Oscar Said:

Need information on pursuing a medical career. I'm interested in becoming a doctor at the age of 30. Worth it?

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In Australia, coming out of school, you must have done at least 2 sciences and a maths + the TER score of 95+.

IF you can get past UMAT and show that you've had a good education up to now (uni marks since school marks are negated after 2 years) you can get in.

Once you're in, it requires at least 10 years of study and progression until you can start reaping in the high salary of $70,000+.

At the age of 30, i think it is not worth it. Instead, if you're devoted to helping me, become a nurse.
That takes only a couple years of study and is a pretty steady job.

Caroline Said:

where can i look up information like medical careers and the title that comes after your name?

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iseek.org it will give you tons of job information. or go to yahoo.com type in Minnesota Careers 2006, they have stuff like pay info etc. and this site has great information: http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Emma Said:

Medical Transcriptionist/U.S. Career Institute information or experiences?

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Sweet field to look into with good demand projected so you are looking in the right area. (medical field) The demand is super high and there are a lot of schools that can offer training on the specifics. I have been quite pleased in my interactions with this school. They are fully accredited.

I'm not a graduate of their program so maybe other grads can weigh in. If not you can always call the school and ask for their references. Also - the website shows BBB affiliation and approval by the us dept of ed. (all good things in my book)

Alfredo Said:

Medical Office Information Technology a good career?

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I have served over 20 years in the medical field. I have taught medical administrative assisting and medical billing and coding for five years.

It sounds like it is a medical front office training program. The pay is so-so. The outlook is pretty good but they do usually want experience.

If you want to go train to work in a front office, medical transcription and medical billing and coding pay the most.

Job outlook for transcription is iffy so do your research first. It used to be a great career. Then during the 1990s it declined in part because doctors got voice recognition software and just dictated right onto the computer or they switched to electronic medical records so they enter their notes directly into the computer and so they no longer needed a transcriptionist. The other thing that happened is doctors started outsourcing the work out of the country, especially India because it is less expensive and with the time difference the work can be done over night and be completed when the doctor comes back in the morning. However, in recent years doctors some have been going back to hiring local transcriptionists so it could be a viable option. However, before you train make sure you do a lot of research into how many jobs are available in your area.

Now medical billing and coding. This also pays more than simple front office work. And yes usually offices want experience. However, ironically I have had some of my billing and coding students get jobs in a medical office right out of school because they know the billing and coding stuff.

For right now the very best pay is in hospital coding, especially if you are a certified coder. This is increasing as the baby boomers continue to age. I don't know whether or not Obamacare will change things.

So training programs. The least expensive options would be your junior college, adult schools and ROP programs. If you don't do well with these you the most expensive option would be the private schools, which cost more but sometimes helps students who don't do well in the traditional college setting.

Before you begin any program, check with local employers to find out which school they prefer. Some offices won't hire graduates of certain programs. Also, it is best to go to a program that offers an externship.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Frank Said:

I need information about the following things in the medical career...?

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The Hippocratic Oath is an oath traditionally taken by doctors swearing to ethically practice medicine. In my opinion in defines what a doctor commits to do for the rest of their lives.

You should have a keen interest in the sciences, and the ability to keep calm under pressure. Not to mention the years and years of hard work spending much time , effort and of course money.

You should have you fair share of Biology, Chemistry courses in your pre med program and maintain a good GPA through out, I believe you should aim for a lower threshold of not less than 3.75 to get into a good med school.

Where you go to study,depends on where you want to. There are med schools all over the world, though you must find out their acceptance criterion before hand, after you became a doctor you can practice where ever your medical license is valid.

Brandy Said:

Help with Medical career information?

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That's an interesting comment that the PA made. Wonder what she meant by it. I worked as a nurse for 30+ years and raised my daughter. In fact, because I worked some weekends I was around for her parent-teacher meetings and school programs. If I'd had a regular 9-5, Monday through Friday job I would have missed all that.

I enjoyed hospital nursing ... I worked in ER and ICU, but I also liked working in a doctor's office and in home health care. There are so many things that you can do as an RN. You might like being a school nurse or an industrial nurse.

So far as I know there isn't a specialty in OB nursing, but there might be. I only did my nursing school rotation in labor and deliver. It wasn't my cup of tea, so I didn't work there after.

Don't give up your dream of being an RN. You'll find that it's no more demanding a career than many others. And the rewards are many.