Hi, do you guys know which specialty has the happiest doctors, just from your observations. Also, which ones seem to be most miserable? Thanks!
lol. I am asking because I have heard that the most lucrative specialties are
Radiology
Opthalmology
Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Especially pediatrics. Imagine the whining kids and their whining parents.Any specialty that has to deal with patients = misery
1)Geriatrics
2)Neonatology
3)Dermatology
4)Pediatrics
1)ENT
2)OBG
3)Ophthalmology
4)Ortho
5)Medicine
lol. I am asking because I have heard that the most lucrative specialties are
Radiology
Opthalmology
Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Recently I have heard that cardiologist have very happy lives. Is that what you hear?
I also heard that many surgeons hate their jobs . i have not really witnessed this personally.
The "ROAD to happiness" is mostly just a measure of time and money. According to this study, the specialties with the best career satisfaction are:
(So as a general rule: diaper rashes = secret to happiness)
And the most dissatisfied are:
(If you substitute Otolaryngology for ENT, thats MOOOOing your way to misery)
But stuff like this is worthless, because in the end the only thing that matters is what makes you happy [/hallmark card].
I think if you pick the right specialty, you'll be happier than if you pick the wrong one.
It's interesting to see the surgical specialties like ortho and ent so dissatisfied. I've always heard the more "balanced" people go into them and the psychos stay in general surgery, but this is much more like my first hand experience. At my institution the general surgeons all seem happier and friendlier than any of the "more chill" surgical specialties like optho, ent, or ortho (urologists are pretty cool guys though). ENT's in particular look like they're about one step from snappingat any given time.
RAD
Rads
Anesthesia
Derm
Ophtho has fallen off b/c of the pittance they're getting paid these days.
Don't believe the crap you read from the tree huggers around here. If you don't like patients, RADS is the clear choice. If you like patients, DERM makes a bit more money. If you're not competitive for those, go for ANESTHESIA.
These are the best gigs in medicine and surgery. Everything else blows after about 5 years of practice. Then you'll spend the rest of your life wishing you would've gone into RAD.
Unless of course, staring at a screen in a dark room all day would make you go crazy.
To ApacheIndian
I love the comment about anesthesia except the it actually takes scores >220 know to get into a good program. Some prgram the average score was 235 and if you did not meet it you did not get an interview. ROAD is the way to go but anesthesia is not for just everyone else that did not make derm or rads.
Can you throw Otolaryngology in there with Optho in "ROAD"? I would think that would be as competitive and rewarding with regards to $/lifestyle/coolness of surgeries.
Come on, everybody wants to be the neurosurgeon.
Otorhinolaryngology is the type of medical specialty that drives the layperson to despair, both of pronouncing the word properly and of having any notion of what it means.
In terms of competitiveness:
Dermatology > Ophthalmology > Radiology >> Anesthesiology
It takes high scores to get into the BEST programs in any specialty. In the ROD part of ROAD it takes good scores to get into EVERY residency.
Maybe it just shows how superficial this country is and where it's values are at. Some people well let their insides roit to hell but when the first blemish pops up they stop everything and rush to get it taken care of.Funny, in some countries Derm is the least sought after specialty. They have to deal with STDs. Primary Care, including OB/Gyn doesnt even bother diagnosing or treating 'em, and just dump them on derm.
Wonder why.
ENT had the worst ranking in one of those "how satisfied are you with your specialty" polls. I have yet to hear anyone give a convincing reason why this is the case. Anyone want to take a stab at it?
Because the survey is BS.
Seriously though, I have not met an ENT who is unhappy with the practice of ENT. We are the only field of medicine who does it all within our own area, sees neonates to octagenarians, both males and females, has a medical clinical practice and get to fun in the OR - we even control our own referrals for the OR (so no kissing up to GI). No other field is like this (urology is close, but male patients >> female patients.).
From Canada (the national physician survey, 2004):
Happiest physicians
In case the link doesn't work: June 20, 2006 174(13) p.1831
Top 5 (with 1 being the happiest):
1. Immunologists
2. General Pathologists
3. Physiatrists
4. Opthalmologists
5. Psychiatrists
Bottom 5 (with 5 being the unhappiest):
1. Endocrinologists
2. Gastroenterologists
3. Medical oncologists
4. Hematologists
5. Biochemists
Hi, do you guys know which specialty has the happiest doctors, just from your observations. Also, which ones seem to be most miserable? Thanks!
In terms of competitiveness:
Dermatology > Ophthalmology > Radiology >> Anesthesiology
It takes high scores to get into the BEST programs in any specialty. In the ROD part of ROAD it takes good scores to get into EVERY residency.
RAD
Rads
Anesthesia
Derm
Ophtho has fallen off b/c of the pittance they're getting paid these days.
Don't believe the crap you read from the tree huggers around here. If you don't like patients, RADS is the clear choice. If you like patients, DERM makes a bit more money. If you're not competitive for those, go for ANESTHESIA.
These are the best gigs in medicine and surgery. Everything else blows after about 5 years of practice. Then you'll spend the rest of your life wishing you would've gone into RAD.