SCIENCE AND JOB

PROFESSION: DOCTOR

HOW TO BECOME A DOCTOR IN ITALYIn our country, after High School, you have to attend the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University for six years. When you finish these years you obtain a degree as a GP, General Prectitioner, so if you want to specialize in something, like neurosurgery, you have to study for other 5 years. After that, you can begin to work.

SCIENCE IN DOCTOR'S WORKScience is the basis of Medicine, which includes:

ChemistryBiologyAnatomy

CHEMISTRYNo chemistry no life, in fact every part of our body is made by molecules and atoms and it's not all :- The digestive processes are caused by chemical reaction, in fact without chemistry

we can't be fed;- Our brain works thanks to some cells called neurons and the the signal from brain

moves thanks to some neurotransmitter and are made of chemical elements;- Every object in our world is made of atoms and molecules, even if we don't realize

it.

BIOLOGYChemistry is the science of life because it studies living organisms' life processes.For example: there are 4 blood groups, A, B, AB, 0, so a doctor has to know his patient's blood type because if he doesn't and he does a wrong blood transfusion the patient could die because of blood clotting.

ANATOMYIn order to take care and operate, the doctors must know anatomy, that is to know where the organs are disposed. Knowing anatomy permits also to discover if there are some cancers, in fact during a visit the doctor can perceive some anomalies on the body.