The profession someone chooses can say a lot for
what type of person they are. For each
profession there is a standard definition, but there is also a definition for
what type of person leads that career. The
emergency room (ER) physician profession is described as a doctor who runs the
emergency department as a hospital. An
ER physician is described as, “… [a person] who thrives on the relentless pace,
the wide variety of patients and cases, and the challenge of making an accurate
determination quickly,” as stated in “Emergency Medicine”. In the article, “Coroner: Job Description
& Career Info,” the coroner profession is described as a person who
supervises and performs examinations of the deceased to find the cause of
death. A coroner is described as someone
with a great eye for detail and can handle stress well. The ER physician and
coroner professions are the same in the fact that both are stemmed from the
medical field, but are different in the ways the jobs are approached and the how
obtainable each profession is.
To become an ER physician, not only is it necessary
to obtain a medical doctor degree through medical school, but it is necessary
to participate in a residency in the field.
“Residencies in emergency
medicine are highly competitive, so you’ll need excellent grades and
recommendations from your medical school professors” (Emergency Medicine para 4). The residency element adds more to the fact
of doing well in medical school is the key to success as an ER physician. In total, to become an ER physician, it takes
about 11 years of schooling post-high school. In hospitals, the emergency room is open 24-hours
and day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
This requires an ER physician to be in the emergency room during the
hours of operation. An ER physician’s
shifts range from 8-12 hours to keep the emergency room running (Emergency
Medicine para 6). Being an ER physician
requires a certain amount of endurance to be able to keep up with the long
hours put in at the hospital each week. Finding a job as an ER physician will not be a
problem in the near future with the right credentials. People will always need doctors to help them
be healthy.
Like that of an ER physician, to become a coroner it
is necessary to obtain a medical doctor degree through medical school. After obtaining a M.D., it is necessary to
participate in an internship and residency (Coroner: Job Description &
Career Info para 5). In total, to become
a coroner, it is necessary to obtain at least 10 years of schooling post-high
school. Because a coroner has so many different duties to
perform, there is no telling where the work will be done. “…specific job duties include visiting death
scenes, identifying human remains, supervising the transportation of corpses,
operating crime scene equipment, completing death certificates and notifying
next of kin” (Coroner: Job Description & Career Info para 2). Working conditions for a coroner may vary
from case to case. Becoming a coroner is more complicated than finding
any old job. This is because in some
states they are appointed by the government, and in other states they are
elected by the people (Coroner: Job Description & Career Info para 3). Although finding a job as a coroner can be
complicated it could pay off in the end.
The ER physician and coroner professions are the
same in the fact that both are stemmed from the medical field, but are
different in the ways the jobs are approached and the how obtainable each
profession is.
The only question is: to
work with the living, or to work with the dead.
