Medical Scientist

Medical Scientist

Duties and responsibilities: Medical scientist help develop new medical breakthroughs that benefit humanity. This process involves a great deal of research and performing clinical trials to find out the effects of new drugs and vaccines. The main purpose of the job is to find new methods of enhancing human health.

Salary:  $69,765 - $154,959

Education: The end educational goal for a medical scientist is typically a doctor of philosophy(Ph.D.) in biological Sciences, although some medical scientist choose to get a medical degree, such as the doctor of medicine(M.D.), instead.

Demand for this profession: In order for medical scientists to interact with patients medically, they need a medical degree and become a licensed physician, which can take up to 7 years to complete.

Reflection: This a job that I will like to do because it involves doing something that can help others and what they need so it can help them get cured, it is also a well paying job.