1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a Resident Doctor do? |
|
 What field is your job in?
Medicine
|
|
What is your job title?
Resident Doctor
|
|
Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
I work for a hospital, where i am training to be a pathologist. The hospital is a community hospital, where you can do residency training in variety of medical fields like medicine,pathology, surgery etc.
|
|
How long have you been employed in this position?
4 years
|
|
How many hours do you work a week on average?
70 hours
|
|
Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
We in the Pathology department receive samples from patients for investigation about whats wrong with them. We process the samples,analyze the data and then inform the physician about the results.
|
|
What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
45000
|
|
What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
48000
|
|
Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
401K
|
|
Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
Well
|
|
|
2. Work environment! |
|
Does
your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
We have to constantly interact with colleagues as well as nurses and lab technicians. I love this interaction. It keeps me cheerful and grounded. Sometimes you end up with someone having a bad hair day, but well aint that common everywhere.
|
|
Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
|
|
Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
|
|
Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
In a hospital. Sometimes you feel like getting out the rooms and go out and enjoy the sunshine. But well, cant really complain.
|
|
Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
-
4 Income
-
7 Work Environment - co-workers
-
8 Work Environment - supervisors
-
6 Benefits
-
5 Hours
-
2 Level of responsibility
-
1 The actual "work" you do at your job
-
3 Job Title
|
|
3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours? |
|
If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
you will have to join medical school after finishing undergrad and when you are done with that, you join residency in a specialized field like pathology.
|
|
What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
You need social skills to interact with the patients, need organization skill s to handle the heavy work load everyday, and also the technical ability and smartness to understand and analyze the data.
|
|
Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
yes, strongly.
|
|
What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Enjoy your job. Its going to be a huge part of your life.
|
|
In order to view the remaining sections of this questionnaire please
SIGN IN
or
REGISTER HERE or 
|
