The Ultimate Rheumatologist Career
Before I get into the meat and potatoes, I wanted to give you a little back story (very brief I promise!) why this career was created ? March was for 2021 the Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month. This hits very close home since I live with multiple autoimmune disorders, so I wanted to honor the month in my own way with something I believe I am good at. I know that there are some traits and custom content dedicated to disability but for me, this is not enough. I feel like disabled people are underrepresented in the Sims, so I started working on my own Mod dedicated to this, but since this mod will take very long, I came up with the idea to create a career so I won’t miss the awareness period completely. With that being said, I believe people with disabilities like me and anyone who aims for realism would like to have a career like this in their game. Okay, enough with the back story, now, let’s get to the fun part!
What this career offers me?
Okay, simply put this is a rabbit-hole career, with added interactions. It’s available for young adults, adults, and elders. You have 4 general levels that resemble university and on the last one, you will receive a degree in your household inventory (now the degree is nothing fancy, it’s just a redone of the Sims degrees, but I thought it would be a nice touch).
(If you want to buy it, you can do so by typing Mirai M ~ Rheumatology Degree in the research bar, it cost $150 and it’s in the Wall Decoration category.)
Polygon Count:
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Vertices: 64
Polygons: 46
Job Description
Rheumatologist Career
Rheumatology is a branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. Physicians who have undergone formal training in rheumatology are called rheumatologists. If you want to take the risk and try to have a job that helps the community, this is the right path for you.
General Levels
Bachelor of Medicine – $12,
M-F, Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
You are freshly graduated. Now you are eligible to sit postgraduate examinations, including examinations for membership and fellowship of professional institutions. But bear in mind that the road to success is long.
objectives: logic, research, and debate
Bachelor of Surgery – $17,
M-F, Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
The second level of education finished. You are halfway through and before you feel it, you will be in training.
objectives: logic, research, and debate
Doctor of Medicine – $22,
M-F, Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
At this stage you already read enough books and gathered theoretical knowledge, you should gain some practical experience. You are allowed to take between 2-3 hours per week in the hospital as an assistant, but in reality, you mostly observe, than actually doing anything.
objectives: logic, research, and debate
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine – $27,
M-F, Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Congratulations! You graduated successfully and now it’s time to show what skills you gained … and most importantly, now it’s the time to decide what road you want to follow, how you envision yourself.
objectives: logic, research and debate, writing
Afterward, your sim will need to choose between two career options. Whether they want to be a researcher and find a cure for rheumatic disorders, or a practitioner who helps individuals with chronic conditions.
The researcher path has 7 levels, while the practitioner path has 4 levels and 5 options for specialization (you can choose just one! it’s basically another track).
Research Field (7 levels)
Level1:
Research Internship – $30/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
Internships are an important part of any practical field, you are impatient to start working on big experiments, but before this, you have to learn the basic stuff. And most importantly, prove yourself worthy to work in this field!
Level2:
Postgraduate Training – $35/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
Well done! You managed to land this amazing opportunity straight after you finished your internship! Now you work more hours in the hospital laboratory, but still, most of your focus is on documentation .. when the fun will begin, man?
Level3:
Fellowship Training – $40/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
You are capable of acting as an attending physician in the research field you are training. You are working under the supervision of a Researcher and you have the opportunity to learn and expand your knowledge in the field.
Level4:
Research Assistant – $45/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
You are officially out in the big world now! You managed to land a real job. But bear in mind that the assistant is usually the one who does the dirty work, and the researcher puts their name on the paper in the end … You will need to run tests, perfect your statistics skills, write drafts, prepare and conduct the experiment. And then write a report to the learned of the research team, about the outcome.
Level5:
Research Associate – $50/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
With hard work and passion, you are going on the road to success. Just don’t give up! Sometimes it’s hard to make a breakthrough, but with consistency, the water shapes the rock! Now you are supervising the research assistants, so your documentation work is not that much, you have time to start planning and working towards your own research experiments.
Level6:
Researcher – $55/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
You are the head of the team, now people work with, for your research. Finally, you reached the point to enjoy the fruits of your hard work. You can conduct all the experiments you envisioned during your students’ years (of course, only if they meet the ethics committee criteria). You are passionate to find a cure for rheumatic disorders that were caused by autoimmunity and your ambitious research seems to work so far! Just don’t give up! You are so close …
Level7:
Senior Researcher – $60/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
Senior … Can you believe it? You reached the top in your career! You are like a legend in the research field. Your colleagues respect your attribute to the community, the youngsters see you as a legend in the field, recognize your name, study your experiment and overall want to be you! Ah .. now that’s a fulfilled life!
