One of the interesting branches of medical sciences which impart training in child care and health is known as pediatrics. A pediatrician is a doctor basically who deals with the treatment of children diseases right from their birth to early adulthood. Just like adults, children health is also a very important health care concerning issue. Pediatrician are expert in the treatment of growing and developing bodies of young ones.

The branch of pediatrics is not an ancient one actually; it has started developing in mid of the last century only. A Pediatrician treats infections, injuries, congenital defects and all other types of malfunctions among infants, children and adolescents. In past few years the growing infant mortality rate has become a serious matter of concern among various nations across the globe. Pediatrician are looking at this issue as a challenge for themselves. They work hard for the development of new measures and medical facilities which could help out to stop the increasing infant mortality rate day by day.

The infant mortality rate is calculated by taking thousand live births. The rise of infant mortality rate is due to the overspread of diseases such as dehydration, pneumonia, malaria, malnutrition and other congenital infections. Pediatrician work upon the treatment of such hazardous diseases. According to American academy of pediatrics, Pediatrician take care of the physical health of the growing ones and ease their day to day health struggle. In USA, Pediatrician are considered to be primary care physicians. Not only infants, children and adolescents even sometimes the entire family has to get consulted from a Pediatrician.

Pediatrician generally treat the age group ranging from 0 to 21. One of the very early pediatric hospitals which are located in France used to treat children up to the age of fifteen in the last century. According to a report mention by American association of Pediatrics an average pediatric in US works around 50 hours per week on an average. That means being a Pediatrician is not like roaming in a park. It includes deliberate hard work and dedication.

There are many opportunities and career options for those who are pursuing their careers in pediatrics and aspire to become a Pediatrician. A Pediatrician can work in hospitals, clinics, local medical centers or can practice independently maintaining the rules and recommendations of their license. In USA, there are so many children who are obese and are suffering from overweight problems. In fact, US first lady Michelle Obama is taking serious steps in this direction so that youth of America could get a better health and life.

There is a tremendous scope and job opportunity for Pediatrician in US. Pediatrician career is based upon the overall experience, type of location and the facility with which they are working in their work stations. Specialists in pediatrics can work in the areas such as:

• Cardiology
• Critical care
• Oncology
• Neurology

Apart from doing specialization in various sub branches of pediatrics, budding pediatrics can go for their independent research work for various pharmaceutical and health care companies. They can provide guiding thesis in medical colleges as a professor for upcoming Pediatrician also. Pediatrician can work with global organizations such as UNICEF which includes many children health care related programs and provide health care access to those who cannot have medical facilities in their nations.

This is a very good cause and boosts a Pediatrician professional career. Although those who seek more growth income wise then they can join private hospitals and clinics which pay on a much larger scale then a medical health center which is run by a non profit making organization. Private hospitals also pay more for research work. Pediatrician can participate through online internet marketing activities also to provide their services and generate income. When a long span of experience a Pediatrician gains then he can pursue his/her career as health care administrators also.

Pediatrician can work in a health care team of doctors, nurses, therapists and medical technocrats who collectively work for the betterment of growing children’s health. The working hierarchy of a Pediatrician includes levels such as primary, secondary and tertiary health care levels. Primary level pediatrics treat those children who are suffering from some chronicle disease, secondary level pediatrics deal with those cases which have been referred by other physicians for treatment of certain higher level and tertiary level Pediatrician deals with sector specific treatment such as pediatric cardiology or pediatric neurology.

In USA, due to growing demand of pediatric health care the number of Pediatrician is going to take a swift by the end of the year 2014. A larger population of USA is going to take benefits from this growing health care advancement.

Pediatrician is one of the prestigious job profiles. To become a Pediatrician one has to undergo an intense 11 year educational program after high school. First one has to go for a four year undergraduate school followed by four years of medical school education and finally a three year internship and residency duration establishes the person as a Pediatrician. An aspiring Pediatrician must have the key skill of maintaining all the current and latest information about research in pediatrics. Apart from this he/she must be very patient and kind as dealing with children needs lot of patience. Children are generally very sensitive at heart so one has to deal with them by keeping this thing very clearly in his mind.

Pediatrician are competent in nature and are sustainable enough to face any kind of hardships of their careers. A Pediatrician is a medical doctor who first gains graduation in medicine and then during specialization can take either neonatology which involves study of infants or can go for specialization adolescent problems up to the age of eighteen. To become a Pediatrician first one has to become a physician. It will be a four year graduating program. But there are few institutes which provide integrated degree of BS/MD having duration of six years.

