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I'm sure there are alot of you guys out there that can relate. Every field has something about it I love and a few things that I can't stand.
Medicine - Love the people, love thinking about the pathophys of disease, but won't be curing a damn thing. Hours are crapp, salary is crapp.
Surgery - CV surgery is cool as hell and I love the fellows and all the attendings (interns and residents can suck it), you actually get to cure stuff, but in no way do I think 7 years of misery (residency + fellowship) is worth it to finally be happy and working.
Anesthesia - $$$, hours, OR time ... but I'd like to wear a tie to work. And I know this is layman thinking but somehow I still cringe at the thought of not being considered a real doc.
Peds - Kids are great, but it got really annoying not being able to talk to the patients directly... and I would just get pissed off when some coked up mom is crying and wondering why her malnourished kid is sick and expects me to empathize. Please f--- off and go to hell while I call CPS.
Radiology - $$$, hours, imaging is great, the idea of teleradiology is really attractive (What? I can read in Australia for US hospitals?). Once again, don't cure anything, absolutely 0 patient contact (a neg for me), and most physicians read their own films anyway.
Emergency - Shift work is good ... but I can't tell you how many times I've heard "don't ever trust an ER doctors note... they are absolute crapp." Also, dealing with drug seekers is not so great.
Derm - I once missed a question on an exam ... hence not an option.
Optho - Don't know enough about it, but its a possibility for me. Is it too specialized though?
Path - Seems nice, nice hours, nice people, I wouldn't mind staring at a microscope all day, but no patient contact.
Man, I don't know, I hope I get some perspective by the end of third year, otherwise I'll just be jumping into something and not really knowing if its right for me... Darn.
Any of you guys that are completely smitten by one specialty mind telling me why? I'd love to be talked into something.
Medicine - Love the people, love thinking about the pathophys of disease, but won't be curing a damn thing. Hours are crapp, salary is crapp.
Surgery - CV surgery is cool as hell and I love the fellows and all the attendings (interns and residents can suck it), you actually get to cure stuff, but in no way do I think 7 years of misery (residency + fellowship) is worth it to finally be happy and working.
Anesthesia - $$$, hours, OR time ... but I'd like to wear a tie to work. And I know this is layman thinking but somehow I still cringe at the thought of not being considered a real doc.
Peds - Kids are great, but it got really annoying not being able to talk to the patients directly... and I would just get pissed off when some coked up mom is crying and wondering why her malnourished kid is sick and expects me to empathize. Please f--- off and go to hell while I call CPS.
Radiology - $$$, hours, imaging is great, the idea of teleradiology is really attractive (What? I can read in Australia for US hospitals?). Once again, don't cure anything, absolutely 0 patient contact (a neg for me), and most physicians read their own films anyway.
Emergency - Shift work is good ... but I can't tell you how many times I've heard "don't ever trust an ER doctors note... they are absolute crapp." Also, dealing with drug seekers is not so great.
Derm - I once missed a question on an exam ... hence not an option.
Optho - Don't know enough about it, but its a possibility for me. Is it too specialized though?
Path - Seems nice, nice hours, nice people, I wouldn't mind staring at a microscope all day, but no patient contact.
Man, I don't know, I hope I get some perspective by the end of third year, otherwise I'll just be jumping into something and not really knowing if its right for me... Darn.
Any of you guys that are completely smitten by one specialty mind telling me why? I'd love to be talked into something.