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Urology need its own personality.
Has tough residency, but as attending it is almost a 8-5 job unless you want to kill yourself working.
Barely you see a urologist in the hospital after 7-8 pm. No weekends, light calls. Very few if any emergencies.
Currently for the amount of work it is a good gig.
IMO, its future is no different that other similar fields. It is on safer side than GI as they have more than 1 or 2 money making procedures.
Do it only if you like it. I'd rather be jobless than be a urologist.
Largely true but bear in mind some of the cystectomy, nephrectomy and advanced cancer patients can still get pretty sick pretty quickly and will need frequent reviews.
I used to think urology is mickey mouse surgery until I tried a rotation myself. They can get big and messy at times.