Isn't it boring to be a doctor other than a surgeon?

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When I go to an office visit, I find it very boring the doctor's job. Listen to some stories and prescribe medicine does not seem challenging or fun to me. I must be missing something here, but I have this idea that a surgeon is the REAL doctor nowadays. Otherwise you can just use google.

Of course if you get a patient with a more complicated / challenging prognostic, it gets more fun, however you will soon refer him to a surgeon or other more specialized doctor.

I am about to graduate from pre-med so I felt compelled to ask this hard question to everyone here. What is your honest opinion about this?

Obvious troll is obvious.

 

[mipp0]

Fair enough...

I have a baby I'm caring for in septic shock. She is on a dopamine and epi drip and has a urine output of 0.2 ml/kg/hr. Her last blood gas showed a pH of 7.01/PCo2 of 55/Pao2 of 45 in 80% oxygen. Should I increase her PIP/PEEP/TV, start iNO and how shall I adjust her TPN? She has no surgical issues by the way.

Let me know what Google says about this. It's actually not boring taking care of these patients.

Seriously, medicine is not that cook book whether it is primary care or intensive care, as in my example. Non-surgeons and surgeons work together in my NICU setting. Neither is the "Real doctor" while the other one isn't. Both are real doctors.

+100 THIS.

I'm sure OP is trolling, but if not, please get a reality check. The vast majority of patients coming into the ED (high acuity) where I worked did not require surgery.

TEAMWORK is the word of the day.

 

[equinsu ocha]

Obvious troll is obvious.

Mentioning google doesn't necessarily mean a troll. I have had more than one experience talking to people who feel they don't need to go see a physician because they think they have self-diagnosed themselves with the help of google. Obviously this is horrible but my point is that there are people out there that think this way.

 

[xXIDaShizIXx]

Fair enough...

I have a baby I'm caring for in septic shock. She is on a dopamine and epi drip and has a urine output of 0.2 ml/kg/hr. Her last blood gas showed a pH of 7.01/PCo2 of 55/Pao2 of 45 in 80% oxygen. Should I increase her PIP/PEEP/TV, start iNO and how shall I adjust her TPN? She has no surgical issues by the way.

Let me know what Google says about this. It's actually not boring taking care of these patients.

Seriously, medicine is not that cook book whether it is primary care or intensive care, as in my example. Non-surgeons and surgeons work together in my NICU setting. Neither is the "Real doctor" while the other one isn't. Both are real doctors.

+1👍 I love clinicians who one-up surgeons! 😀

 

[VisionaryTics]

Mentioning google doesn't necessarily mean a troll. I have had more than one experience talking to people who feel they don't need to go see a physician because they think they have self-diagnosed themselves with the help of google. Obviously this is horrible but my point is that there are people out there that think this way.

A good percentage of patients will walk into clinic with a print-out of their Google-derived self-diagnosis.

 

[gravitywave]

Man, you have an opinion about everything.

apparently l2d used to be a lawyer. imagine that.

 

[betsywetsy]

If you aren't a surgeon you can gtfo. OP knows what he is talking about.

 

[zwitterion34]

If you aren't a surgeon you can gtfo. OP knows what he is talking about.

I agree. Thus, this will be my last post on this thread. 😎

 

[johnisles2011]

What with how specialized surgeons are these days, don't you think they get bored with surgery too? I mean, what if you were 55 and doing your 4000th rotator cuff repair. You don't even get to cut people open for that stuff anymore.

 

[azerkail]

When I go to an office visit, I find it very boring the doctor's job. Listen to some stories and prescribe medicine does not seem challenging or fun to me. I must be missing something here, but I have this idea that a surgeon is the REAL doctor nowadays. Otherwise you can just use google.

Of course if you get a patient with a more complicated / challenging prognostic, it gets more fun, however you will soon refer him to a surgeon or other more specialized doctor.

I am about to graduate from pre-med so I felt compelled to ask this hard question to everyone here. What is your honest opinion about this?

1/10. wasn't even funny.

 

[Hemorrage]

When I go to an office visit, I find it very boring the doctor's job. Listen to some stories and prescribe medicine does not seem challenging or fun to me. I must be missing something here, but I have this idea that a surgeon is the REAL doctor nowadays. Otherwise you can just use google.

Of course if you get a patient with a more complicated / challenging prognostic, it gets more fun, however you will soon refer him to a surgeon or other more specialized doctor.

I am about to graduate from pre-med so I felt compelled to ask this hard question to everyone here. What is your honest opinion about this?

your an idiot. you do know that most surgical interventions are done on behalf of a "normal" doctors consulting right? If you have a tumor growth, the oncologist will usually have the surgeons remove it. Yet the oncologist is the one still in charge of your care.

