Careers- Sost

In social studies, we are doing an inquiry project for our dream/chosen career. My dream career is becoming a surgeon. We had to fill out a booklet about careers go understand what a career is. Once we had finished the booklet, we had to fill in our project document. I found this interesting because I wanted to think about my career before the end of the year. This is my project document with the details.
 

 Your Job, Your Future

When completing your Career Plan Booklet you are given the opportunity to investigate a career that interests you.

You will research your chosen career and present your information as a Google Doc Report

FQ 1: What does my chosen Job entail? 

You should provide the following information about your job, a good source of information is the http://www.careers.govt.nz/ website

• Provide one paragraph written overview/summary of your job.

Surgeons may do some or all of these requirements. Examine patients and decide whether operations are needed. Consult with other medical professionals about patient care and treatment. Perform and manage operations. Instruct and manage patients’ post-operative care. Check patients’ progress while they are in hospital. Keep medical records and send final reports to general practitioners. Provide follow-up care for patients. Teach medical students and trainee surgeons. Carry out research.

• What are the working conditions like?

• work long and irregular hours, including evenings, weekends and nights
• work in operating theatres, hospital wards and clinics
• work in conditions that may be stressful, as they deal with seriously ill or injured patients.
• travel locally to visit hospitals in their region and overseas to attend conferences.

• What skills and knowledge are required for this career?

• knowledge of anatomy and how the human body works
• surgical skills and knowledge
• knowledge of different diseases, illness and injuries
• knowledge of medicines and treatments and the effects these have patients
• diagnostic skills
• up-to-date knowledge of research, treatments and practices
• knowledge of medical ethics and law

• What are the personal qualities that you require to do this job?

• accurate and careful, with an eye for detail
• motivated and disciplined
• quick and efficient
• able to work well under pressure
• able to make good decisions, and solve problems
• good time managers
• excellent at analysis and interpretation 
• good at report writing 
• good communicating and inspiring confidence in others
• understanding of other cultures’ attitudes to medical treatment.

• What are the key tasks that you will do in this job?

• work in hospitals or other health-related work, such as in-clinic
• work caring for people

• How much will you earn? Salary? And what are the work hours like?

• trainee surgeons- 72k-124k per year
• experienced surgeons- 151k-212k per year

• What training and education are required for this career? How long does the training take and cost?

• complete the Health Sciences First Year programme at Otago University or the first year of Bachelor of Health Science.
• complete a five-year Bachelor of Medicines and Bachelor of Surgery degree at Otago university
• work for several years as a supervised junior doctor in a hospital
• completes another five to seven years of specialist training and examinations to become a Fellow of the Royal Australiasian College of Surgeon.

• What prerequisites are there to get into the training course?
• NCEA Level 3
• maths
• biology
• physics
• chemistry
• health science first-year programme at Otago University
• 5-year bachelor of medicines and bachelor of surgery at Otago University.

• What subjects will you need to study in school to prepare you for this career?

• maths
• physics
• biology
• chemistry
• health science
• NCEA Level 3

• Add any interesting information about your chosen career that you may find

• operating 
• learning new facts about the human body

• Add in an image/photo/picture that relates to your job

FQ 2: What are the advantages and disadvantages of your job

1. Identify the positive, negative and interesting aspects of your chosen job by completing a PMI Chart 

Positive	Minus	Interesting
good pay science health more job opportunity	long hours away from home maths	train personal skills

FQ 3: What does someone in this job have to say about it?

Find someone who does this job and conduct an interview and include their responses.  You can also add your own questions which are more specific to your career inquiry. (if you have trouble finding someone, come and  discuss this with your teacher).

Ask them these interview questions – over the phone, email or in-person – and record the questions and answers in your notes.

1. What is your occupation? surgeon

2. What is your current job title? plastic surgeon

3.  How long have you been working in your present job? 

4. How many jobs have you had in your life? What were they like? none?

5. Have any of the following factors affected your work life, and if so, how?
1. Changing technology?
2. Layoffs or cutbacks?
3. Changes in the economy?
4. Working from a home-based office?
5. Travelling or moving?
6. Having a family? Yes, a bit. had a baby at 17
7. Other Factors?

6. Can you think of any other ways the world of work has changed since you first started working?

7. Have you ever had to retrain? If so, in what field? Why?

8. Have you ever had to relocate to find work? Why? Yes, I lived in Louisville, Kentucky. Moved to Auckland for studies than to Christchurch for work.

9. When it comes to finding and keeping a job, do you think education is more or less important than it used to be? more important

10. What advice would you give to help young people prepare to enter the workforce?

See if you can draw up a work line for them, starting at when they left school.

It should show the length of training, length and names of jobs, something like this:

Left School at partially 17

Trained for  Years 2

First job as a craniofacial surgeon For 1 Year

Second job facial cosmetic surgery

Now plastic surgeon- grafting and  reconstruction

Reflecting

Once you have completed your interview, think about your personal worked/went responses and write a quick summary discussing the following points:

1. Has technology impacted on their job? If so, how? no

2. Was there anything discussed that surprised you? yes, she was a teenaged solo parent.

3. How do you think their working experience will differ from your own? she had many different positions as a surgeon and she is the president of the New Zealand association of plastic surgeons.

FQ 4: Evaluating your Job – the what and why you are interested in this career

You need to answer these questions and you are expected to write a paragraph for each.

1. Why do you think this job is important, what values does it promote? This job promotes the value of resilience- keep trying even if you find it hard.

2. Why have you chosen this career to investigate? I have been through the procedures performed by people in this career.

3. What qualities and skills do you already have that suit this career? none yet so far

d. What qualities and skills do you need to develop for this career? 

• knowledge of anatomy and how the human body works
• surgical skills and knowledge
• knowledge of different diseases, illness and injuries
• knowledge of medicines and treatments and the effects these have patients
• diagnostic skills
• up-to-date knowledge of research, treatments and practices
• knowledge of medical ethics and law

4. The job market is competitive, what can you do now or in the near future to out-compete others for this job. study and practise hard and be one of the best.

FQ 5: What were your sources of Information – bibliography

Include a bibliography which lists the details in full of the different sources of information used.  If you are unsure how to set out your bibliography, check the Library webpage.

Careers.nz- last updated 4th August

Noted- published by Claire De Lore on April 21, 2016

FQ 6: Reflecting on the Research Process

1. What worked/went well for you during the research? summarising my chosen career. the information was easily found on the site.

2. What have you found challenging during the research? getting an interview with a person who has chosen the same career. it was a written interview in an article it was not really detailed and clear. 

3. How did you try to overcome these challenges? I found a written article about her interview.

4. If you were to do this again what would you do differently and why? have a verbal interview with the chosen person. 

Career Investigation Success Criteria
All requirements have been met to a high standard, including a comprehensive bibliography.  A wide range of information has been provided and the presentation has a real impact.	Level 5A
All requirements have been met to a good standard.  A bibliography has been included.  Information provided is relevant and the presentation is neat and tidy	Level 5P
Most of the work has been completed to a reasonable standard and most of the requirements have been covered.  A bibliography has been included.	Level 5B
The minimum requirement for Level Five is not meet  The work is not presented clearly, lacking organisation or style and information is at a very basic level.	Level 4A