The Best Hospitals

When choosing a Hospital to work at or do any training, you always want to choose on that has the specialty that you want...

Here are some of the best Hospitals for certain specialties:

• Cancer/Oncology
• University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY)
• Cardiology and Heart Surgery
• Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH)
• Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
• Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
• Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
• Ear, Nose, and Throat
• Johns Hopkins Hospital(Baltimore, MD)
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
• Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
• Ophthalmology
• Bascom Palmer Eve Eye Institute at the University of Miami (Miami, FL)
• Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
• Orthopedics
• Hospital for Special Surgery (New York, NY) 
• Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
• Psychiatry
• Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
• Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)

Now there are obviously many more wonderful Hospitals that are great for teaching, learning and working at...but these are some of the best

This is my favorite one---Johns Hopkins Hospital

Disadvantages of being a doctor

Although there are many pros to becoming a doctor, make sure that you're looking at all aspects and figuring out if this is the right career path

This profession is very challenging as well

Here are some disadvantages that come with the job:

Time Consumption

• Often have long training periods in medical school
• High tuition costs and student loans and debts following school
• Work long hours and don't have as much time to spend with family and friends

Job-related Stress

• Responsibilities such as making a mistake
• Hardships faced with losing a patient or fearing the loss of one
• Failure of senior staff to give "Do Not Resuscitate" orders for patients
• Having to perform certain procedures

Lawsuits

• Nearly 2,500 medical malpractice cases are handled a year
• Can harm a doctor's reputation
• Organ donation laws are one of the biggest

Being a doctor can be one of the most rewarding things that anyone can potentially do in their lives; as long as you're able to also deal with some cons.

Advantages of being a doctor

Becoming a Doctor can and will have many advantages that make you like the career even more-

Many Doctors enjoy the perks in their profession

Here are some of the benefits below:

Respect

• Help improve or save the lives of others
• Work and contributions in the community

Income

• Salary varies with each profession according to experience, specialty and setting
• Ranges from about 186,000-340,000

Personal Growth

• Relationships with patients and colleagues make doctors satisfied with their career choice
• Research and training opportunities
• Freedom to provide quality healthcare

Career Options

• Varied options in many different fields you're interested in
• Offers a wide range of specialties
• From head to toe a doctor specializes in it somewhere

Service Oriented

• Human interaction plays a key role in the importance
• Take care of and help others with knowledge and make a difference in many lives

Like every profession there are its advantages that make that career even more appealing

A day in the life of a Pediatrician

What is it?:

• A doctor who specializes in caring for children; it can be a very broad field but that means that it allows more flexibility
•  They manage the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of their patients during every stage

A typical day:

• Most will get up fairly early in the morning to start their day off, usually around 5 or 6
• They usually start the day with rounds in the newborn nursery wing of the hospital, then move on to the pediatric ward to round on  other patients
• Typically Pediatricians have a hospital they work as well as an office that they can get all of their work done in
• After they are done with the Hospital then they will go to their office and see the patients that are scheduled as well as emergency patients
• Most will see about 4 patients an hour on an average day
• The hours that are not filled with meeting with patients are spent reviewing charts, making phone calls and answering questions
• Most days have a more consistent pace, but not all the days

A day in the life of a Neonatologist

What is it?:

• Definition- that branch of pediatric medicine concerned with the newborn; the diagnosis and treatment of neonates
• They are trained specifically to handle the most complex and high risk situations
• It is a relativley new field

A typical day:

• Even though there is never a day where it is the exact same, each day is filled with challenges and opportunities including very high ups and really low downs
• Many will start there day fairly early in the morning and have to be ready to go
• They will take care of any emergencies and then look over any X-rays that need to be done
• Decision-making is based on the day-to-day course and outcomes of individual patients
• There will always be a thing called morning rounds that will allow thrainees and the doctors to recieve an update on their patients
• You will usually be caring for between 15 and 20 intensive care patients and their families
• There are babies who may have been one pound at birth, who are very sick, requiring lots of medicines, respiratory support and procedures and those who are now older and maturing to develop their suck and swallow reflex to eat successfully so that they can go home
• The most difficult part of this job is discussing the treatment of a seriously ill baby with the family. Most parents, even though they know their baby is terribly ill, have a lot of hope for their baby's future
• They all have to be able to think on our feet, make quick decisions and respond to emergencies

A baby in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)

Board certification

This is the next step in becoming a specialist doctor after you have figured out which specialty you want to go into exactly.

