Thursday, May 29, 2014

Neurologist

                                       Neurologist
Duties and Responsibilities:Neurologist ask patients to describe their symptoms and medical histories, conduct diagnostic tests and procedures to determine the nature of an illness, make diagnoses based on test results and patient observation, training staff and students, creating and continually updating patient records, supervising and managing technicians and administrative staff, developing treatment plans and coordinating care with other medical-service providers.

Salary:$226,137

Education:Obtain a 4 year undergraduate degree at a college or university, pre-med concentration programs that feature science and math courses, find a medical school that is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, 4 years of medical school, pass the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination and then do one-year internship, 3 or 4 year residency in a neurology program, 4 year bachelors degree.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?
No, I would not like to be an Neurologist because it is something I am not interested in.


Tuesday, May 27, 2014

"Elizabeth Missing Sewell" Student Success Statement

                             Student Success Statement
                  "Obedience...is the primary object of all 
                                    sound education."
                              - Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Western Medicine Doctor

                           Western Medicine Doctor
Duties and Responsibilities: Western medicine is based on clinical research and methods, including surgery as a treatment option.Western medicine  encompasses all types of conventional medical treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and physical therapy. The people who practice western medicine are doctors, nurses, physical, occupational, and respiratory therapist. 
Salary:
Education: Medical education and training varies around the world. it typically involves entry level education at a university medical school followed by a period of supervised practice or internship and/or residency.You need a M.D or a D.O.
Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?
No, I would not like to be a western medicine doctor because it is something I am not interested in doing.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

"Hosea Ballou" Student Success Statement

                            Student Success Statement
                     "Obedience sums up our entire duty"
                                                           -Hosea Ballou


Eastern Medicine Doctor

                               Eastern Medicine Doctor
Duties and responsibilities:
Eastern medicine doctors do acupuncture, moxibustion, tui na, qigong, cupping, gua sha, die-da and chinese food therapy.
Salary: $30,000-150,000
Education:
In order to become a eatern medicine doctor you will need to get a bachelor's or associates degree, train at an accredited AOM school, 3 years for acupuncture and 4 years for the combination of acupuncture and oriental medicine.
Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?
Yes, I would like to be one because its seems like a interesting thing to work in.

Monday, May 19, 2014

"Boyd K. Packer" Student Success Statement

                       Student Success Statement 
                      "The more obedient we are, the
                            more freedom we have."
                                                   -Boyd K. Packer





Obedience

                                     Obedience
Compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority.
  • Submissive
  • Dutiful
  • Docile
  • Respectful
  • Tractable 
Ex 1: "Children were taught to show their parents obedience"
Ex 2: "Be obedient in school."


Thursday, May 15, 2014

The Harmful Effects and Consequences of Drug Abuse

       The Harmful Effects and Consequences of Drug Abuse

Drugs are a moment of pleasure and a lifetime of pain. You destroy your family your life and your job. You destroy the life of the people around you. Drugs fry your brain. It brings you and the people around you pain. your life turns upside down. The cost is not only to you but also to your family. If you use drugs their will be long-term pain in your family, drugs will get you addicted. Drugs kill your identity, if you use drugs and you are weak it will lead to killing yourself. Drugs lead you to a one way road, death. You can not blame anyone else for what you are going through you decided to use drugs and now you get to face the consequences. You control your own life. Help will always be there you just have to go and look for it. You can make the right choice by going and getting help for your drug addiction.You should not use drugs because the only thing they do is destroy you, your family members, people around you, they destroy your whole life. I will not use drugs because they just destroy you, who you are, your identity.

"Benjamin Franklin" Student Success Statement

                              Student Success Statement
                     "Early to bed and early to rise makes a
                          man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
                                                  - Benjamin Franklin
When you go to bed early and you wake up early it makes a person healthy, wealthy, and wise; so it is good if you wake up early and sleep early unlike sleeping late and waking up late. If you wake up late you may not have energy for the next day you would just want to fall asleep wherever you are, whatever you are doing you will want to go to sleep, and if you sleep late you might not do things you were going to do just because you slept late and you will regret it later.

Oriental Medicine Doctor

                             Oriental Medicine Doctor
Duties and responsibilities: Oriental medicine doctors provide and manage direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses, and specialized oriental medicine procedures and treatments for a specified patient population; prescribe herbal and other medications and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions; provides the description and administration of devices, preforms procedures of acupuncture and other related procedures; preforms therapeutic and qi exercises, breathing technique, meditation, and the use of biofeedback devices that utilize heat, cold, color, light, lasers, sound, vibration, pressure, magnetism, electricity, electromagnetic energy and other therapeutic means.

Salary:$61,000

Education: In order to become an oriental medicine doctor you must have a strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community, ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards, knowledge of current and emerging trends in technologies, techniques, issues, and approaches in area of expertise.  

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? 
No, I would not like to be an oriental medicine doctor because it is something I am not interested in.


Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Sports Medical Doctor

                                Sports Medical Doctor
Duties and Responsibilities:
Sports doctors are medical professionals who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of injury from athletic activities, they usually focus on joint, bone and muscle health, they help active people recover from sport-related injuries.
Salary: $279,000-350,000
Education:
In order to become a sports medical doctor you would need a bachelor's degree with a pre-med concentration that gives them a solid foundation in biology, chemistry and physics, you must complete the courses and have excellent grades, you will also need to pass the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) in order to get into medical school, most sports doctors complete a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, these degree programs usually involve four years of academic coursework in biology, biochemistry, anatomy, pathology, psychology, physiology, medical ethics and pharmacology. Doctors must get a certification of added qualification (CAQ) in sports medicine, in order to prepare for this doctors will need a two-year fellowship in sports medicine at a hospital, rehabilitation facility or university athletic department.
Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? 
No, I would not like to be a sports medical doctor because it is something i am not interested in.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Top 5 Heart Health Tips

                             Top 5 Heart Health Tips

  1. Keep a healthy diet.
  2. Avoid smoking.
  3. Keep an active lifestyle.
  4. Maintaining a healthy body weight.
  5. Reduce your stress.
I plan to reduce my stress, eat smaller portions, get a bit of exercise for about 30 minutes a day, i never plan to smoke so that wont be much of a problem for me, i also plan to a healthy diet by eating foods that are not processed or foods that have too much fat in them and just eat healthy foods. I plan to avoid stress by not over thinking about things because that just makes me think that the problem is bigger than it really is. By doing this I will get a healthier heart.   

"W. Clement Stone" Student Success Statement

                             Student Success Statement
                           "Have the courage to say no.
                       Have the courage to face the truth.
                      Do the right thing because it is right."
                                                 - W. Clement Stone


You have to have the courage to speak up, say no and face the truth because doing the right thing is right. 


Acupuncture

                                       Acupuncture
Duties and responsibilities:
Acupuncturist make a diagnosis and devising a personal treatment plan, take a detailed case history, aspect of their physical and emotional health and history, lifestyle and diet as well as sometimes taking their blood pressure, taking pulse and examining the tongue to aid diagnosis; treating by inserting fine needles into the skin at particular locations to stimulate the energy flow along energy channels and the body's own healing response,incorporating other treatments such as burning herbs to warm insertion points, stimulating insertion points with small electric currents, to loosen and relax muscles,assessing progress through questioning and examination as well as reviewing treatment plans necessary, keeping patient and financial records, organizing and promoting your practice.

Salary: $37,642-$161,034

Education:
They require a degree from an accredited acupuncture college followed by a Board Certification.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?
No, I would not like to be an acupuncturist because they job will not go much further from where it is right now, not something i am interested in.



Thursday, May 8, 2014

Wellness Professional

                               Wellness Professional
Duties and responsibilities:
Wellness professionals find new ways to inspire healthier habits, they work better towards providing better health by providing support, encouragement, and education. They are responsible for contracting participants that are eligible for the program for enrollment and provides necessary wellness coaching to reduce or eliminate high risk behaviors, encourage habits that are conducive to a higher quality of life, develop and conduct onsite health-related wellness seminars and training courses for interested employees and family members, develop customized care plan for program participants including goals and plan of action, coordinate care with other health-related vendors for optimal patient care.

Salary: $ 55,254

Education:
In order for you to become a wellness professional you will need to enroll in a good health and wellness certification program, apply for internship with an established health and wellness coach, earn your certification by passing the required written and practical exam, maintain your certification by earning continuing education credits. 

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?
No, I would not like to be a wellness professional because it is something I am not interested in.


Monday, May 5, 2014

Orthodontist

                                        Orthodontist
Duties and Responsibilities:
Orthodontist duties are to straighten teeth, correcting over/under bites. they are responsible for the positioning of the patients teeth and with their oral development you may also be in charge of supervising and instructing orthodontic technicians and assistants in preforming routine procedures.

Salary: $186,320

Education:
In order to become an orthodontist you must graduate from dental school with a DDS or a DDM. You first need a bachelor's degree it does not matter what major you choose. you will also need to take the DAT during your junior year of your undergraduate studies. Once you get into dental school you will receive both didactic and clinical training. After graduating from dental school you need to enter a residence to receive specialized orthodontics training. 

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? 
No, I would not like to become an orthodontist because I am not interested in this type of things.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

"Sophocles" Student Success Statement

                              Student Success Statement
" I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating"
                                                                        -Sophocles


I would also prefer to fail with honor that to win by cheating because you have to play by the rules. It is not fair if you don't play by the rules. It would be very upsetting if you were the one playing fair and than some one comes and cheats, you end up losing but you have failed with honor rather than wining by cheating.


Oral Care Professional

                              Oral Care Professional 

Duties and responsibilities:
Oral care professionals take and develop dental radiographs (x-rays), remove calculus and plaque from all surfaces of the teeth, counseling patients about oral hygiene and how good nutrition impacts on oral health, they also make impressions of patients teeth for study casts. 

Salary: $70,210

Education:
If you would like to become an oral care professional you would need to have a associate's degree in dental hygiene or a bachelor's degree which is not very common. you will need to complete at least 1 year in college. Some important qualities would be compassion, detail oriented, dexterity, interpersonal skills, and physical stamina.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one ? Why? Why not?
No, I would not like to be a oral care professional because it is not something I am interested in.