| When you think of becoming a physician, it's easy to | | | | The education required to obtain an obstetrician or |
| think of being a heart surgeon or orthopedic surgeon. | | | | gynecologist job can be rigorous, which has resulted in |
| On the other hand, a great career might involve | | | | a lack of qualified people to fill the job openings. The |
| becoming an expert in the female body and how it | | | | training for these jobs includes a four year college |
| operates, by studying to become an obstetrician | | | | degree followed by a four year medical degree after |
| gynecologist. OB GYN careers involve working with | | | | which time the student must enter into an internship of |
| female patients, talking about their female-related | | | | up to eight years. With sixteen years of schooling, one |
| health concerns, and questions and about their | | | | can imagine that there is an excess of OB GYN |
| reproduction concerns, like having children. | | | | careers without enough doctors to fill them. |
| Working with pregnant women is a huge part of these | | | | OB GYN jobs are estimated to grow by 10 percent |
| doctors' careers. They provide pre-natal care and | | | | within the next 10 years. With the combination of a |
| deliver sonograms. They play a huge part in the actual | | | | lengthy amount of schooling and a growing need for |
| labor and delivery and are trained to do an emergency | | | | medical professionals, it is easy to see why a job as |
| delivery. They also work with the mother after birth to | | | | an OB GYN is a stable career choice. There will |
| ensure both mother and child stay healthy. | | | | always be pregnant women in the world as well as |
| An obstetrician or gynecologist does so much more | | | | women with diseases and health problems they need |
| than just childbirth though. They diagnose and treat | | | | checked out by a trained and specialized doctor. |
| diseases, work with cancer patients and provide | | | | OB GYN doctors need to be highly trained, motivated, |
| routine check ups. Women will always need doctors | | | | and passionate about their job. If they can achieve all |
| for their feminine problems and there is no foreseeable | | | | these things, there is no reason why it can't be a |
| decline in the need for OB GYN doctors in the future. | | | | rewarding and reliable career. |