What it is:

• Board certification demonstrates a physician’s exceptional expertise in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of medical practice
• To practice medicine in the United States, doctors must be licensed by the states in which they work
• Board Certified doctors voluntarily meet additional standards beyond basic licensing
• You will earn a Board Certification through one of the 24 Member Boards that are part of the not-for-profit American Board of Medical Specialties

The Process:

• Before: four years of premedical education in a college or university; a course of study leading to an MD or DO degree from a qualified medical school and three to five years of full-time experience in an accredited residency training program.
•  A rigorous process of testing and peer evaluation that is designed and administered by specialists in a specific area of medicine
• This isi the first step in the career-long learning and assessment process required by the rigorous program
• To maintain Board Certification, a doctor must actively keep pace with the latest advances in his or her specialty and demonstrate best practices for patient safety, communications and ethics 

Internships and Residency

During your time in Medical school, one will typically do something called an Internship. This will help you become prepared for when you Graduate and go into the next step of your life.

Internships:

· A system of on-the-job training

· Exchange their labor to gain experience in a particular field

· Internship may be paid, unpaid or partially paid

· They usually last 6–12 weeks, but can be shorter or longer, depending on the company

· May be Part time or Full time (typically they are part-time during the university year and full-time in the summer)

· Some interns also find permanent, paid employment with the companies in which they interned

This is one step that cannot be overlooked; it will lead you on to find connections and the biggest part is that it will help you in gaining that experience that is crucial.

The next steps after you do your Internships and complete Medical School is to get into a Residency program that fits what you are looking for. In here is the opportunity to work with other Doctors and Staff. This is the step where you are actually getting to learn and become the Doctor that you want to be.

Residency:

· A stage of graduate medical training

· Have received a medical degree and who practices medicine under the supervision of fully licensed physician usually in a hospital or clinic

· A residency may follow the internship year or include the internship year as the first year of residency (depending on where you go)

· Medical residency gives in-depth training within a specific branch of medicine

· It is the opportunity to find out what you are really interested in doing and may further provide you with the chance to go into a sub-specialty of your choosing if it interests you

There are many steps along the path to finally doing what you want in the medical field and this is probably one of the biggest as well as most important. It will give you the in depth looks at actual jobs and the training for them.

Medical School

Schooling is always a hard thing to decide on and that goes the same for most people; One of the hardest things to choose though is the Medical School that you want to go to, if that is the path that you want to go down.

Always one thing that I look at is the most known and ranked and then cost and all that goes with it.
Here are the top 10 Medical Schools and the tuition (including books, room and board and credits):

1. Johns Hopkins University (~$62,000+)
2. Washington University in St. Louis (~$64,000+)
3. Stanford University (~$57,000+)
4. Baylor College of Medicine (~$33,000+ (out of state) ~$20,000+ (in state))
5. Harvard University (~$78,000+)
6. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center--Dallas (~$36,000 +(out of state) ~$21,000+ (in state))
7. University of California--San Diego (~$47,000+ (out of state) ~$24,000+ (in state))
8. University of Pennsylvania (~$56,000+)
9. Yale University (~$53,000+)
10. Duke University (~$60,000+)

Now most will find that if you want to go to Medical School it will cost quite a bit each year and these do not have to be the schools that you have to go to but they are some of the best.

Just remember that you pay for the education that you want!

But there are always plenty of options and ways that you can go to a great school such as grants, scholarships and loans; you will find that most of these schools will offer them to you.

There is always more information that you can find out about these colleges and many more on their own websites.

What can someone expect as a Doctor?

There are endless amounts of possibilities that go along with becoming a doctor. Someone has to go through many years of education, training and testing; just to get to that point in life where you actually become a doctor and start doing what you want to do.

Here are a few key and important things to remember and be prepared for as you start down your path:

• Be prepared to ask and receive hard questions
• Medical school is tricky to get into; make sure that you are ready for the application, interview, stress, etc.
• After someone graduates from Medical School, it doesn't make them a doctor; there are still many things to think about:
• testing
• training
• working long and hard hours
• Always be prepared to give it your all and be determined in what you do
• Study for tests and know your materials

If you do these things I know that becoming a doctor will become a lot easier and help you get the respect that you deserve

Qualities of a Doctor

In order to be a good doctor, you obviously have to posses the right qualities to make your patients and families feel comfortable and allow you to treat them with the proper care.

Some of the most important qualities that a doctor can have include:

• Good social and communication skills with their patients (verbal and non-verbal)
• Willingness to teach fellow doctors, or anyone who is willing and wants to learn
• Compassionate towards everyone that you interact with, especially your patients
• A strong work ethic and be able to work around the clock for a patient
• Respect and honesty towards all
• Being open with your patients and families to allow them to trust you
• Validates the pain, listens to a problem and treats a person with professional courtesy
• Be an excellent listener and make sure a patient understands what is happening
• Expert at their field of study
• Love your job and make sure to convey that

These qualities will help to improve your patients experience and show that you really do care and want to make a difference to potentially change and save person life!