Anesthesia vs. Allergy Immunology

[inomed]

How does job satisfaction, lifestyle, salary / hour, total comp, and stress level compare in allergy vs. anesthesia?

I recognize that they’re quite different but I like the science of both quite a bit, and I’m still debating what practice setting / acuity level is more correct for me.

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[slowthai]

Lifestyle: Allergy
Salary/hr and total comp: Anesthesiology
Stress level: Anesthesiology

Allergy has a better lifestyle because it's an outpatient specialty with like no call requirement and almost no emergencies (send to the ED). Anesthesiology usually has a moderate to heavy call component.

Salary/hr and total comp is better in anesthesiology hands down. The demand is off the charts. Allergy is easily saturated, especially because the allergist per capita required is relatively lower than other specialties. This drives salaries down.

If we're talking stress due to medical acuity, it's obviously way higher in anesthesiology, because it can go as wrong as possible at any moment. Where allergy would be higher is when it comes to starting PP, due to having to run a business.

 

[Med Ed]

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