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whats ur opinion on the cushiest specialty based on the amount of 'actual work' that u do? id like to hear some opinions.
wrong. that's just what they tell people on the way home to justify their incomesOriginally posted by Dr. Cuts
I think it's a misconception that Rads is a cush field. Especially nowadays with the shortage, Radiologists are working harder than ever to maintain jurisdiction over their turf.
Originally posted by emedpa
I don't know anyone who does it by choice. the occ med docs here are people waiting for slots to open up in their actual specialty and are just trying to earn a living until then.
Originally posted by QuinnNSU
EM CAN be cush if you are in the right setting (small hospital, not too much high acuity stuff). I spent a summer in Alaska as a pre-med shadowing the EM docs up there (only hospital for a couple hunderd miles). THey saw maybe 40 patients a day, worke 12 hour shfits (3 shifts a week), and made 200+.
THAT, my friends, is pretty cush. Well, atleast to me.
I will admit that Derm is pretty dang cushy too...
Path is likely as cush but not sure about the pay.
Rads is pretty popular, but I just did a rotatino in it and the attendings worked pretty hard (lots of procedures).
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Originally posted by jjackis
people iin alaska make a ton no matter what they do. my cousin works there as a radiologist, works 24 hrs a week and makes about 300 grand
Originally posted by Dr. Cuts
A friend and I were joking about this very situation. We were imagining a Rad sitting in his room, looking over film after film, repeating the diagnosis... "I think it's frostbite" "Looks like frostbite" "The findings are indicative of frostbite" "Impression: Frostbite," and once in while receiving an Alaskan trauma film... "Linear fracture of the calvarium... probably secondary to being struck in head by whale flipper." How exciting!
Originally posted by Stinky Tofu
"Suboptimal study, but looks suspicious for frostbite; clinical correlation recommended. Would recommend MRI for more definitive diagnosis."
Now that sounds more like a Radiologist!
<<in general, are they paid less than pediatricians, or general psychiatrists? do they even break $100,000 per year?>>
Prominence, kind of not related to what you just asked, but don't pay attention to those average Psych salaries. A Psychiatrist once said to me, "If you know what you're doing in Psych (businesswise), you'll have a good chance of pulling in 400-500K a year. Peace.
Cushy? You signed on to become physicians, knowing on some level the demands of tending to patients who are afraid, uncomfortable, suffering, and all those things you wouldn't want happening to you, right? Now that you'll being choosing a specialty looking for a 'less demanding' endeavor sort of betrays the initial efforts to become docs. Maybe some of you looking for cushy careers ought considered some other field.
Lol, chill dude. You can want to help people but not want to kill yourself doing so. People have different priorities.Cushy? You signed on to become physicians, knowing on some level the demands of tending to patients who are afraid, uncomfortable, suffering, and all those things you wouldn't want happening to you, right? Now that you'll being choosing a specialty looking for a 'less demanding' endeavor sort of betrays the initial efforts to become docs. Maybe some of you looking for cushy careers ought considered some other field.
400k in psych is totally doable, but you have to work.
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Cushy? You signed on to become physicians, knowing on some level the demands of tending to patients who are afraid, uncomfortable, suffering, and all those things you wouldn't want happening to you, right? Now that you'll being choosing a specialty looking for a 'less demanding' endeavor sort of betrays the initial efforts to become docs. Maybe some of you looking for cushy careers ought considered some other field.
Edit: Nevermind. I realized I was responding to a 63 year old retired surgeon.
Instead let's just agree to disagree on the majority of your post
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Unless someone is actually in a specialty then he or she can't tell you how cush it is, let alone compare it to other specialties. And even still that's just one opinion.whats ur opinion on the cushiest specialty based on the amount of 'actual work' that u do? id like to hear some opinions.
If I had the connections...I would've gone for dermatology...I guess I'll have to settle for ophthalmology
Jason Park MS-IV
NSU-COM
I'd also go for Radiology as well
Cushy? You signed on to become physicians, knowing on some level the demands of tending to patients who are afraid, uncomfortable, suffering, and all those things you wouldn't want happening to you, right? Now that you'll being choosing a specialty looking for a 'less demanding' endeavor sort of betrays the initial efforts to become docs. Maybe some of you looking for cushy careers ought considered some other field.
Obviously derm, optho, psych, PMR, ... Rads I guess
I would venture to say that FM can be cushy; 9-5, clinic work, weekends off and no call with salaries ~ $220-$250k range.. Not as cushy as the above.. But you can pretty much find a job in any region without too much difficulty... Can't necessarily sY that about rads, path, ...etc
Rad onc's not too bad either