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Prospecting for Gold Part 1: Career Planning

Part 1: Career Planning
Notes on Career ExplorationTime to get down to the details. Investigate and prepare information to help you develop a profile about
the career youre most interested in having in the future. Include:
General Area: Healthcare
Career Type: Medicine and Public Health
Job: Neuro Pediatrician and Epidemiologist
Typical Duties, Responsibilities, Tasks, Activities Related to Job: Pediatricians are medical doctors
who work with children and teenagers, diagnosing illnesses, treating, and writing prescriptions. Becoming
a pediatrician typically involves at least seven years of graduate-level schooling, including medical school
and a residency. | Epidemiologists are scientists who study the spread of infectious diseases with the goals
of containing the current outbreak and preventing future recurrences. Because public health departments
often employ them, applied epidemiologists frequently interact with the public to monitor and collect
disease-related data, assist with programs designed to control or prevent disease and advise on public
health policies.
Typical Job Setting, Site, or Location: PEDS- Office, hospital, health or government
agency/organizations | EPI- Office, lab, health or government agency (CDC, NIH, WHO)
Job Qualifications: active listening, speaking, critical thinking, reading comprehension, monitoring,
social perceptiveness, judgment and decision making, service orientation, science, complex problem
solving, coordination, time management, active learning, writing, instructing, system evaluation,
persuasion, system analysis, learning strategies, negotiation, management of personal resources,
mathematics (statistics), operations analysis, dependability, integrity, concern for others, attention to
detail, analytical thinking, cooperation, stress tolerance, initiative, social orientation,
adaptability/flexibility, achievement/effort, persistence, independence, leadership, innovation,
organization, computer skills, phone communication skills, observant, evaluate, monitoring, diagnose
Salary Range and Opportunities for Advancement: $175,000-210,000 for PEDS | $60,000-75,000 for
EPI
Job Prospects / Outlook: 18% increase in jobs from 2012-2022 | 10% job growth from 2012-2022 for
all epidemiologists
Education Requirements (Majors, Degrees): PEDS- Medical Degree (M.D.) | EPI- Masters Degree
in Public Health (M.P.H.)
Additional Special Licenses, Certifications, Training, Association Memberships, Patents,
Published Work, Internships / Apprenticeships, Experiences: PEDS- Physician licensure and
residency program in pediatrics; pediatric board certification is common. Certification from the American
Board of Pediatricians | EPI- Certification for infection control. CDC training.