Medical Scientist

Medical Scientist

Duties and responsibilities: The purpose of a medical scientist' job duties is to discover new methods of enhancing human health. The end result of these procedures and research is to come up with new treatment options, drugs and vaccines. Medical scientists perform research on specimens, such as bacteria and viruses, then regularly perform reviews, clinical investigations and write technical reports during this research process.Medical scientists that run a clinical trial have to interview patients and go through their medical histories. Afterwards, they decide which patients go into what testing group

Salary: Average salary 2013 $90,230

Education: Students planning careers as medical scientists typically pursue a bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, or a related field. Undergraduate students benefit from taking a broad range of classes including life and physical sciences, mathematics, and disciplines that focus on developing communication skills. The importance of grant writing and publishing research findings makes writing skills essential.After students have completed undergraduate studies, students typically enter Ph.D. programs. Dual degree programs are available that pair a Ph. D. with a range of specialized medical degrees. A few degree programs that are commonly paired with Ph.D. studies are Medical Doctor (M.D.), Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.), Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.), and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.). While PhD. studies focus on research methods, such as project design, students in dual degree programs learn both the clinical skills needed to be a physician and the research skills needed to be a scientist.

Demand for this profession:  I think California is the state who pay better to the MT but outside of there no body pass from $30/hour and this is the top of the banana and from there you will not receive more salary increase. They give to you a bonus and this bonus is optional. If you sneeze at the lab you will lost your bonuses.

I am to old but I recommend to all you if you want respect you have to fight for it and if you want money ... The lab is not the place because is the sicker part of the Hospital.