Sports Medicine

Sports Medicine

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Work with doctors to rehabilitate sport-related injuries. They specialize in the treatment and rehabilitation of sport and athletic injuries. Diagnose, treat, and help prevent injuries that occur during sporting events, athletic training, and physical activities. 

Salary:

$85,790 

Education:

Master's degree in sports medicine. physical therapy, or athletic training

Demand for this particular career:

Mandatory physical therapy licensure, optional Sports Therapy Certification through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

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 Do you think you would like to be one? 
Why? Why not?

I would not like to be one. This isn't the type of field that I am interested in pursuing. 

 

Speech Pathologist

Speech Pathologist

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Speech-language work to prevent, assess diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.  Speech, language, and swallowing disorders result from a variety of causes, such as a stroke, brain injury, hearing loss, developmental delay, Parkinson’s disease, a cleft palate, or autism.

Salary:

$76,610

Education:

Master's degree and license 

Demand for this particular career:

Communication skills, Detail oriented, Compassion, Listening-skills

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I would not like to be a Speech-language pathologist. This is not the field that I would like to invest my time in.