What is your job like?
| Doctors make people healthier. When people get sick, doctors figure out why. They give people medicine and other kinds of treatment. They also give advice about diet, exercise, and sleep. |
| Doctors use science to figure out what is making people sick.
Doctors examine people, listen to them describe their health
problems, and do tests to see what is wrong Surgeons perform operations, like fixing broken bones or transplanting organs.. |
| Many doctors work long hours, at all times of day and night. Over one-third of physicians worked more than 60 hours a week in 2004. But doctors who work in small offices often have more time off. Doctors sometimes have to rush to the hospital to deal with emergencies |