Sports Medicine Doctor

Research: Look for and provide the following:

Duties and responsibilities: The field of sports medicine in evolving. In addition to working with athletic teams and in private physicians’ offices, sports medicine doctors sometimes work in fitness centers, hospitals and clinics. Some doctors further focus on specific groups such as geriatric populations or school-age children.

 

Salary: $279,000 - $350,000

Educational: Many students who are interested in going on to medical school complete a bachelor’s degree with a pre-med concentration that gives them a solid foundation in biology, chemistry and physics.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

I would love to become a Sports Medicine Doctor because the fact that it includes both what I like sports and medicine.