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So What Do You Want to BeWhen You Grow Up? (Part 2 of 2)Dr. Ijaz A. Rauf – National Secretary Ta‘līmPart IIIWhat should I do toGet Into One of the TopCareersAt this stage you must be wondering,OK, I am motivated, I have an ideaof the kind of education I wish togo for at the university, but I am inhigh school, what do I have to donow to get in my field of interest?This is exactly what we are goingto talk about in the next sectionfor some of the top professionswe have identified Ahmadī Youthshould seek.General Practitionersand Family Physicians:Main duties:• Provide counselling andsupport to patients and theirfamilies on a wide range ofhealth and lifestyle issues• Perform patient advocacy role• Co-ordinate or manage primarypatient care• Provide continuous care topatients• Supervise home care services• Report births, deaths, andcontagious and other diseasesto governmental authorities.• ExĀmīne patients and take theirhistories, order laboratory tests,X-rays and other diagnosticprocedures and consult withother medical practitioners toevaluate patients’ physical andmental health• Prescribe and administermedications and treatments• Perform and assist in routinesurgery• Provide emergency care• Provide acute care management• Inoculate and vaccinate patients• Deliver babies and provide prenataland post-natal care• Advise patients and theirfamilies on health care includinghealth promotion, disease,illness and accident prevention• These physicians work inprivate practice, or hospitalsand clinics.• The unionization rate (54%) isclose to the average (32%) forall occupations.• The highest concentrations(per 10,000 people) of GeneralPractitioners and FamilyPhysicians are found in BritishColumbia and Nova Scotiawhile the lowest concentrationsare in New Brunswick andPrince Edward Island.Education/TrainingYou must complete a Bachelor’sdegree and then complete aDoctorate of Medicine at arecognized institution. In Quebec,you must complete a collegeprogram in health science and oneyear of pre-medicine universitystudies, and must graduate from anapproved medical school. You mustfinish two to three years of a familymedicine residency program. Youmust also complete the qualifyingexĀmīnations of the MedicalCouncil of Canada and obtain alicense from the licensing authorityin the province/territory where youwill work. Most recent entrantshave an undergraduate universitydegree.Useful Experience/Skills & HighSchool Subjects: Multidisciplinaryteamwork, Business and financialmanagement, Committee work,Interpersonal skills, Communityinvolvement; For admission to abachelors degree one has to studyMath, Biology, Chemistry, Physicsand English and obtain an overallaverage of 90% or above.PharmacistsMain duties of IndustrialPharmacist:• Participate in basic research forthe development of new drugs• Formulate new drug productsdeveloped by medicalresearchers• Test new drug products forstability and to determine their24 So What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?