Kelsey+Campbell

__** General Practitioner **__

** What does a general Practitioner do? ** A general practitioner assesses and treats general medical diseases and illnesses. General practitioners usually see patients about their ailments or health conditions, if the GP cannot treat the patient’s health compliant, they can refer the patient to a specialist.

** What are the education requirments for this job? ** **Optional Subjects:** To become a general practitioner you must complete a bachelor’s degree and then complete a doctor of medicine degree at a recognised institution. It usually takes at least 11 years to become a doctor: 4 years of both university and then medical school and another 3 years working at a hospital. To get into medical school you need to do very well in university and on the medical school entrance tests.
 * While at high school it is essential that you excel in the following subjects: **
 * Mathematics
 * Physics
 * Chemistry
 * Biology
 * Psychology
 * A business subject
 * Communication

** How much does a general practitioner earn? ** Doctors are paid the same salaries for a particular job thoughtout all of New Zealand. The amount of money a general practitioner earns depends on the number of hours they work per week and the number of years they have worked for. The approximate basic salary for a general practitioner in New Zealand is about $100 000 - $150 000  The average income for a full-time Australian GP is up to $200 000 or more.

**Working conditions:**
 * may work long and irregular hours and be on call. They may also work part time
 * work in clinics and health centres
 * often come into contact with diseases and bodily fluids.
 * may travel to other towns or countries for conferences.

** Skills involved: **
 * The ability to work under pressure
 * Willing to work long and and sometimes irregular hours
 * An ability to anaylse problems
 * A desire to help people
 * High levels of numeracy and mathematical ability
 * Need to be determined

** Sources: ** [] [|http://www.gpaustralia.org.au/] [] []  []   []

** My conclusions about this job: **  I think that I would enjoy having being a general pratitioner because it's a job that involves always being with and helping other people. I think that being a GP would be really interesting and challenging. It does involve a lot of work and does take a few years of studying, but overall I think that there always be more advantages than disadvantages of being a GP. I would have to take a few of the sciences to further my knowledge for this job