What I Will Say:
Pre-Questions: Who they are? and What they do? study.com explains that general pediatricians are doctors who work take care of babies, teenagers, and adolescents. They have general medical knowledge and understanding how treatments affect development growth stages in different age groups.
Average Wages
Point 1: General Pediatricians myBlueprint.ca states that the average wage for a general pediatrician is around $46,252- $376,461. *insert screenshot of graph*
According to www.mommd.com the average annual income for general pediatricians is $170,000.
Point 2: Specialist Pediatricians www.mommd.com says specialist pediatricians are normally paid more due to the amount of extra time spent in school. For example a Pediatric
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(Predictions until 2022). There will be about 23,482 more jobs available in the next 7 years. study.com says that is an 18% increase, which is a higher than normal increase rate.
As a general inference from my research, the predictions of a rapid increase in jobs being created for pediatricians in the future, clearly shows that the need for pediatricians, regardless if they specialise in something, will not decrease foreseeably.
Job Openings vs Job Seekers
Point 4: How growth in the field will affect the number of jobs.
According to the text on an article on www.mommd.com, due to the increase in job openings in the next few years for pediatricians, there will be more opportunities for people looking to work in that field to find a job.
There will also be more employment opportunities in low income and urban communities.
Point 5: Percentage of self-employed and full time workers.
According to the 2014 Labour Force Survey, 94% of Canadian Pediatricians are employed full time and 65% of Canadian Pediatricians are self-employed.
Main Duties
Point 6: What they
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They include things such as: collecting, recording and maintaining patient information. (i.e, medical history, reports, and examination results), Examining child patients, order or perform, interpret diagnostic tests, in order to make any diagnosis on the quality of their health and sending patient to specialist, after making a diagnosis, when they are unable to treat the patient effectively.
Work Environment
Point 7: Usual work spaces, Conditions, Type of environment
According to work.chron.com, pediatrician’s normally work in hospitals and office settings. Pediatricians who work in an office setting usually own the private practice or are an employee. Usually there are pediatricians and other medical staff working alongside each other. Pediatricians rarely work alone, they usually work in a solidarity environment. Pediatricians who work in a hospital setting are usually specialist pediatricians. Such as pediatric cardiologist, emergency medicine pediatrician, etc.
Potential Employers
Point 8: Where?,