Pediatricians, General

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Pediatricians, General

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent children's diseases and injuries.

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Personal Values

Abilities

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Inductive Reasoning

The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Written Comprehension

The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Written Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Information Ordering

The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Flexibility of Closure

The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Category Flexibility

The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Fluency of Ideas

The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

Selective Attention

The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Speed of Closure

The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

Perceptual Speed

The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

Finger Dexterity

The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Visual Color Discrimination

The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Hearing Sensitivity

The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

Number Facility

The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

Arm-Hand Steadiness

The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.

The ability to see details at a distance.

Mathematical Reasoning

The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.

The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Control Precision

The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Auditory Attention

The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

Manual Dexterity

The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Depth Perception

The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

Multilimb Coordination

The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

Response Orientation

The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.

Sound Localization

The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.

Gross Body Coordination

The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.

Static Strength

The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

Interests

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

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Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

Therapy and Counseling

Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Sociology and Anthropology

Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

Personnel and Human Resources

Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Law and Government

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Philosophy and Theology

Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

Communications and Media

Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

Foreign Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

Economics and Accounting

Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Sales and Marketing

Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Telecommunications

Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

Production and Processing

Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Food Production

Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

History and Archeology

Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

Building and Construction

Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

Wages

District of Columbia

Ohio	$144,550.00

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Physician Assistants

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Diagnose and treat diseases and deformities of the human foot.

Registered Nurses

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required. Includes advance practice nurses such as: nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists. Advanced practice nursing is practiced by RNs who have specialized formal, post-basic education and who function in highly autonomous and specialized roles.

Treat diseases, injuries, and deformities by invasive methods, such as manual manipulation or by using instruments and appliances.

Diagnose and treat diseases and dysfunctions of animals. May engage in a particular function, such as research and development, consultation, administration, technical writing, sale or production of commercial products, or rendering of technical services to commercial firms or other organizations. Includes veterinarians who inspect livestock.

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Teaching others how to do something.

Learning Strategies

Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Judgment and Decision Making

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Complex Problem Solving

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Service Orientation

Actively looking for ways to help people.

Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Management of Personnel Resources

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Management of Financial Resources

Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Equipment Selection

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Management of Material Resources

Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Operations Analysis

Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Quality Control Analysis

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Systems Evaluation

Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Systems Analysis

Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Troubleshooting

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Technology Design

Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.

Operation Monitoring

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Operation and Control

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Equipment Maintenance

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Writing computer programs for various purposes.

Tasks

Examine patients or order, perform and interpret diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis.

Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development.

Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.

Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children.

Advise patients, parents or guardians and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.

Treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems, and growth and development concerns.

Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients and parents or guardians.

Monitor patients' condition and progress and re-evaluate treatments as necessary.

Plan and execute medical care programs to aid in the mental and physical growth and development of children and adolescents.

Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary.

Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.

Provide consulting services to other physicians.

Plan, implement, or administer health programs or standards in hospital, business, or community for information, prevention, or treatment of injury or illness.

Operate on patients to remove, repair, or improve functioning of diseased or injured body parts and systems.

Conduct research to study anatomy and develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures to prevent, or control disease or injury.

Prepare reports for government or management of birth, death, and disease statistics, workforce evaluations, or medical status of individuals.

Career Activities

Assisting and Caring for Others

administer anesthetics

administer injections

administer medications or treatments

conduct complete physical examinations

conduct medical tests

diagnose medical condition of patient

diagnose or treat oral injuries

perform minor surgery

perform noninvasive medical diagnostic techniques

take vital signs

treat medical condition of patient

Making Decisions and Solving Problems

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

follow confidentiality procedures

follow dental or medical office procedures

follow examining room procedures

follow infectious materials procedures

follow institutional care procedures

follow life support procedures

follow operating room procedures

follow patient care procedures

follow surgical procedures

use clinical problem solving techniques

use counseling techniques

use emergency medical procedures

use emergency medical treatment procedures

use grief counseling techniques

use interpersonal communication techniques

use knowledge of investigation techniques

use knowledge of medical terminology

use medical diagnostic techniques

use psychological treatment techniques

use research methodology procedures in health care

use sanitation practices in health care settings

Getting Information

collect clinical data

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

identify body response variations

Getting Information

obtain information from clients, customers, or patients

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

recognize childhood diseases

recognize physical or emotional abuse

understand properties or composition of drugs

understand technical operating, service or repair manuals

Documenting/Recording Information

document medical prognosis

record medical history or data

Analyzing Data or Information

analyze medical data

analyze patient activity

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others

interpret medical laboratory test results

interpret x-rays

write technical health or medical documents

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

observe patient condition

Processing Information

calculate medical dosages

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others

counsel patients concerning diet

prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices or other forms of treatment

refer patients to community resources

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People

conduct patient assessments

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization

communicate technical information

make presentations on health or medical issues

Performing Administrative Activities

order medical laboratory tests

prepare patient reports

prepare reports for management

prepare required government reports

Controlling Machines and Processes

use medical equipment in direct patient care

Career Context

Freedom to Make Decisions

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled

Physical Proximity

Exposed to Disease or Infections

Contact With Others

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

Frequency of Decision Making

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

Deal With External Customers

Face-to-Face Discussions

Work With Work Group or Team

Consequence of Error

Coordinate or Lead Others

Structured versus Unstructured Work

Letters and Memos

Responsibility for Outcomes and Results

Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable

Responsible for Others' Health and Safety

Electronic Mail

Importance of Repeating Same Tasks

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

Level of Competition

Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings

Spend Time Standing

Frequency of Conflict Situations

Exposed to Contaminants

In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment

Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions

Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection

Exposed to Hazardous Equipment

Deal With Physically Aggressive People

Spend Time Walking and Running

Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment

Degree of Automation

Public Speaking

Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body

Career Styles

Analytical Thinking

Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.

Attention to Detail

Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.

Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.

Job requires being honest and ethical.

Concern for Others

Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.

Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.

Social Orientation

Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.

Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.

Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.

Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.

Achievement/Effort

Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.

Adaptability/Flexibility

Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.

Stress Tolerance

Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.

Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

Career Needs

Ability Utilization

Workers on this job make use of their individual abilities.

Workers on this job get a feeling of accomplishment.

Workers on this job have work where they do things for other people.

Workers on this job are looked up to by others in their company and their community.

Workers on this job make decisions on their own.

Workers on this job have steady employment.

Workers on this job are busy all the time.

Workers on this job plan their work with little supervision.

Workers on this job are paid well in comparison with other workers.

Workers on this job receive recognition for the work they do.

Workers on this job give directions and instructions to others.

Workers on this job have co-workers who are easy to get along with.

Workers on this job have something different to do every day.

Workers on this job try out their own ideas.

Working Conditions

Workers on this job have good working conditions.

Workers on this job are never pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

Workers on this job do their work alone.

Workers on this job have opportunities for advancement.

Company Policies and Practices

Workers on this job are treated fairly by the company.

Supervision, Human Relations

Workers on this job have supervisors who back up their workers with management.

Supervision, Technical

Workers on this job have supervisors who train their workers well.

Career Values