2.Practical Career (4 levels and 5 options for specialization)
Level1:
Medical Internship – $30/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
As an intern, you are given the opportunity of a temporary position in the hospital with an emphasis on education rather than merely employment. Now is your time to learn and adapt new skills and techniques which will help you in your future career.
Level2:
Postgraduate Training – $35/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
After so much focus on the theoretical studies, now you can work more on the practical part of Rheumatology. Your training has specific goals of improving your capability, capacity, and performance. So once you start working with patients, you can give them the best treatment.
Level3:
Assistant Rheumatologist – $55/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
After successfully finishing your training, you are ready to enter the real world. As an assistant, you will work with patients under the supervision of a fully licensed Rheumatologist. You will be given the opportunity to put diagnoses, fill in documentations, attend professional development seminars, and most importantly, you can ask questions and search for help at any time you don’t understand something, that’s why you have your supervisor.
Level4:
Rheumatologist – $85/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-F
Congratulations on your hard work! After so many years, sleepless nights, and hardships, you are officially a fully licensed Rheumatologist. Now you can work on your own either in the hospital, or you might consider opening a private cabinet.
5 Specializations
General Rheumatology Practitioner – $100
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-Th
You will be doing what you did so far, expanding your knowledge about recent pills and working with patients and their complaints. You will work with any type of patients that have rheumatic issues, but sometimes you might need to send them being advised by someone specialized in the particular issue.
Scoliosis Specialist – $100/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-Th
You studied so hard and learned so extensively that you had the opportunity to compare different issues and see where your interest stays the most. You decided to follow specialization in Scoliosis, so you work mainly with patients who suffer from this disease. You follow the latest news in the research field and spend time reading for the new medication on the market.
Arthritis Specialist – $100/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-Th
You studied so hard and learned so extensively that you had the opportunity to compare different issues and see where your interest stays the most. You decided to follow specialization in Arthritis, so you work mainly with patients who suffer from this disease. You follow the latest news in the research field and spend time reading for the new medication on the market.
Fibromyalgia Specialist – $100/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: T-F
You studied so hard and learned so extensively that you had the opportunity to compare different issues and see where your interest stays the most. You decided to follow specialization in Fibromyalgia, so you work mainly with patients who suffer from this disease. You follow the latest news in the research field and spend time reading for the new medication on the market.
Lupus Specialist – $100/h
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00
Days: M-T-W-F
You studied so hard and learned so extensively that you had the opportunity to compare different issues and see where your interest stays the most. You decided to follow specialization in Lupus, so you work mainly with patients who suffer from this disease. You follow the latest news in the research field and spend time reading for the new medication on the market.
NOTE ABOUT TRACKS: When you reach the specializations and pick one if you decide you want to change it, the MC Command Center cheat returns you to the first two tracks – research or practice and you need to re-do the practical levels again before the specialization options, I didn’t find a solution to this issue yet.
What else is included in the career?
You will have social and computer interactions. For further spoilers on the added interactions read: HERE
When you press on another sim, you will see a pie menu called “Work”, these are the interactions connected to your rheumatology job.
And when you go on the computer, you will see a menu called: “Rheumatology”. You will have four social and three computer interactions unlocked throughout the whole career, and other extra interactions that will be added depending on the track you choose.
Also, some of the interactions give you money! For example, if you are a practitioner, you will be able to go (it’s a rabbit hole!) and visit a patient in their home, and your sim will return with a payment from the visit.
If you are a researcher you also have options for payment, for example, if you write a research paper or be invited as a guest at a University lecture.
Restricted interactions:
Research Field:
“Be Guest In A Lecture” – Available only in Monday during the day
“Conduct An Experiment” – Available only in Monday during the day
“Write a Research Paper About a Case Study with Lupus” – Available only in Saturday
Okay, I think I shared enough to make you decide whether you want to give it a try or not. Let me know if you have any issues or questions about the career, I will be more than happy to help you!
Added French Translation by Maia Game
Happy simming!
Mirai M ~
