The Path I Have Chosen

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(Jakubiak 146) (United States 56).
The approximate number of hours per week for a neurologist is sixty. They usually work in a hospital or in an office. A large majority of their time is devoted to communication with patients and their immediate families. There is a physical and emotional toll taken on the neurologist. The physical effect is due to the long hours spent at the work place. Neurologists are just as human as anyone; therefore, it takes an emotional effect on them when faced with having to tell their patients what the cause of their ailment is (Jakubiak 145). When I asked a professional about the stress involved on the job, this was the response I got:
As with any job there are downfalls. In my case, the stressful hours got to me at first, but as time progressed, it was a daily routine that I grew used to. As far as the emotional aspect goes, of course, the hurt that I see in the eyes of my patients is hard to bear, but I must keep a professional grasp on what ...

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Obviously, a high school diploma is a must before college. Once in college, students go through a mandatory pre-medicine program for neurology students that includes classes in biology, physics, mathematics, and general and organic chemistry. After satisfactory completion of the required courses, the Medical College Admission test is taken in the senior year of the student�s curriculum (Jakubiak, p 145-146).
After graduation from a college, students who are accepted attend a four-year medical school. There are only one hundred forty-one medical schools in the entire United States; therefore, acceptance in these schools is hard to attain. The surplus of those interested in ...

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