Is there anything good about Internal Med???

[Aloha Kid]

What's the deal? All the docs and residents I've met so far only have negative things to say about Internal medicine. The pay stinks, the hours are horrible, blah blah blah. COME ON, it can't be that bad can it? I mean, you're still saving lives aren't you? I want to hear your opinion.

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[Sandpaper]

Yup, uh-huh, saving lives. You just keep on thinking that.

 

[rad2b]

Saving lives? More like prolonging misery.

 

[ckent]

Most of the internal med docs I've met have been residents and like internal medicine because you have a lot of sub-specialty choices after your residency, some with a lot of procedures, others with little procedure. They also enjoy knowing enough medicine having completed an internal medicine residency to be a competent physician to friends that asks them questions/ emergency situations/ family members. When your out in private practice, I've heard that all the subspecialists (surgical and medicine specialties) treat you very nicely because they depend on you for referals.

 

[crazibonz]

i have been in internal medicine for the last six years ...the best : u can join different careers afterwards ...the worst : man its ssoooo frustrating
but hey just imagine this is a long tunnel and at the end there is light ....unless u get out the other side and there is a blizzard ...then u r one unlucky bas***...its perfect for the undecided-i-will-do-anything-kinda person ...

 

[Amadeus]

IM patient's issues are heaped so high that most times you feel like you do more administrative duties than actual medicine. The medical progress is often slow and much if not most of the medical management is done by the specialists. It would be convenient if more IM specialties didn't require a full general IM residency.

 

[Sheerstress]

Personally I have nothing but respect for IM practitioners. The hours can be long and the knowledge base is staggering (often it seems there's no beginning and no end). In the end, though, if you enjoy doing it, there's no reason why you can't be happy in it.