MEDICAL EXAMINERJessica Coleman

School and training

4-year college degree and completion of college

Take the medical college admission test

Choose a medical school that awards a M.D. or a D.O. degree

Apply to medical school and attend for 4 years

Join a residency program to receive training as a forensic pathologist

Spend a year in fellowship training in forensic pathology

Become board certified n forensic medicine by passing the American Board of Pathology

Appointed as a medical examiner in government

o about 200,000 a year

o working hours• Normal day about 6-8 hours • Travel days 12 hours

Salary and working hours

Lifestyle

With the 200,000 dollars a medical examiner makes a year they would have a great lifestyle

Live in a nice state Have a nice car Be able to have nice things Still have money in your pockets

Location

As a medical examiner you could still live in Michigan. Depending on what college you go to.

There are plenty of schools in Michigan to practice medical examining

Sometimes you would have to travel to the other states where the body is located

What career cluster does it fall under?

Medicine

10 characteristics Yes it goes with what I like to do and what I believe Have to deal with dead bodies, know the organ systems, be

able to handle blood and how to find out what happened Data people and things:

○ Data- what you find○ People- working with others○ Things- having the tools

Working environment- most time spent in morgue or on scene Aptitudes and abilities- yes I have the ability to want to know

how to do this job. I think this job fits my future abilities

Career outlook- yes I believe this job will be around in 5-10 years. There will always be a need for someone in this job

MARINE BIOLOGIST

School and Training

Earn a Bachelor's Degree in Marine Biology or Biology

 Complete a Master's Degree Program in Marine Biology

Get a Ph.D. in Marine Biology

Salary and working hours

Starting salary- $29,658 - $100,406 Total pay- $28,148 - $99,991

Working hours are usually between 6-8 hours

Unless there is a specific job you need to do then it could go up to about 11 hours.

lifestyle

Making up to 100,000 a year you could have a normal lifestyle

you would have a normal house, car and other things

You could still have kids and be able to support them.

Location

You would have to move to somewhere such as Florida near an ocean

Most of the work is involved with being inside the water

Career Cluster

 AgricultureScienceNatural Resources

10 Characteristics Yes it goes with my values

Tasks and responsibilities- you have to be responsible under water and know what you're doing, have to know how to calculate and know what you're doing

Work environment- under water and above water doing research Yes I able to go under water and be responsible with my work This career may be around in 10 years maybe not because they could make

robots but they would need real people to actually look

Data, people and things Data- calculate use mathematics People- working with other people Things- working with animals and plants under water

Explanation

Medical Examiner• Working as a medical examiner has always been a dream of mine. This

job interests me because of the work you do and how much you help the world. You get to work with bodies and you get to be a big part of finding out murders and other crimes. I hope to become a medical examiner and find out the sciences that come with it

Marine Biologist• I chose a marine biologist because I have always had an interest in

animals and sea creatures. I thing that’s a big part of any job, to be doing what you love. You get to earn money for doing something you have always wanted to do and learn about. This would be a good job for me because I would know what im doing and actually want to work