Psychiatrist Career Analysis

Throughout my life, I have had many dreams and aspirations-like becoming a professional baseball player, or being a fighter pilot for the air force; and although, these dreams were never met, the compassion I felt for those dreams never faded. I now use these "dreams" as a type of inspiration in my everyday life. Grasping the complexity of this career evaluation has granted me to ability to rejuvenate my dreams; thus, it has allowed me to focus on what I believe I want to become, a Psychiatrist. In order to reach this goal, it will take a considerate amount of education, effort, and time. By taking this guidance class, it has taught me the importance behind a proper career path; as well as, allocate my time to insure I reach my goal.
Psychiatrist have to be extra vigilant in cases that rely on devices like laptops, blood pressure cuffs, and stethoscopes. Although I may have to deal with the occasional app such as SoftPsych to help with diagnoses, much of my duties will consist of listening, decision making, and critical thinking, which at the moment is a task that computers are not capable of doing. But scientist and psychiatrist are making great strides by relying on "virtual reality" to alleviate physical and mental illness. Hunter G. Hoffman stated "virtual reality—the ability to give users the sense that they are “somewhere else”—can be of great value in a medical setting. Researchers are finding that some of the best applications of the software focus on therapy rather than entertainment. In essence, virtual reality can ease pain, both physical and psychological" (Virtual-reality therapy). Psychiatry is ever evolving, in time. inventions and technological may become so advanced that it may change the way we perceive psychology; therefore, aid with research and cure ailments that are otherwise deemed
These numbers show exponential growth in my field throughout the next 7 years. Anything above 10-11% is generally a good choice for a career, so these numbers are definitely on the higher end. When doing my interview earlier this year with Dr. Peek (a psychologist), she assured me that psychiatry was in fact "a growing field". Having a profession perspective on psychiatry, aids with my dedication instead of relying only on statistic or graphs. Statistics and graphs do show an increase in salary for psychiatrists, let me touch on salary. Psychiatry can be a very lucrative career choice, when you obtain a doctrine in psychology you technically become a doctor of medicine; thus, salaries can range on an average of $190,000 a year. Depending on the credentials, psychiatry can be as low as $84,000 and the high topping off the charts well above $200,000 a