Osteopathic Physician
Duties and
Responsibilities:
Osteopathic physicians use accepted
methods of diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases. They practice in all
the branches of medicine and surgery. They have an importance of the
musculoskeletal system, holistic medicine, proper nutrition, and environmental
factors in having a good health. They use a hands on approach to medicine and sometimes
manipulate or palpate as part of the diagnosis and also a part of treatment.
Osteopaths work in osteopathic hospitals or private practice. However many of
the allopathic hospitals now accept osteopaths as physicians and staff members
Most of the osteopaths are general practitioners, family practitioners, or
emergency medicine specialist.
Average
Salary: $110,000
Educational
Requirements:
Students who want to become
Osteopathic physicians should take the most challenging high school courses available
in science, math, and English. After three or four years of going to college,
prospective physicians must attend a medical school. Undergraduate requirements
for admission to all of the medical schools include one year of basic
chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, and physics. Some schools also require
course work in calculus, English, the humanities, or social science. Medical
schools usually include two years of additional study in both basic and
clinical sciences and are also followed up with a year internship at a
hospital.
Reflection:
No I wouldn’t want to become this because it seems complicated.
