Sports Medicine
Duties and Responsibilities: Sports medicine focuses on helping people improve their athletic performance, recover from injury and prevent future injuries. It is a fast-growing health care field, because health workers who specialize in sports medicine help all kinds of people, not just athletes Salary: $185,007 Education: Becoming a sports medicine physician requires obtaining a bachelor's degree and a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. During their undergraduate years, students will need to take pre- med classes in biology, anatomy and chemistry. Medical school is a 4-year program in which the last two years include clinical rotations. Demand for this career: