medicine

I want to go into sports medicine in my future; I am interested in medicine because of my families’ involvement and my own personal interest in science. I like doctors, it is a hard career. Mostly because of the hours, including being on call, and often taken away from family events. Getting into medical school is extremely hard, and requires a lot of hard work starting in high school and continuing all the way through High School. It is an important career and it will never lower in demand. Society will always need doctors. Sickness is constantly changing its form, and we are always racing the clock for a cure, it is important that we stay on top of cancer and other diseases. Many doctors go into research and spend their whole life searching and trying to find out how a disease works and for the cure. The problem with medical research is that it requires a lot of money, and most research companies depend on donations, as the government is often reluctant to fund these organizations, although they should be jumping on the opportunity. It could solve a healthcare crisis. So many problems and solutions occur in the wide world of medicine every year. I know from experience because my mom had cancer and we sent some of her cells to a huge research lab in California where they tried obscure things to attempt to cure her cancer; there was no cure for the type of cancer she had. We got some results back after she died, and that really didn’t feel the greatest, but it’s good to know that there is progress.

Career Nature

Sports medicine focuses on diet and exercise programs for athletes, monitoring them as they train and compete, and helping to prevent or to treat sports-related injuries.

Qualifications

You need a 3.6+ college GPA, and a 30+ MCAT score. Schooling: 4 years of college, 4 years of med school (cost of medical education is about $120-300K), and a 3-10 year internship known as residency. A 1-2 year fellowship is required if you want to specialize in a particular area of medicine.

Earnings & Benefits

In their first year of practice sports doctors earn an average of $266,000 per year. In their second+ years the average goes up to $479,000, if you specialize in certain areas that require extra schooling then you can earn around $762,000 per year.