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Pediatricians, General
Diagnoses and treats illness and injury.
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Doctors examine patients, order tests, find out what's wrong and decide on treatment. Some see patients in an office; others work in hospitals, operating rooms or research labs.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Health and Wellness · Health and PE
Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.
- Anatomy and Physiology · Science
Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.
- Psychology · Social Studies
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Child Development · Career and Technical
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Statistics · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
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