Osteopathic physician, D.O.

Duties and responsibilities:

  Osteopathic physicians use accepted methods of diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases. Osteopaths use a hands-on approach to medicine and frequently manipulate or palpate as part of diagnosis and treatment.  They work primarily in osteopathic hospitals or private practice, however many pathological hospitals now accept osteopathic physicians as staff members.  The majority of osteopaths are general practitioners, family practitioners, or emergency medicine specialists.  

Salary: $110,000

Education:

  Students should take the most challenging high school courses including AP or IB courses, available in science, math, and English. After three or four years of college, prospective physicians must attend medical school.  Undergraduate requirements for admission to all medical schools include one year of basic chemistry, one year of organic chemistry, one year of biology, and one year of physics.  Some medical schools also require course work in calculus, English, the humanities, or social science.

Reflection:

  I think would want to be an osteopathic physician because it sounds very interesting and it takes lots of studying and time to be this. It might be hard but it’s worth it. They get paid really well.