Eastern Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities:

           The person who chooses a career in alternative medicine will learn to treat and prevent illnesses through methods not normally used by the traditional Western healthcare establishment. These methods include the use of herbal and homeopathic medicines as well as dietary supplements. Other methods of treatment used by practitioners of alternative medicine include holistic medicine, acupuncture, acupressure, reflexology and new age healing.

Salary:

          $58,958

Education:

A student seeking to begin an alternative medicine career may attend a college, university or specialty school that offers certificate and degree programs in this field. There are a number of certificate programs available in alternative medicine specialties, such as holistic health, massage therapy, herbal medicine, yoga instruction and oriental body therapy. Anatomy and physiology courses are common to many types of alternative medicine programs; other coursework varies.

Reflection:

          I don’t think I would like to be a Eastern Medicine Doctor because medicine and being a doctor isn’t really something I would like to be. Although I did find them interesting by them not healing in traditional ways.