Sports Medicine

Duties and Responsibilities: A sports medicine doctor helps professional and amateur athletes stay healthy or recover from injury. They are given the opportunity to work with medical professionals, such as surgeons, physical therapists, physiologists, nutritionists, and coaches to help patients in their recovery. They come up with ways to prevent injuries and promote health for individuals who are involved in sports and exercise.

Salary: $200,000

Education: After obtaining a bachelor’s degree with a strong curriculum, you have to go to an accredited medical school to earn a Doctor of Medicine. Programs similar to that one take four years to complete and include work in the musculoskeletal and nervous system, biochemistry, and physiology. After receiving your degree, you must perform a residency lasting 2-7 years in a specialty like internal medicine, emergency medicine, etc. After residency you can take a sports medicine fellowship which takes 1-2 years to complete.

Reflection: I would like to be one because it sounds interesting.