Volunteer Opportunities

Opportunities:

Volunteer contributions are an invaluable part of the Supportive Care Medicine team.

Every prospective volunteer in Cedars-Sinai's Supportive Care Medicine is carefully interviewed and screened by Volunteer Services to identify an individual's strengths and determine where that person would make the most positive contribution. Volunteers possess many skills and life experiences, which are carefully matched to the needs of patients, families and significant others.

Volunteers undergo a carefully planned training program before interacting with Supportive Care Medicine patients and family members. Volunteers understand that giving of themselves is reciprocated by the warm appreciation from patients, family and the Supportive Care Medicine staff.

Volunteers are needed to:

• Visit patients and families in the hospital
• Help with special projects
• Reach out to bereaved individuals and families

To learn more about volunteering, please contact Volunteer Services at 310-423-8044.

Love Blankets are a joint program of the Supportive Care Medicine Team and Volunteer Services. Blankets are hand-made, either through knitting or crocheting by volunteers. These blankets are beautiful gifts, bringing extra warmth and love to our patients and their loved ones. The blankets are delivered by a Supportive Care Medicine team member to the patient’s room, and typically laid on the patient. The family is then encouraged to keep the blanket as a memento of their loved one, when they pass away. If you know how to knit or crotchet and would like to start volunteering to make blankets, please contact 310-423-8044 if your intreastead. http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patients/Programs-and-Services/Supportive-Care-Medicine/Supportive-Care-Medicine-Volunteer-Opportunities.aspx

Neonatologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

they are pediatricians that take much more care of the newborns with any birth defects or illness. They are the ones who diagnose the child is they have anything different in their system. They also give treatments to help get the child get better. They also advise the parent that if they have high risk of prematurity on child or any other reason.

Salary:

 $230,181

Education:

 a doctoral degree with special training of pediatrics and neonatology. Bachelor’s degree. Also need to take a medical college admissions test.

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Reflection:

NO I WOULD'NT I DONT LIKE BABIES THEY LOOK LIKE LITTLE RATS TO ME.

                                        ORTHODONIST




Duties and Responsibilities:

  Orthodontics, a specialty within the dental profession, involves straightening teeth and correcting bites. As an orthodontist, you are responsible for locating problems with the positioning of patients' teeth and with their oral development. You might use x-rays or plaster molds of your patients' teeth to do this. You will then use dental appliances, such as braces, retainers and space maintainers, to correct these problems for the purpose of providing better function, appearance and facial development. You will also be responsible for planning custom treatment plans that are tailored to treat each individual patient based on his or her dental records and specific anomalies. You may also be in charge of supervising and instructing orthodontic technicians and assistants in performing routine. procedures.http://learn.org/articles/What_Are_the_Duties_of_an_Orthodontist.html.

Salary: 

Hence, the orthodontists working in offices of dentists have a median wage of $196,170 per year (with a hourly rate of $94.31), the ones working in offices of other health practitioners have an income of $192,600 per year ($92.60 per hour), while the ones working in the outpatient care centers earn $203,000 per year.
Education:
An orthodontist is a dental specialist and to become one requires an additional 2 to 3 years of advanced education and training after acquiring a D.D.S. (Doctor of Dental Surgery) or a D.M.D. (Doctor of Dental Medicine).  This means anywhere from 4 to 8 years of post undergraduate education through orthodontic residency programs. There are around 63 programs that are accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) and all are competitive to be accepted into because there are a limited number of positions, anywhere from 1 to 15, and numerous applicants as orthodontists are the largest dental specialty group. The University of Pacific gets around 200 applications every year for its 8 positions. Completion of an orthodontist program results in a certificate, master’s degree, or both depending on the school. There are also a few schools that offer PhDs in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics which is designed for those looking to hold teaching or higher positions.http://www.dentalcareerguide.com/orthodontist/education.html


Reflection:
this job is amazing i love the payment!!! 

                                              Dermatologist

The responsibilities and duties of a dermatologist  ARE TO TREAT CONDITIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE SKIN .THESE PHYSICS ALSO SPECIALIZE IN HAIR NAILS AND MUCOUS MEMBRANES. Dermatologist have to have training above getting a medical degree  to develop the skill they need in skin care  and must contain a licence . there are different types of dermatologist .THESE MEDICS GET PAID AT A HIGHER AMOUNT THEN MOST OTHER MEDICS . THERE SALARY IS ABOUT  $282,000 U.S.D. ANNUALLY . THERE PAYMENT RANGES FROM $100,000 TO $500,000 U.S.D.  TO BECOME A DERMATOLOGIST YOU MUST HAVE A BACHELORS DEGREE , GO TO A MEDICAL SCHOOL AND BEING IN INTERN FOR ONE YEAR. YOU ALSO MUST BE IN THE DERMATOLOGIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM  FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS.

Reflection:

This seems like as really cool job i would love to work in this just because of the payment i mean 282,000 dollars a year id love getting paid that much money and helping others by treating there skin.

                                          Dental Assistant



Duties and responsibilities:

Dental assistants assist the dental operator (dentist or other treating dental auxiliary) in providing more efficient dental treatment, by preparing the patient for treatment, sterilizing instruments, passing instruments during the procedure, holding suction devices, exposing dental radio graphs, taking impressions, and fabricating provisional crowns. Dental operators can focus more time on the procedure; the dental assistant then effectively becomes the operator's extra hands.

Dental assistants should be distinguished from dental hygienists, who usually have a higher level of training and expertise.^{[citation needed]}

Education: 

In some states, dental assistants can work in the field without a college degree, while in other states, dental assistants must be licensed or registered.

Dental assistants are required to meet the minimum certification to work in the field. There are many things that dental assistants must consider while working in the field and arguably the most important is infection control.^{[citation needed]}

Salary:

   Dental assistants do not earn the same amount of money as a dentist because there job is just a healthcare support occupation. The medium salary for Dentist assistants is 33,470 U.S.D. a year. By the hour they make $16.09.

However the salary for dentist assistants is different in different states. The lowest payment for dentist assistants is in West Virginia witch is 18,490 U.S.D. annually.The highest is in San Francisco witch is 59,370 annually.

Reflection: 

Being a dentist assistant isn't the type of job i would like to have. The payment is way to low even in the top paying state California its 59,370 U.S.D. I'm  looking more for a job with a better payment and something id enjoy doing. No wait not a job a carrier that would have to be something that deals either with tech or football.

                                            Chiropractic



                                         




 chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on general health. A chiropractic makes about 66,160 U.S. dollars a year,witch is $31.81 every hour. The typical applicant at a chiropractic college has already acquired nearly four years of pre-medical undergraduate college education, including courses in biology, inorganic and organic chemistry, physics, psychology and related lab work. 

Reflection:
I wouldn't like to become a chiropractic, it seems like a cool job for someone who is into medical stuff but for me it seems like a boring job.66,160 dollars a year seems like quiet the amount of money but i'm trying to make a little more then 66,160 a year.