An obstetrician/gynecologist is a physician specialist who provides medical and surgical care to women and has specific skill in pregnancy‚ childbirth‚ and disorders of the reproductive system. This includes preventative care‚ prenatal care‚ detection of sexually transmitted diseases‚ Pap test screening‚ and family planning. An obstetrician/gynecologist‚ commonly abbreviated as OB/GYN‚ can serve as a primary physician and often serve as consultants to other physicians. OB/GYNs can have private
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Mine is to be an obstetrician. Yea that pretty hard to pronounce. Obstetrician work twenty-four hours a day seven days a week. Unless you take off of course. I think what interest me the most about this job is the fact that i can help give birth ‚and understand the birthing process ‚ and help moms through it. I think that working at this job will be a success. Why you may ask ‚ because working with the moms and giving the vulture sounds will be a dream job for me. An obstetrician job is to help
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Obstetrician and Gynecologist Have you ever wondered what "OBGYN" stood for? It’s an anagram for an interesting job‚ actually. The OB stands for Obstetricians and GYN stands for Gynecologists. An OBGYN is a doctor who specially treat pregnant women‚ their babies and help women with their ’lady parts’. They usually treat disorders‚ pain‚ infertility‚ infections and sometimes cancer. They also sometimes deal with scary subjects like menopause‚ miscarriages and sexual transmitted diseases. Becoming
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into the medical field to be an obstetrician. An obstetrician is a doctor that helps during pregnancy and childbirth. Pregnancy and the growth process of a child before birth interests me extremely. Although birth can be painful and agonizing the mother comes out of it with a precious human being that she gets to call her baby. It is a pleasure to be a part of someone’s birth. I think that this job is important not only to me but to others because without obstetricians people would not know the health
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confirmation but I am too excited. He is overjoyed at the news. Over the next few days‚ we are giddy with the possibility of another child. Already thinking of the future and what plans need to be changed. I set up the appointments and have my first obstetrician visit. The doctor’s office does all the vital tests‚ the blood results are fine and point to me being pregnant. They set up an ultrasound for me‚ so that we can check the baby and how far along I am. At the ultrasound appointment‚ I drink what
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are a variety of obstetricians and gynecologists who‚ unfortunately‚ have had the issue of dropping out of their practice due to upcoming problems in the work force. Obstetricians and gynecologists practice with the reproductive system of a women‚ and the work of delivering a baby. The complications in the ob-gyn labor force include the unproportional ratio of ob-gyns to women who are expecting a child. Career Background Information Obstetricians and gynecologists
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1. BACKGROUND In the 1700s‚ Barber-surgeons‚ predecessors of the obstetricians belonged to a low social standing‚ similar to that of carpenters and shoemakers‚ members of the arts and trade guild. In an attempt to create social mobility and improve social status‚ barber-surgeons saw the opportunity to expand their expertise and redefined the perception of their skill as life saving‚ a higher moral order. Soon‚ barber-surgeons gained a competitive edge over midwives to practise at difficult home-deliveries
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Human growth and development has captivated my attention since my first Human Anatomy and Physiology class my sophomore year in High School. I studied‚ researched and dissected every inch of the human body. I analyzed every component of the human pregnancy and studied each one extensively; this inspired me greatly to go into the Obstetrics and Gynecology field. I learned the functions and the purposes the complex body withholds; without it the world would be nothing. The research and study of the
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during their pregnancy‚ during labour and birth‚ and for up to 28 days after the baby has been born. But with relation to other healthcare team such as the MSW and obstetricians at all times. During pregnancy midwives provide antenatal care‚ if any risk or abnormality is seen they would refer the patient to a specialist‚ the obstetrician to handle the case. And during the the antenatal care‚ midwives arrange and provide parenting and health education to the patient and family and a MSW can also be
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Honors Principles of Biomedical Science September 29.2013 Obstetrician – Gynecologist Obstetrician/gynecologist (OBGYN) specializes in women health needs‚ including annual exams‚ obstetric care during pregnancy‚ gynecological surgery‚ infertility treatment‚ breast care and treatment of osteoporosis. OBGYN’s are two surgical medical specialties that deals with the female reproductive organ‚ in their pregnant and non-pregnant state. OBGYN stands
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