By: Karely Moncada

 What type of schools do you need to attend? › 4 year Doctor of Medicine Degree(MD) approved by Medical School › Pass the Medical College Admission Test(MCAT) › Minimum of 5 year surgery residency › Most Surgeons specialize in more complex areas like pediatric cardiac surgery, etc.  In grade 11 and 12 what special high school classes should you take? › Health Science both 1,2,and 3. › Physics or other Science course › Anatomy and Physiology  What other subjects should you really know? › Math › Science GO TO NEXT SLIDE

 What college programs does one need to go into? › Medicine › Chemistry, General › Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies › Biology/Biological Sciences, General › Biochemistry  What 2 colleges can I go after High School? › Harvard Medical College › Concorde Career Institute  What clubs/hobbies can you join to prepare yourself to be a surgeon? › Debate Team › A Sport › Painting › Workshop for building  Do you need a certificate or license? › Yes, you need a license from the state where you’ll be working in.

 Where do surgeons work at? › Hospitals › Private Practices › Clinics › Medical Centers  What hours and days do they work? › Up to 12 hours a day › 60 Hours a week (or more if your on call)(which usually ever surgeon is) › Weekend work is quite common  5 adjectives describing this job are: › Busy(very BUSY) › Stressful › Tired › On the go › Active(always moving around)

8:00am-9:00am:Visiting patients in hospital 9:00am-12:00pm:Performing surgery in operating room 12:00pm-2:00pm:Meeting over lunch 2:00pm-4:00pm:Working in my office, seeing patients 4:00pm-5:00pm:Attendind a meeting 5:00pm-6:00pm:Visit patients in hospital, monitoring their progress 7:00pm-8:00pm:Reading paperwork to prepare for meeting or presentation 8:00pm-8:00am:On call for EMERGENCIES!!!!

 10 activities that surgeons do on a daily basis are that they: › Operate on people/do surgeries › Check on sick/recovering patients progress › Stabilize patients conditions › Do more complex surgeries(brain surgeries, etc.) › Make sure people don’t die/ Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, assistants, specialists, residents, and other medical staff. › Repair body parts(such as broken legs, hips, hands, etc) › Replace broken/dead body parts(such as again legs, hips, etc.) › Replace internal organs(such a liver, kidney, intestine, etc.) › Comfort patients and give them security(to patients, families, sometimes even doctors!) › Prepare case histories

 How much money can a surgeon make? › Entry level:$50-$140thousand a year › Medium/Moderate level:$140-$175 thousand a year › Expert level:$175-$500 thousand a year  How can they earn more money? › Yes, by knowing or getting more knowledge in another field in surgery’s/medical. Like if you know how to do plastic surgery you get paid more because the place where you work can make you do plastic surgery also the surgeries you already know how to do.  Are there benefits and if so what? › Yes, they get pension plans and health, dental, and life insurance.

 5 careers that are related to surgeons are: › Veterinarians › Registered Nurses › Podiatrists › Pediatrician › Dentist

 In the next few years, how many job openings for surgeons will there be? ›Well during 2006, there were approximately 2,760 Surgeons employed in New York. ›There is an estimate that in 2016 there will be 2,970 employed in New York. Imagine that’s only New York! This,means they’ll be an increase of 20 job(s) each year, and a total of 50 job openings each year. Is this good? ›I think this is good because when I’m older and I need a job to be a surgeon, they’ll be a lot of openings available for me!

 5 things I don’t like about being a surgeon is: › Someone can die because of a mistake I made or I didn’t save the person in time › Not enough sleep because I’m always on call › Always on call!!! › Patients can be unreasonable! › There’s a lot of paper work!

 5 things I like about being a surgeon is: › I can save lives and families! › I can get to know people(have an excuse to talk to people)! › I can be active! › I can make people healthy! › I can give people/patients the possibility to live a longer, healthier, better life!

 What are 5 types of personality traits a surgeon should have? › They should be smart! › Be helping! › They should be active! › They should be able to commit!(Be committed) › They should be coordinated!

 What are 7 skills a surgeon should have? › They should have reading comprehension! › They should be able to be an active listener! › Be able to do critical thinking! › They should be an active learner! › Be able to solve complex problems! › They really have to know science! › They should have good judgment and decision making!

 A summary of my career(surgeon) is: › That there are three different levels in being a surgeon. There is being a resident which you earn $40-$50 thousand a year and you have to supervise work in the hospital, work as a surgical assistant, you have to be on call for emergencies and train in a field of specialization. The 2 nd level is being a staff surgeon which you can earn up to $175,000 - $500,000 a year and your responsibilities are to diagnosis and treat patients, also doing consultations and operations. The 3 rd level is being a Department Head which you can earn up to $250,000 to $500,000 a year and all you do is diagnosis and treat of patients and doing administrative work (such as budgets).