Pediatrician By: Lupe Ramirez

What is a Pediatrician? A pediatrician is a child's physician who provides: preventive health maintenance for healthy children. medical care for children who are acutely or chronically ill.

Which MATH is used (ha smiley face) In the 1 st article it talked about how the math course calculus is the most required for admittance into the specialized medical program of pediatrics. Calculus is the strand of math that is based upon limits, functions, derivatives, integrals and infinite series. The two major branches of this subject are differential and integral calculus. Another math course that is needed is probability and statistics, which covers the probability theory as it relates to statistics. Probability in itself revolves around an analysis of random phenomena. Central factors of the probability theory involve random variables and stochastic processes or events. As statistics involves making use of numerical data, probability and statistics is simply analyzing the numerical data revolving around the various theories of probability. Also to get into the medical business of pediatrics it is super great to have advance math and science courses, because taking advanced math and science courses, especially advanced placement courses that offer college credit, can eliminate some requirements when you head to college. So! How great of an adavantage I have from just being in magent! Yay! :D

How MATH is used While for some reason I could not find articles that fully detailed how a pediatrican uses calculus and all the other math, I did find out that they use simple math (multiplication) to calculate drug doses based on milligrams per kilogram of body weight, then divide that total daily dose by the number of doses to be given each day and that's generally it.

How TECHNOLOGY is used Well first of all a pediatrician uses basically the same equipment as any other doctor, except that some of it is designed with its use for children in mind. Examples include baby scales and child-sized blood pressure cuffs. BASIC TECHNOLOGY Scales: Are one of the first things a pediatrician uses when examaning a child’s weigh. Sphygmomanometer: A sphygmomanometer is used to check a child's blood pressure. Thermometer: A pediatrician uses a thermometer to check a child's temperature. Stethoscope: A pediatrician uses a stethoscope to listen to a child's heart and lungs Otoscope: An otoscope is used to examine the inside of a child's ear canal and eardrum. Opthalmoscope: An opthalmoscope is a device used to examine a child's eyes.

.... continued ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY Assistive Technology: Is a form of technology pediatricians use in oder to help disabled patients like wheel cahirs, or softwares that allow the dissable to access computers. Lab Examinations: Pediatricians also use laboratory technology and other diagnostic technologies like x-rays in their daily practices. While they may not directly administer the tests in the laboratory and may not take the diagnostic images used to assess disease and injuries, pediatricians are dependent upon the results of those tests in order to make proper assessment of certain medical conditions. Pediatricians also depend on advance technologies that will allow them to retrieve their files quicker so that they may find out which disease applys to the patient. Smartphone Technology: Pediatricians are integrating technology in their practice through the use of smartphone technology. Smartphones have applications that let pediatricians immediately access information they might not otherwise be able to get to on the spot. For instance, as a "Washington Post" article points out, some doctors use applications that allow them to pull up pictures of various medicines patients might be taking but do not know the name of. Allowing the patient or parent of the patient to identify the medicine by sight can help pediatricians avoid complications arising from combining the wrong medicines.

Which SCIENCE is used Pediatricians take maby science courses, and study different sects of science. Human Physiology: Isthe science of the mechanical, physical, bioelectrical, and biochemical functions of humans in good health, their organs, and the cells of which they are composed. Physiology focuses principally at the level of organs and systems. Pathology: Ithe study and diagnosis of disease’s Microbiology:I s the study of microorganisms, which are microscopic, unicellular, and cell-cluster organisms. There are other sects/courses of science pediatricians have to take, I just couldn’t find articles with sufficient information.

Did I learn anything new? Heck yea! I learned that it takes about years to become a certified pediatrician! – 4 years of college or university – 4 years of medical school – 3 years of pediatric residency I also learned that evendough it’s a medical field math is required, like calculus, and that simple math like multiplication goes a long way. I also learned that smartphones arn’t just for texting and calling and playing with their cool app’s, smartphones can be used by pediatrics to get information and to obtain their patients information quicker. I also learned that math and science go together when working in this field and fully understanding each course allows one to better fully understand the patient.

Anything Interesting? What I found interesting about one of the articles was that in the begining it said “If you think that by just attending a college or university for four years will get you certified to be a pediatrician your wrong.” I also found all the information given interesting because some of it I din’t know. And I have no further questions about my topic

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