rkers, pay attention to detail, and use logical reasoning. Calmness in emergency situations, the ability to work independently or with a team, and making wise decisions with given data are necessary. Private practice physicians maintain regular office hours while other physicians work long irregular hours. Some work sixty hours per week and sometimes more. On call physicians make emergency runs to hospitals and travel between their office and the hospital frequently. Some physicians are supervised by health administrators while others work alone or with nurses. Physicians also supervise interns, residents, and assistants. As they approach retirement they accept fewer new patients and work shorter hours.In order to become a physician one must go through many years of schooling. At least three years of college is required with credits in physics, biology, inorganic and organic chemistry must be obtained. From there one will go on to a four-year medical school. The first two years of medical school are spent in laboratories and classrooms. Within those two years credits in anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, psychology, microbiology, pathology, medical ethics, and laws governing medicine are to be obtained. The last two years of medical school are spent working with patients under supervision in hospitals and clinics. Volunteering or part time work in a clinic or doctors office helps one to gain experience in the medical profession. Part of the training involves doing rotations in internal medicine, family practice, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery. This enables one to become familiar with different types of illnesses and problems. After graduating medical school there is an exam that must be taken in order to enter residency. After completion of residency there is one final exam that one must pass.There are a few qualities one must possess in order to succeed in the physicians profession. The...
