Dermatologist

Duties and responsibilities: They help prevent, diagnose, and treat skin diseases and conditions.

Salary: $80,000 - $187,000

Education: 4 year bachelor degree, 4 year medical degree, 3 year residency

Reflection: After researching this topic I do not think I would like to become a dermatologist. They focus on skin diseases and conditions and that is not an area I am primarily interested in.

Yoga Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities: monitor fitness levels and design a plan that fits needs for the patient. Evaluate patients exercise and counsel with them. 

Salary: $36,000 - $66,000

Education: Training in health therapy, practice 800 hours minimum in a basic yoga therapy program, build on a foundation in anatomy, basic physiology, and modern healthcare terminology. 

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a yoga therapist because it has to do with patience and flexibility (physical wise) which i do not think i am cut out for.

Chromotherapy or Color therapy

Duties and responsibilities: uses light in the form of color to balance energy and help physical, mental, and emotional problems.

Salary: $40,000-$150,000

Education: masters and post education supervised experience.

Reflection: I do no think i would like to become a color therapist because it sounds complicated and to me doesn't sound like it would work therefore this career is not for me.

Entrepreneur

Duties and responsibilities: Specific job duties entrepreneurs vary according to industry, business category and size. In general, small business owners are responsible for the overall direction and everyday operation of the business.

Salary: $30,000 - $99,000 a year. Amounts vary depending on the business's size, industry, and location.  

Education: recommended Masters in business to guarantee finance, experience in the business world 

Reflection: I would like to become an entrepreneur one day because opening a business has always been a dream of mine therefore going into school for business and accounting is most likely in my future. 

CHINESE (ORIENTAL) MEDICINE 

Duties and responsibilities: use forms of acupuncture and treatment through the Chinese concept of “qi,” which means energy. It treats a variety of ailments including headaches, back pain, arthritis, or other illnesses by identifying patterns of imbalance within a body’s energy levels and working to readjust fluids or tissues in order to keep the body in balance and relieve pain.

salary: $61,000

education: Bachelors degree and certification

reflection: This career path is not what i would like to pursue in my future because this type of medicine involves needles for acupuncture, and also it uses traditional Chinese medicine which I am not interested in learning.

CELLULAR THERAPY

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: This is a therapy where patients are injected with cellular material like t-cells for cancer or sometimes animal cells in attempt to fight the disease. 

SALARY: average is $31,000

EDUCATION: Must pass the FACT accreditation program

REFLECTION:I do not think i would like to become a cellular therapist because it seems like a tedious task and still needs a lot of improvement in that field. 

CARDIOLOGIST

Duties and responsibilities: cardiologists are physicians with extra training to prevent and diagnose cardiovascular disease. They focus on the heart and the blood vessels

Salary: $370,000 - $530,000 annually

Education: graduate medical school, complete a residency, get board certified in internal medicine then complete a fellowship in cardiology. 

Reflection: I do not think i would like to become a cardiologist because the heart is a very complex muscle that one little mistake can cause complete chaos. Becoming a cardiologist also requires an extra six years of training and school therefore this career is not for me.

Trauma Nurse

Duties and responsibilities:  respond quickly to a wide variety of single- and multisystem trauma involving different patient needs, ages, cultures, and severity of presenting symptoms. The trauma nurse must respond with decisiveness and clarity to unexpected events by assessing, and stabilizing patients about whom there is minimal information.

Salary: $60,000- $70,000

Education: RN with an AD, diploma or BSM

Reflection:  After researching this medical career i decided that i would not like to pursue in that area because you are required to act on instinct and knowledge and for me those two don't really go hand in hand.  

STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT 

"Obedience sums up our entire duty." -Hosea Ballou

Reflection: As i read this statement i thought that what they meant by this statement was that to be obedient is what we are here for. our entire life we have to listen to our parents, our elders, our teachers, our instructors, our bosses. Our duty in life is to be obedient until we have learned for ourselves and become the boss, the teacher, the elder. Obedience is out duty in life and we must oblige. 

Autogenic Training

Duties and responsibilities: technique that teaches your body to respond to verbal commands. They ‘tell’ your body to relax, control breathing, blood pressure, heart beat, and body temperature.

Salary: $35,000 – $140,000

Education: post graduate degree and training in an autogenic training center.

Reflection: After learning about this medical career I do not think I would be interested in becoming an autogenic trainer. 

OBEDIENCE 

Obedience: compliance with an order or request, law or submission to another authority  

Examples: -listening to orders and complying to request without                         question. 

                            -an obedient soldier following a command

                  -an obedient child listening to parents without objecting                     or arguing 

                  -Obedient student would be quiet and follow                                        instructions as given.

Synonyms: conformity, deference, compliance, dutifulness, submission, willingness

AUDIOLOGIST

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Administer hearing, or speech and language evaluations, tests or examination to patients to collect information. Counsel and instruct patients in techniques to improve hearing and speech.

SALARY: $40,000 - $100,000

EDUCATION: master’s degree and a doctoral degree (phD or AuD)

REFLECTION: I would not like to become an audiologist because it is centered around studying one part of the body and I would prefer to focus on all aspects of the body in order to fulfill a medical career.

Anesthesiologist

Duties and responsibilities: physicians are trained to give patients anesthesia for surgery. They are also responsible for managing and treating changes in your critical life functions- breathing, heart rate and blood pressure.

Salary: $350,000 or less (U.S)

Education: 4 year undergraduate program,4 years of medical school, 1 year internship, and a 3 year residency

Reflection: I do not think I would like to become an anesthesiologist because they focus on anesthesia and mostly during surgeries along with keeping the patient alive. I would like to be more active in the medical field therefore this job is not for me.

Allergist/immunologist

Duties and responsibilities: documents patients medical histories, conducts laboratory or clinical research on allergy or immunology topics. They also provide allergy or immunology consultation or education. They can prescribe medicine such as antihistamines, antibiotics, nasal or oral or topical glucococorticosteroids.

Salary: $200,000- $320,000

Education: 4 years of undergraduate experience, minimum of 3 years at medical school, 2 years of allergy and immunology training.

Reflection: I do not think I would like to become one because I am not interested in working with allergy and different medications for it, I would rather work further into the medical field with more technicalities.

Acupuncture

Duties and responsibilities: acupuncture professionals are trained to treat the entire individual instead of only the illness. They take into consideration the patient’s mental, physical, and emotional condition in order to determine the proper treatment

Salary: $50,000 - $133,000

Education: bachelor’s degree and a solid science background. To get a masters is about 2-3 years in any of the ACAOM programs and be credentialed by the NCCAOM.

Reflection: I do not think I would like to be an acupuncturist because I do not like to poke people with needles and even less have to find a specific spot. I would find it nerve wracking therefore I am not interested in becoming an acupuncturist. 

Acupressure: online research

Duties and responsibilities: examines clients with pain, stress, or tension, determines acupressure techniques required to relieve problems and demonstrates techniques to clients.

Salary: $20,000 - $60,000

Educational requirements: High school diploma or GED, associate’s degree, 1 year certification

                      

Reflection: I do not think I would like to be one becauseI would not like to have the responsibility of someone’s health on my hands. i am very bad coordinated with my hands and i doubt i would be a good acupressurist.