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Hey everyone,
Sorry this is the wrong forum for this, but I'm thinking about going into EM (though just got accepted to med school, so who knows) and I generally appreciate the posters here more than some sub-forums.
My question: what am I supposed to do? If I'm frank I'm thinking about EM in particular, but also medicine in general I guess. I hear almost nothing but "don't go into medicine," "you'll regret it," or "become a vet" and yet here I am planning on matriculating. And if you look at this forum in particular, there seems to be little reason to go into EM.
I'm not looking for anyone to convince me I've made the right choice (I teach high school girls right now, I feel like anything is a step up from that ). I'm just curious what those who are actually practicing think I should do to help. What do I focus on? Mid-level encroachment? EMTALA? Big corporate groups?
And how? I mean, I look at all these posts and I get a sense (if not a feeling) of what's going on, but what would help that? The worst part about reading any of this is the fact it seems like I just have to close my eyes and hope that everything will work out. But I have time to shape things the way I want from the beginning....what should I do?
Anyway, thanks for looking at this! I suppose I'm just trying not to feel powerless in the face of...overwhelming odds.
Sorry this is the wrong forum for this, but I'm thinking about going into EM (though just got accepted to med school, so who knows) and I generally appreciate the posters here more than some sub-forums.
My question: what am I supposed to do? If I'm frank I'm thinking about EM in particular, but also medicine in general I guess. I hear almost nothing but "don't go into medicine," "you'll regret it," or "become a vet" and yet here I am planning on matriculating. And if you look at this forum in particular, there seems to be little reason to go into EM.
I'm not looking for anyone to convince me I've made the right choice (I teach high school girls right now, I feel like anything is a step up from that ). I'm just curious what those who are actually practicing think I should do to help. What do I focus on? Mid-level encroachment? EMTALA? Big corporate groups?
And how? I mean, I look at all these posts and I get a sense (if not a feeling) of what's going on, but what would help that? The worst part about reading any of this is the fact it seems like I just have to close my eyes and hope that everything will work out. But I have time to shape things the way I want from the beginning....what should I do?
Anyway, thanks for looking at this! I suppose I'm just trying not to feel powerless in the face of...overwhelming odds.