To specialise in paediatrics asks to perform 6 years of medicine, compulsory passage before making speciality. This speciality in paediatrics is made by means of a competition of the boarding school (that they pass 6 year of medicine there), which changes appellation to become " national Examination " , to allow the general practitioners not to be recruited any more on failure in the competition of the boarding school.

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In these 6 years, the most difficult is to pass in second year; it demands constancy, rigour, method, requirement and determination. It is necessary to be sure not to make a mistake about direction and to have thought well on the career which they want to lead. I saw too many young people, even even now, who arrived there 3 or 4 year from medicine, left, estimating to have made a mistake in their choice.

Many people turn to medicine because of scientific character of these studies, but without knowing really about what it is.  Later I will be surgeon  , or  later I will be pediatrician  : here are words which we are accustomed to hear in the mouth of the young secondary school students, and often there is the repercussion of a myth there constructs to the liking of what was heard or seen.

The best is to go to see, to speak with doctors, to read magazines, and first of all to be sure not to be allowed to impose a "not choice" because they were "impressed" by this or that act.

However, medicine attracts and it is normal: these studies allow to achieve a certificate which opens the way to a multitude of possible jobs and variety and diversity of which are not always imagined. Except the habitual jobs of "surgeons" , "gyn co-obstetricians" , "pediatricians  , " ORL ", "anaesthetists" , " Urgentistes ", there are thousand ways of practicing medicine.

In here is some examples, it is a not exhaustive list which comes to me confusedly definite:

Intensive care of the newborn babies

it is necessary to be pediatrician and to have gained knowledge of this advanced medicine. It is very impressionant and when I began this job, I was right away enthralled. Of course you should not be afraid to take care of big premature who weigh only 800 grammes (in birth normally 2500 grammes - about 4000 grammes) are weighed at least.

And one nait after 37 - 40 weeks of pregnancy: there this can be in the end only of 27 weeks of pregnancy. They quickly become attached to these small ends of cabbages and it is the discovery of all what touches life: birth, conception, genetics, malformations, surgery in ut ro (in the belly of the pregnant mom) a Lot of leading-edge technologies, but by remaining human beings and close to children and to parents. There is care in the body but also in the mind which it is necessary to take into account.

An exciting medicine. It is possible to practice it in big FALLEN (the university hospitals in the big cities) or in some private private hospitals which are equipped. The pregnant women who work more and more and the age in whom they have their first child am more and more high, adds to the stress of this civilisation give more and more job to the pediatricians reanimators, because there is more and more premature.

Intensive care of the new-born babies, teenagers

It is careers which take place there - also rather in FALLEN (road accidents, motorbikes, scooters, suicide, metabolic diseases, intoxications (the new-born babies who eat some poison, some water of javel, of toxins). It is a nice job, not much known by the general public, fortunately besides, because otherwise this would mean that there are too much misfortunes.

Pediatrician of city and of motherhood

there would not be enough place to describe all that a pediatrician makes and can make: Paediatrics is an exciting job, I know about what I speak, because it has been 25 years since I practice it. It is a speciality where they treat on all human beings who are less than 16 years old. Sometimes it is furthermore treated ag s (accidents at the side of the road, when they a doctor in a plane this is asked still arrived in a boeing 747 at me who left for the Antilles there has not much).

In paediatrics the children since birth, and even a bit before are followed since they intervene with the gynaecologists in ant -native (therapeutic decisions to be taken, termination of pregnancy, medicaments not to be given to a pregnant woman). Paediatrics is a job which always asks to be held up to date of evolutions of medicine (but it is similar for other doctors). Many things to be known.

What makes that some people of us specialise in paediatrics: for example some people are "cardio-pediatricians" : they take care more especially of cardiac problems of the newborn babies and children; others are pneumo-pediatricians: for lungs, asthma which goes by growing, allergies; others  n phro pediatrician  , for kidneys; others  dermato pediatrician  ,  pediatrician reanimator  , "neuro-pediatrician  . Medicine becomes so much complicated that it is not possible any more to know everything thoroughly.

It is the reason as which there are paediatricians: to treat on children is not the same thing as to treat on adults: the body is fast-growing and gives only by this fact a dimension completely different from that of an adult: the same medicaments, the same dosages are used, diseases are not completely the same. It is what returns this such an interesting job. The pediatricians know each other well between them and often meet to improve (congresses, lessons, various missions in foreign countries).

The role of the pediatrician also is to act in the field of the preventive (obesity, puberty, pilulle, dopes, ill-treated childhood, to acts of violence, to academic failure, to future direction). A true link of confidence settles between the child who exaggerates his pediatrician and; it is not rare to see young people of 17 or 18 years which feel like continuing coming to consult their pediatrician. Others return then with their own children, this it is magical.

