Western Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities:

The doctors personally assess patients in order to diagnose, treat and prevent disease using clinical judgment. Doctors review past medical history and medical record, and then interview the patient, and finally a physical examination. They usually treat a medical condition with medication. It is different from Eastern medicine in the way of how they treat a medical condition; in Eastern Medicine they mainly use herbs and other natural ingredients, while in Western medicine which treats thing with industrially produced medications. Some things that Western medicine doctors use to treat people are chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and physical therapy.

Salary: occupational physician- $192,165

            Internal medicine physician- $194,365

            Sports medicine physician $202,790

             Family Practice Physician- $181,162  

Education:

An occupational physician requires a degree in medicine from an accredited school of medicine and to be licensed to practice medicine. They require at least 2-4 years of clinical experience in occupational medicine. Many careers in western medicine have the same requirements as the ones for occupational physicians. 

I don't know if I would like to work in with western medicine. I think its mostly likely that I am.