Lifestyle/Income

[Spikebd]

but you have to find a job first and or complete multiple fellowships first. greater than 50% of the graduates waited for six months or more with 11% waiting 12 months or more before.
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Show me an orthopod, general surgeon, or most other doc who doesn’t do a fellowship? If you’re a boss you can do dermpath and there are tons of jobs-high paying too- for them.

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[medschoolzombie]

Show me an orthopod, general surgeon, or most other doc who doesn’t do a fellowship? If you’re a boss you can do dermpath and there are tons of jobs-high paying too- for them.

What about neurosurg, derm, psych, and PMR? I’m sure they have the option but I don’t think most of their grads do a fellowship

 

[NITRAS]

Or make more money

You can’t out earn your stupidity. Your earning power is ultimately limited and stupidity knows no such bounds.

 

[DrGoon]

As opposed to a colorectal surgeon? It won’t impress nurses or people at a bar but honestly who cares? If you do, then yea maybe neurosurgery or ENT is for you.

was really referring to spending your days staring at a microscope. good point on pulling nurses though

 

[Spikebd]

What about neurosurg, derm, psych, and PMR? I’m sure they have the option but I don’t think most of their grads do a fellowship

Derm and psych are solid picks for someone looking for a nice lifestyle/income ratio.

PMR and neurosurgery aren’t my cup of tea, but I don’t fault anybody for choosing them. Every specialty has cool aspects IMO.

 

[Spikebd]

was really referring to spending your days staring at a microscope. good point on pulling nurses though

Look, I prefer a microscope to wearing XL gloves coated with a mixture of surgilube and poo with an aching back in the GI suite.

Plus things are probably going digital fairly soon in the path world.

 

[DrGoon]

Look, I prefer a microscope to wearing XL gloves coated with a mixture of surgilube and poo with an aching back in the GI suite.

Plus things are probably going digital fairly soon in the path world.

man I'm just messing around. seems like a cool field

 

[Spikebd]

man I'm just messing around. seems like a cool field

It’s still medicine and it’s not an easy field, but it has a lot less BS to deal with. Very rare nights, which is almost unheard of in medicine. You kinda have your own domain, too. So, no second guessing from clinicians. Your pager won’t give you PTSD. Fun colors.

Obviously anyone picking it should be aware of the downsides-which are beaten to death on the path forum.

 

[PickleRickelus]

As opposed to a colorectal surgeon? It won’t impress nurses or people at a bar but honestly who cares? If you do, then yea maybe neurosurgery or ENT is for you.

Just omit "colorectal" and you're good to go!

 

[Dro133]

If you like starting your day off with a coffee, uninterrupted lunch breaks, and being a cancer expert- it’s a nice sleeper pick.

Man, you just described my perfect job. No wonder I'm interested in path.

With things going digital too, that's even better. Do you expect that attendings will be able to read slides from home at any point in the near future?

 

[PickleRickelus]

Man, you just described my perfect job. No wonder I'm interested in path.

With things going digital too, that's even better. Do you expect that attendings will be able to read slides from home at any point in the near future?

I expect skynet to be able to read slides from home - > How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Radiology, Pathology