Allopathic Physician (M.D)

Duties and responsibilities:

Physicians examine patients, obtain medical histories order, perform and interpret diagnostic tests, and prescribe and administer treatment for people suffering from injury or disease. Physicians work in one or more specialties, including, among others:

• Anesthesiology
• Family and general medicine
• General internal medicine
• General pediatrics
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• Psychiatry
• Surgery

Salary:

Physicians typically earn over $150,000 per year, with many earning more.

Education:

There are 126 allopathic medical schools in the United States, including three in Virginia (Medical College of Virginia, University of Virginia School of Medicine, and Eastern Virginia Medical School).  Most MD programs require 4 years of study, including emphasis on basic science, clinical work, and social science.

The first two years of most programs are generally aimed at classroom learning of basic science as it relates to medicine.  Subsequent years of most programs then focus on clinical training.
  

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Reflection:

No, I would not like to be a Allopathic Physician because that career is something I am not interested in