Oncologist

Duties and responsibilities: The Oncologists are the ones who work on diagnosing and treating cancer. A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. After a cancer diagnosis is made, it is the oncologists’ role to explain the cancer diagnosis and the meaning of the disease stage to the patient; discuss various treatment options; recommend the best course of treatment; deliver optimal care; and improve quality of life both through curative therapy and palliative care with pain and symptom management.

Salary: Around $217,000

Education: Medical License, an underground degree, an M.D degree, an internal medicine residency and an oncology fellowship. Acceptance into a radiation oncology residency requires a medical degree and a year of general medical training. Programs are likely to consider only applicants who finish in the top third of their class or higher.

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Reflection: I would not like to follow the career as an oncologist because I don’t think this is my ideal career. Based on the research I do not think that I would enjoy working on this profession.