Anesthesiologist

 

Duties and Responsibilities : Anesthesiologists are the physicians trained to administer and manage anesthesia given during a surgical procedure. They are also responsible for managing and treating changes in your critical life functions - breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure - as they are affected by the surgery being performed. Further, they immediately diagnose and treat any medical problems that might arise during and immediately after surgery.

Salary: $348,831

 

Education: The road to becoming a board-certified anesthesiologist is long, requiring a minimum of 12 years of postsecondary education. Aspiring anesthesiologists must first become fully qualified physicians and then complete rigorous residency requirements. Subspecialties of study, such as pediatric anesthesia, may add even more years of supervised study before a graduate can practice independently

 

Reflection: Becoming an anesthesiologist sounds like a career that I would not like to study because its not a career that I would like to study an achieve. It doe not interest me to study because I would not like to be in the same room with a surgical doctor.