After a successful completion of pre med under graduation, one has to appear for MCAT which is Medical college admission test in US for getting admission in medical school. This entrance exam has been conducted by AAMC i.e. Association of American Medical colleges. After clearing this entrance exam one becomes eligible to take admission in medical school. The very first two years are of classroom studies and laboratory instructions. Subjects whom students study in this duration are:

• Biochemistry
• Physiology
• Anatomy
• Pathology
• Pharmacology etc.

Apart from pediatrics other areas of specialization which students can go for are obstetrics, psychiatry, gynecology etc. Pediatrics study about patient case history, conduct the necessary tests and finally conclude in the form of prescription after relevant diagnosis. To complete graduation from medical school one has to pass the exam of United States Medical Licensing Exam and then he/she will be able to go for further residency programme where they have been supervised under expert doctors and specialists.

Some of the prominent US colleges which offer medical courses are as follows:

• John Hopkin’s University, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Stanford University, California.
• Yale school of Medicine, Connecticut.
• University of Michigan.
• Duke University.
• David Gaffin School of Medicine, UCLA.
• Harvard Medical School.
• Oregon Health and Science University.
• University of Minnesota.
• University of Pennsylvania.

All these medical colleges are not considered to be good enough in USA, but also having infrastructure and facilities of world class. These are best medical schools in the world and students who got admission in these are fortunate enough to have a brand college name in their profile.

Most of the Pediatrician in USA are paid according to the type of services they provide to the patients. According to reports by American Medical Association on an average an annual income of a Pediatrician in US is approximately $135,000. Money making is totally dependent upon for how long a Pediatrician works. Obviously a full time working Pediatrician earns more than the one who is working as part time.

A full time working Pediatrician can make money up to $400000 per year in America. A pediatric cardiologist can earn 4 to 6 lacks US dollars, critical care pediatric can make money up to 3-4 lacks US dollars, oncology pediatric up to 2-3 lacks US dollars and neurology specialist pediatric can earn up to 3-4 lacks US dollars. The first salary increment one can achieve as a Pediatrician is after consistently working two successive years regularly on full time basis. Pediatrician do communicate nurses for the well being of their patients on regular basis and in touch with health care providing companies for the development of custom health care solutions for the growing children.

Pediatrician working in private hospitals and groups are paid according to provincial health insurance programs. Some get employment from regional health centers, some by private health care administration and some get employed by Government itself. Experienced Pediatrician get jobs in research health sector also.

The best US states which provide best salaries to Pediatrician are Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, Arkansas and Minnesota. This is concluded on the basis of statistical studies which are carried out by US Labor of Statistics. Local medical schools also provide bigger opportunities for these professionals. Currently in USA there are 300000 Pediatrician approximately who are earning and this figure is likely to increase in upcoming years.

Also there are a tremendous growing opportunities which are going to be available for these professionals as new employment designation design will be created by Government officials is soon to be implemented in all the clinics, hospitals and medical centers. Thus there are no questions left about the future prospects of this profession. This is one of the rising and promising professional careers which one can think about for.

A Pediatrician job includes lots of responsibilities. Right from the office work to visiting rounds for patients to the entire paper work procedure which is involved in the total care and well being of the patients is all done by Pediatrician. Pediatrician have to work according to calls procedure and sometimes they have to stay along with the patients throughout the whole day including nights and weekends depending upon the critical degree of the case.

The natural reasons for child mortality rate in USA are as follows:

• Perinatal conditions.
• Congenital Anomalies.
• Neoplasms.
• Respiratory diseases.
• Circulatory diseases.
• Nervous disorders.

A Pediatrician job is to treat all these above enlisted diseases. Infant deaths due to perinatal conditions are because of the poor maternal health and nutrition, inadequate care during pregnancy and delivery and other reasons could be like premature birth etc. In case of perinatal conditions an infant dies in the very first week of the birth and those who able to manage, their sustenance is also not lasts for more than five years. Congenital anomalies or congenital abnormalities are the birth defects which a baby has at his/her birth. Some common congenital anomalies include cleft lip or palate, Down’s syndrome and congenital heart diseases. Neoplasm is basically cancer in children such as brain membrane cancer, cardiac tumours in infancy etc.

Respiratory diseases among infants lead to the problems of asthma and bronchitis. Infants are very prone to circulatory disorders. In USA 14% of new born children are susceptible to ventricular septal defects. It leads to fatigue of the heart, congestion in lungs resulting obesity in children. Nervous disorders leads to stress and anxiety among adolescents which is quite dangerous as children start taking help of drugs overdose to recover from it. This converts them into drug addict which has adverse effects on their health.

A Pediatrician role is involved with the treatment of all these diseases among infants and adolescents. A Pediatrician plays a pivotal role in controlling the infant mortality and maternal mortality death rates in any nation’s maintaining of demographic population rate.