 

[betsywetsy]

your an idiot. you do know that most surgical interventions are done on behalf of a "normal" doctors consulting right? If you have a tumor growth, the oncologist will usually have the surgeons remove it. Yet the oncologist is the one still in charge of your care.

lol

 

[sliceofbread136]

lol

👍👍👍👍👍👍

 

[tantacles]

lol

x3

 

[ManBroDude]

*looks left*

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🙄

 

[USCTrojan11]

Fair enough...

I have a baby I'm caring for in septic shock. She is on a dopamine and epi drip and has a urine output of 0.2 ml/kg/hr. Her last blood gas showed a pH of 7.01/PCo2 of 55/Pao2 of 45 in 80% oxygen. Should I increase her PIP/PEEP/TV, start iNO and how shall I adjust her TPN? She has no surgical issues by the way.

Let me know what Google says about this. It's actually not boring taking care of these patients.

Seriously, medicine is not that cook book whether it is primary care or intensive care, as in my example. Non-surgeons and surgeons work together in my NICU setting. Neither is the "Real doctor" while the other one isn't. Both are real doctors.

Can we get a CBC w/diff? Can't tell if it's Gap/Compensated. What's the sepsis secondary to? If you allow me to venture a guess off the basic info: non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema secondary to septic shock from some sort of infection. Alveolar hypoventilation and metabolic acidosis. Treat with PEEP but monitor closely and slowly wean her off. Most importantly, figure out cause of sepsis.

- all based on 3 months of MS1. Probably very wrong but I wanted to try

 

[qbobdole]

lol you really are everywhere

 

[EBTrailRunner]

Can we get a CBC w/diff? Can't tell if it's Gap/Compensated. What's the sepsis secondary to? If you allow me to venture a guess off the basic info: non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema secondary to septic shock from some sort of infection. Alveolar hypoventilation and metabolic acidosis. Treat with PEEP but monitor closely and slowly wean her off. Most importantly, figure out cause of sepsis.

- all based on 3 months of MS1. Probably very wrong but I wanted to try

You gunner

 

[sacrament]

Can we get a CBC w/diff? Can't tell if it's Gap/Compensated. What's the sepsis secondary to? If you allow me to venture a guess off the basic info: non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema secondary to septic shock from some sort of infection. Alveolar hypoventilation and metabolic acidosis. Treat with PEEP but monitor closely and slowly wean her off. Most importantly, figure out cause of sepsis.

- all based on 3 months of MS1. Probably very wrong but I wanted to try

Are you the most popular, or second-most popular student in your class?

 

[mmmcdowe]

Can we get a CBC w/diff? Can't tell if it's Gap/Compensated. What's the sepsis secondary to? If you allow me to venture a guess off the basic info: non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema secondary to septic shock from some sort of infection. Alveolar hypoventilation and metabolic acidosis. Treat with PEEP but monitor closely and slowly wean her off. Most importantly, figure out cause of sepsis.

- all based on 3 months of MS1. Probably very wrong but I wanted to try

Did you mean bmp?

 

[STxHorn]

After the Singularity arrives, only surgeons will be useful.

 

[Audiojb]

This is what happens when people use google as a doctor.

 

[CursedtoFirst45]

The title of this thread really bothers me, so I just had to say something to somebody. It's been bothering me for like a week

 

[USCTrojan11]

did you mean bmp?

bmp?

 

[mmmcdowe]

bmp?

basic metabolic panel, instead of cbc.

 

[PlutoBoy]

No doubt this **** is boring OP was right 🤣

 

[NickNaylor]

No doubt this **** is boring OP was right 🤣

Strong work denigrating others' work.

 

[TraumaBlonde]

The title of this thread really bothers me, so I just had to say something to somebody. It's been bothering me for like a week

Same!

 

[PlutoBoy]

Strong work denigrating others' work.

Medical doctor here, champ.

 

[masaraksh]

Fair enough...

I have a baby I'm caring for in septic shock. She is on a dopamine and epi drip and has a urine output of 0.2 ml/kg/hr. Her last blood gas showed a pH of 7.01/PCo2 of 55/Pao2 of 45 in 80% oxygen. Should I increase her PIP/PEEP/TV, start iNO and how shall I adjust her TPN? She has no surgical issues by the way.

Let me know what Google says about this. It's actually not boring taking care of these patients.

Seriously, medicine is not that cook book whether it is primary care or intensive care, as in my example. Non-surgeons and surgeons work together in my NICU setting. Neither is the "Real doctor" while the other one isn't. Both are real doctors.

Refer directly to hospice. do not pass go. do not collect $200.

 

[masaraksh]

I worked as a nurse at a rehab hospital for four years and let me tell you it different stroke for different folks. Each specialty has it's niche and truly can't say this is boring or whatever until you truly have the hands on experience or work side by side with them.

different strokes for different folks and different MIs for different guys.