Others teach residents and other new doctors, and some advance to supervisory and managerial roles in hospitals, clinics, and other settings.

__ Education/Training requirements __ Formal education and training requirements for heart surgeons are among the most demanding of any occupation-4 years of undergraduate school, 4 years of medical school, and 3 to 8 years of internship and residency, depending on the specialty selected. A few medical schools offer combined undergraduate and medical school programs that last 6 years rather than the customary 8 years.

__ Potential income __ In the United States $405,725 __ Special skills __ Pediatric heart surgeons have the special skills needed to provide the safest care for even the youngest and smallest patients who require heart surgery. __ College info. __ At least 4 years of college and an additional 3 to 8 years of internship

Reflection To tell you the truth, I wasn’t expecting to learn as much as I did while researching for the career I chose to do. I didn’t know that heart surgeons had to go to so much school in order to be one. I thought they were only going to have a few years in school, and then they were able to do surgery. But I was wrong. I found out that surgeons had to go through about 16 to 18 years in school to be a surgeon. That’s a long time for school. One thing I was expecting was the salary that surgeons make. I knew that surgeons would make a lot of money because they are always helping people who need to have surgery done on them. Everyday, heart surgeons are saving somebody’s life somewhere in the world. I wasn’t suspecting to find out that surgeons have to be in physical shape to do surgery and they have to know their basic colors well and they had to have great patience to do surgery.

I knew that surgeons had to go through internship before they become a real heart surgeon. They have to do training before they do the real thing. Otherwise, they probably would mess up something in the surgery. I knew they had to be taught before they do because they would go in the surgery room not knowing anything to do. They probably would kill the patient on accident and that would be a bad lawsuit.

I knew that surgeons had to work for many hours per day because they surgery itself might take long to get done. I knew they had to know how to use scapulas and needles well in order to be a surgeon. I knew they had to know how much of something to put in the needle. I knew they know how to hold the needle the proper way so that they would give a good shot to the patient. I knew they know how cut the patient the right way and they also know what exactly to cut. Otherwise they would probably mess the patient up forever.

I knew surgeons had to help other assistants with the surgery because the assistant still is learning and the surgeon is like a tutor for the assistant. I knew they had to be a goods people person because the patient might not want you to do surgery on them if you make them feel uncomfortable. They might go get another surgeon and cause you not to get all of your money that you were supposed to get for that one day. That’s pretty much all I knew about heart surgeons before I did the research paper.

The Bibliography

[]

[]

[]