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My Future Career as an Infectious Disease Specialist Job Description • Infectious Disease Specialists are doctors of internal medicine (occasionally pediatrics), who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Infectious Disease Specialists have expertise in the infections of the sinuses, heart, lungs, urinary tract, bowel, bones and pelvic organs. Infectious Disease Specialists specialize in all ranges of infections from bacteria, to viruses, fungi and parasites. Many Infectious Disease physicians specialize in the treatment of people with infections due to HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), which is the cause of AIDS. Required Schooling • Most infectious disease specialists complete an undergraduate degree in biology and then do a premedical degree in infectious disease or epidemiology before taking part in medical school, which usually lasts approximately 4 years. After graduating from medical school, infectious disease specialists earn their Doctor of Medicine Degree and then must pass the United States Medical Licensing Exam. They then continue their education and spend 3 years studying internal medicine, which is then followed by 2 years of infectious disease training. Infectious Disease Specialist Salary and Benefits • The salary of an infectious disease specialist in the United States ranges from $174,269 to $219,729. As an Infectious Disease Specialist you receive medical insurance that will cover basic eye and dental care as well as any other medical fees. As an Infectious Disease Specialist you will also be compensated if you suffer any injury/illness while working. Infectious Disease Specialists get between two and six weeks of vacation and receive between 2%-5% annual pay increase. A Day in the Life of an Infectious Disease Specialist • A day for an Infectious Disease Specialist begins one of two ways, either you visit the quarantine unit at the hospital to diagnose and/or treat a patient, or you go to the lab to identify a disease/parasite and select/develop a treatment. If you are doing research you may also spend time writing a research paper/grant to receive money to fund your research. Why would I like to become an Infectious Disease Specialist? • I would like to become an Infectious Disease Specialist because I am extremely interested in entities that are dangerous to humans and how they destroy our bodies defense mechanisms. I am also very interested in the way proteins combine, function and how they bind and engage in destroying potentially harmful substances. • I think I will be very successful in this field as I am quite good at troubleshooting problems, and thinking logically as well as analyzing a difficult situation in a short period of time. I am also hard-working and motivated to help other people and make a strong difference in our society. • I already posses good social skills, as well as a calm logical thinking, which will help when dealing with patients, especially when they are diagnosed with a potentially dangerous disease, so I can keep them calm and efficiently, think about how we can go about treating the disease. Why would I choose Infectious Disease Specialist over other medical professions? • I chose Infectious Disease Specialist over other medical professions, because as an Infectious Disease Specialist I can both interact with people and make a direct impact on society, as well as complete research and help develop treatments and vaccinations which is more of an indirect benefit to our society. As an Infectious Disease Specialist I can both develop treatments as well as interact/diagnose patients, where as say a Family Care Physician, only diagnoses and treats people, but does little in the way of research and a microbiologist only does research and doesn’t interact with patients. As an Infectious Disease Specialist I get the best of both worlds. Thank you for listening! 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