Day to Day

[sonofva]

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Hello All-

I am a 3rd year trying to explore my speciality options. I was wondering if anyone could tell me a little about the day-to-day as a neurologist, job satisfaction levels, etc. Really what you guys do, and how you go about treating your patients. Thanks so much!
-sonofva

 

[HarveyCushing]

Honestly, the best bet is to use one of your 3rd year electives and do a rotation in neurology. The day-to-day dealings of a neurologist vary heavily upon practice type (out patient vs. in patient), private practice vs. academics, patient population, if you do general neurology vs. movement disorders vs. stroke vs. epilepsy...etc. So many variables are involved with that question. Really the best bet is to spend a month in the field and see it for yourself.

Job satisfaction? Most neurologists that I have worked with and met enjoy the field and are happy they went into it. As with most physicians, you hear talk about decreasing reimbursement levels, however many of the neurologists I rotated with are doing quite well. There is a large demand for neurologist. So I guess job satisfaction is highly dependent on whether you like the field or not. If you enjoy working with this sub-set of patients, you can be very happy. But only you will know that. Once again, a rotation in neurology will help you out with that. Here is a thread that talked about job satisfaction of neurologist: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=904522&highlight=job+satisfaction