Urgent medicine and of disaster

Tsunamis, earthquake, tidal waves, plane crashes or ferriviaire): it is a very organised discipline that asks for availability (SAMU, firemen, army)

Medicine within NGO

A commitment, an availability also, short or long missions: see the site of (PDM)

General medicine

Here is a nice job, but difficult because it is necessary to know more and more things without being specialist, to be able to take care of diseases which always evolve, to be able to send towards the specialist timely, to not ask for too much examinations, to give time to listen to the sick whom one does not listen to any more hardly by high society in our society which is meant to be administrator, to remain available while protecting himself a home life and a private life, to maintain good relations with families, medical profession as a whole

General medicine acquires " its letters patent of nobility " as say it the general practitioners themselves and it is not always easy (availability, remuneration which is not sufficient with regard to given job, weight of administrative steps). Many doctors general practitioners put themselves into their job to make it more delightful, what it is. You should not hesitate to turn to this activity and necessarily not want to become energetic specialist. When I studied, I had friends who wanted to become general practitioners from the beginning of their studies and they became very good practitioners.

Tropical medicine

This becomes more and more difficult since everybody travels easily: germs, viruses, bacteria move more easily (SRAS, bird flu, tuberculosis, AIDS, leprosy): specialists of the questions of this type are needed

Infectious diseases

It is also linked to diseases  say tropical  : there is only streptococci, staphylococci and bacilli negative gramme: there is also AIDS, whooping cough, diphtheria, tuberculosis, l gionellose, leptospiroses, all these infectious diseases which spread on the planet and among which televisions and media do not cease speaking.

Nuclear medicine

Perfected constant of new machines to see better and better in the interieur of the body, also the small capsules filled with electronics that they make swallow to the patient and who go to eenvoyer diagnosis of pictures and in a computer during the itinerary in the intestine, the colonist. Constant progress is made in this discipline which allows to the doctors to afiner the diagnotics of diseases by being less and less aggressive for the patients very there r tant more competitive.

Gastro ent rologie

This goes of the mouth up to the anus. By way of the throat, the oesophagus, the stomach, the duodenum (at the beginning of the intestine), the pylore (exit of the stomach), the intestine hails, the colonist, the rectum, the anus, the anal margin. This makes many things and if they add to it all diseases which are linked directly or indirectly to problems of digestive intolerance, of absorption, of allergy, of cancer research, this makes many pathologies. New techniques of diagnosis (scanners of last scintigraphie generation, IRM, nuclear medicine) and of treatment (endoscopy, biopsy, laser, microcapsules with puves computer science), it is a speciality  with the wind in poop  . In view of our food habits, stress, alcoholism, tobacco addiction (ca passes in the stomach), extreme sports, there is future also in this speciality

Medical research

So in more they are provided with scientific DEA or with diplome of engineer, very nice career that to be doctor and researcher. There are so many things to be still discovered and still, to move medicine forward.

Education

It is possible to be doctor and to make education in every field.. It is also possible to be doctor and to make as this and not to make clinical medicine. The whole: be good teacher, you who are young, you know what this means to have a good teacher.

Medicine and policy

Second profession represented to the National Assembly after the teachers, this gives an idea of the diversity of the domains of interests of the doctors. More pr cis mment, the doctors are involved in many regional, departmental, national organisms: health insurances, courts (they need expert doctors at all times), organisms of management of public funds or deprived, mutual insurance companies, pension funds, advisers to ministers, to senators, European Institutions, day nurseries, schools, high schools, universities, Council in the order of certain doctors of these doctors are wage-earning, but many put themselves into these organisms besides their job.

Biology

let be they pass by studies of pharmacology, but it is also possible to pass by medical studies: haematology, molecular, genetic biology. No doctor can go without services of the biologists. We are always in contact with them to discuss results of asked examinations (blood tests, balance sheet of anaemia, puncture of mo lle, anlyses of could, lumbar puncture).

Physical medicine

Functional re-education, big traumatising of the road, rheumatic diseases with muscles, bones which lose its shape and that need to be permanently retrained. It is a medicine which made huge progress these last years.

Medicine of sports

Everybody is not going to treat on Zidane, but this discipline asks for a lot of knowledge in anatomy and in full of other things. There is future in this discipline in full exapansion.

Interventionnelle medicine

More and more surgeons open no more belly, or pronunciations: they use endoscopes and other more and more fine instruments: an exciting surgery

Surgery of the hand

It is a clean said surgery, ca lose blood little, there are very definite instruments, they operate with magnifiers, sat, it is of the lace. One very asks for it because there is more and more gardeners in retirement, therefore more and more accidents. Job of future with the increase of the pensioners and of the sportsmen.

Intensive care of the adults

Alas, there also with the increase of life, they have more and more "risk" of passing in intensive care. Idem with accidents of every sort and kind (poisonings, diseases which d compensent, alcoholism, intoxications with medicaments, commit suicide): here is a discipline which is exciting because she asks to know thoroughly how works cells of the body, pharmacology, heart, vessels. It is possible to support somebody living for a long time, it is to say knowledge which it is necessary to have and all technical nature provision of the doctor.

