Self employed physicians have the option of contributing to a retirement plan like any other self employed person. Usually, to have a retirement plan, a self employed person must also contribute to a retirement plan for his employees. What I'm saying, is the self employed have benefits, but they are also the ones who pay for the benefits. Average health and strength should suffice to be pediatrician. There are no special physical requirements although examination skills do depend on normal eyesight and hearing or eyesight and hearing which can be corrected to normal with aids or lenses.
Intelligence is a basic requirement for the other skills to be learned.
There will always be a need for pediatricians but salary and availability of positions may be affected by insurance companies and federal regulations. New technologies and discoveries can have a dramatic and unpredictable impact on the practice of medicine. The future of all medical fields will include an ever increasing burden of paper work to meet requirements of governmental regulators and insurance companies. 5.5 mos.ago following a viral illness. Initial treatments failed to bring up his platelet count.