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Can someone please explain to me why everyone on this forum only wants to do Cards or Gi? Who will take care of the other organ systems of our parents in 20 years? 😉
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jazz79 said:
it's not just this forum, every interview i've been to are filled with aspiration of cards or Gi too. dont worry for other organ systems, everyone says they want to do cards/gi but things always change.
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jazz79 said:
It's all about the Benjamins, yo. Not only do people like the idea of more $$$, but that leads to prestige, and prestige seems to be important to many people on this forum. Oh, and also the procedure thing - there are more procedures in cards/gi than other specialties right now. Among some applicants (especially guys for some reason) it seems to be cool to say "I like internal medicine better than surgery, but I just LOVE procedures, so I'm doing cards."
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BigBadBix said:
I resent that BBB. I am doing GI because I love poop and DRE's. I am not doing Gi for the $$$, I am doing it for the poop (and I love procedures) 😉
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jazz79 said:
Not to be a hater, but I'm getting tired of it as well....people getting up tight over how "super-duper IM program X didn't match as many people to top cards places as super-duper IM program Y last year, though they took alot of their own which may or may not be a bad thing...."
Any heme/onc-bound folks in the house?
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BigBadBix said:
...yet pulm is very procedure oriented. I dunno....clearly what's hot today could be poop tomorrow and visa versa. Look at gas, for example. More reason to do it for the true love of the gut and the pump than the Benjamins...
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I hate to say it, but its the same reason why derm, rads, optho, radonc, ent are so popular.
We all have our own reasons for choosing our specialties, and that's fine. I'm passing no judgments whatsoever. But if you look at competitiveness of any given specialty in medicine, it is directly proportional to income and inversely proportional to workload. There may be exceptions, but this is generally the rule.
We all have our own reasons for choosing our specialties, and that's fine. I'm passing no judgments whatsoever. But if you look at competitiveness of any given specialty in medicine, it is directly proportional to income and inversely proportional to workload. There may be exceptions, but this is generally the rule.
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stupid question, but why do people call cardiology 'cards'? i could understand 'cardio', or even 'card', but 'cards'? where'd the 's' come from?
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I think there are other reasons in addition to compensation that make these fields popular. The first is exposure...as a med student I've been exposed primarily to the inpatient oriented specialties like cards, GI, pulm, nephrology. Among these the fields that seemed cool were ones where the consultants could come in, do a procedure, and give you a definite answer like GI, pulm, cards.
And there's a little bit of a vicious cycle too...your peers and residents talk a lot about the procedural fields, so you look into and try to get a feel for those fields and end up liking one of them. Then as a resident you talk to your peers and med students about those fields and the cycle repeats.
I'm sure money and lifestyle issues play a part in most people's career decisions (I don't think theres anything wring with that), but especially in internal medicine I don't think those are the only factors involved.
And there's a little bit of a vicious cycle too...your peers and residents talk a lot about the procedural fields, so you look into and try to get a feel for those fields and end up liking one of them. Then as a resident you talk to your peers and med students about those fields and the cycle repeats.
I'm sure money and lifestyle issues play a part in most people's career decisions (I don't think theres anything wring with that), but especially in internal medicine I don't think those are the only factors involved.