Orthopedic surgeon

For textbooks and which like work nice. Very careful job which can intervene in emergency (traumatised by the road) or in regulated surgery (prth se of hip, of knee, of shoulder). It is long interventions which ask for patience and sometimes for modesty. An enlarging job (hips go more and more badly since they saw older, accidents of every sort and kind, practice of more and more sports, ski, surfing A job of future, paid well in general. Better than pediatrician in any case But it is not the motivation of the choice, know it.

Radiology

To make simple radios and to interpret them represents quune small part of radiographer's job: there is ultrasound scan, Interventionnelle ultrasound scan (they use sterile instruments to treat, to take away, to repair under guidance echographique), digitized angiographie (to see arteries, veins, heart), h licoidal scanner (the last generation of scanners with also scanners there 3D),

Ophtalmologue

In full evolution also. Extraordinary things for eyes, from now on are made. And progress is going to go by exaggerating (operations of the cataract, laser for myopia and bientpoit longsightedness, detachment of retinas, treatment of the  eyes which have a squint  , intervention on tumours of the eye. One day perhaps transplant of the eye. Of future.

ORL

A speciality where they are not out of work: allergies, otites, traumatisms of the ear (plunged under marine, parachutist, trips by air), cancers of ways ORL, hearing troubles, equipment for the deaf, implants. A technology which goes by growing: see for the treatment of the buzzers, techniques do not cease evolving for the biggest comfort of the sick. ORL makes medicine and also surgery. Nice.

Dermatology

a marvellous speciality which does not cease evolving (laser, biopsy, new treatments, surgery, cosmetology, endocrinology at the teenagers (acnes). People, especially women, pay more and more attention to their aspect, and the skin is an essential element. Therefore a job of future!

Surgeon plastic surgeon, aesthetics

Those who do again breast, neck, nice legs. There also, a job of future, because my associates are more and more solicited, especially by the women, more and more young besides. It is the effect of magazines, of TV, stars. It is a very interesting job and it is possible to say it profitable.

Anatomo-pathologiste

Enthralling for those who want to establish a diagnosis pr is, to study a biopsy and to give an information pr is to the doctor who will so be able to adjust his treatment, make an autopsy to give elements which will bring some change in medicine in terms of diagnosis, but also of treatment. Also all this precious information given to the investigating Офисrs, to the judges as part of Justice.

Anaesthetist-reanimator

All anaesthetists are not willy-nilly reanimators, but in any case they are formed there. A job which took a lot of value since a dozen years. The anaesthetist is not any more only  the official in gases  as they said formerly. There is the necessary link for very surgical operation and it is not rare to see the one or the other reporter an operation if he considers him necessaire.

The surgeon establishes a true cooperation with him and for the comfort of the sick man, products used from now on by the anaesthetists are very competitive (less badly by waking up, they wake up more quickly, more often "local" anaesthesia  loco-regional and not general die, for example during Caesarian sections (the babies who cannot be born by "down " , the mom remains bright while the baby of the entirely opened belly is taken out to him: it is great, she can see him right away. It is one nice job and there is always a good ambience in surgical units. And of job in perspective.

Onco-h matologue

It is the associates who take care of cancerous diseases, of leukaemias. There is what to make and it is a discipline in constant evolution, the protocols of treatment change a lot, new cancers appear. It is often necessary to go to congresses to compare his own results. An exciting job. Especially exercised in FALLEN, because is needed a lot of personnel and heavy facilities.

Endocrinologist

Very manifold medical speciality: all that concerns the pancreas (diabetes for example), the thyroide, the adrenal, ovaries, testicles, the hypophysis, short full of glands which we have a bit everywhere in organism. Complex speciality and which is still not known well to the general public. exciting.

Cardiologist

Very technical, the heart it is life. To make control its cardiac pomp became a habit and the cardiologists do not lack job. Since the advent of ultrasound scan, and other techniques invasives not (IRM, angio scanners), our associates can better explore and treat on this vital organ. A discipline which is not ready to see chomeurs in its ranks.

Neurologist

Very complex, the study of the brain, nerves, diseases which implicate mind. A discipline which advanced a lot, but in that of many progress still are to make: pilepsie, scleroses in plates, premature ageing. Fortunately new techniques of exploration came into the world: scanner, IRM, lectromyographie. Of job in perspective for the young future neurologists.

Neurosurgeon

A very felt discipline, not very many they are. Because are needed big facilities, in general in TEACHING HOSPITAL. It is necessary to be careful, to like precision. To open a cranienne skull cap request of agility and before it will have been necessary to spot on what it is necessary to operate. Gr ce in the scanner, in IRM. Not enough posts in this how exciting speciality.