Most laid back medical specialities

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1Life said:
The dentist isn't making a consistent point at all. .
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are you for real? my point is that you shouldn't be in medicine if you're looking for a "lifestyle" specialty. if you're a physician medicine is your life, and there's no tricks to getting into dermatology or radiology, it's a hard road no matter where you end up in medicine.
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ChubbyBaby said:
7 years is the residency. A lot of neurosurgeons pursue fellowship afterwards too, right? You seem to have a passion for this field, and props to you, you aren't like those wanting to be a physician but also having a "lifestyle" job. My knowledge about neurosurgery is limited, so correct me if i'm wrong. Getting a job even in the same REGION (forget about state) is a challenge. And a lot of those positions are academic, so you have to produce research on top of that. An added stressor to maintaining your position. (I have family in academic medicine, and Iknow your job is on the line if you aren't producing.) For the years of lost pay for residency, the tremendous effort you put in, and the geographic limitations you're getting yourself into i'd say the level of pay is insufficient. but if it's your passion, then props to you, serious. I myself don't want to be tied down in any way.
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yes, for neurosurgeons, they are underpaid for the amount of hours that they work. and i imagine that getting a job as a physician is fairly easy due to the fact that more doctors = more revenue $$. and i image that neurosurgeons have no trouble finding jobs in any part of the country because of the large amount of revenue that they can generate for the hospital. generally exceeding the 2 million$ mark. more neurosurgeons-more $$
 
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NeuroChris said:
and i image that neurosurgeons have no trouble finding jobs in any part of the country because of the large amount of revenue that they can generate for the hospital.
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i really think your logic is flawed here. i can see why jdh got so pissed off at you kids. seriously, you're a medical student interested in neurosurgery? please, for the love of God, investigate this employment issue before you apply for residency.
 
NeuroChris said:
Ill show you..http://www.ibj.com/hospitals-stand-to-gain-big-by-hiring-docs/PARAMS/article/19133

Doctors will never be unemployed.
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i'm not arguing that physicians don't make money for hospitals. it's just there's limitations in operating room time, limited number of patients. opening up a neurosurgery practice isn't like opening up a McDonald's franchise.

anyway, i looked up neurosurgery positions, and I was wrong. Seems like there's lots of openings in the U.S. If you're a neurosurgery fellow with a focus on something unique you might have trouble finding a position in your state, but generally it seems there are positions available almost everywhere.

http://www.physemp.com/physician_jobs/perma_neurosurgery_jobs_in_alaska.html
 
tiedyeddog said:
Exactly why I am getting an MD. Ever watch castaway? People don't even need dentists. Let me see Tom Hanks give himself a stent on that island. ;)

When the economy goes sour, which ailment gets money thrown at it, Grandmas broken arm or her abscessed tooth? If it were my grandma i'd castaway that **** in a second.
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I guess she could go to the doctor for both if she waits long enough on that abscessed tooth.
 
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Jack is Back said:
Dentists get no respect.

Have you ever seen someone want to make a TV show about a dentist? No one would ever watch that show.

Next on The Dental Room:

"Today we're going to fill a cavity."

Zzzzzzzzz
:sleep::sleep::sleep:


The cool thing about being a dentist is that you get to spend a lot of time NOT being a dentist, and you make a primary care physician's wage.

There are at least a dozen fields in medicine with better pay/lifestyle than being a dentist. I already listed at least 4 or 5 earlier. And most of us aren't choosing a specialty based only on these factors anyway.
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yea but if your a dental specialist then you make as much as other specialties in medicine. but yea i see what your saying.. in general, dentists dont make as much as other fields in med. but i imagine that they could if they work the same hours. but lets be honest.. who is really gonna work 80hrs+ a week.. nobody.. i doubt that any dentist works those hours. average is about 30-40 hrs
 
NeuroChris said:
yea but if your a dental specialist then you make as much as other specialties in medicine. but yea i see what your saying.. in general, dentists dont make as much as other fields in med. but i imagine that they could if they work the same hours. but lets be honest.. who is really gonna work 80hrs+ a week.. nobody.. i doubt that any dentist works those hours. average is about 30-40 hrs
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I have no idea how much they make or how much they work because I never considered that field. I actually have quite a few family members in the dental field and I have nothing but respect for them.

Anyone who is all about the money really shouldn't go into either field or any field where there's patient care
 
2012mdc said:
I have no idea how much they make or how much they work because I never considered that field. I actually have quite a few family members in the dental field and I have nothing but respect for them.

Anyone who is all about the money really shouldn't go into either field or any field where there's patient care
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:thumbup: i agree, Do not go into medicine for the money, and if you do, then i assure you that you will be a bit disappointed when you see how little your earnings are for the amount of hours youre working. Go into your desired field because you want to. because you love it. dont let money be a motivating factor.
 
I wonder how long would Rad. be **HOT** residency, because at least in my neck of the woods, they have started to outsource Radiology reports offshore (in my experience to India, thus far).

Who knows.....
 
i haven't heard that one before. :)

NeuroChris said:
:thumbup: i agree, Do not go into medicine for the money, and if you do, then i assure you that you will be a bit disappointed when you see how little your earnings are for the amount of hours youre working. Go into your desired field because you want to. because you love it. dont let money be a motivating factor.
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ChubbyBaby said:
I have to say I AM impressed with some of these numbers. Especially gastroenterology, that one surprises me.

Some of these fields are just ridiculous though. Neurosurgery, that's what a 7 year residency? And good luck finding a job in the state you'd like to work in.
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Let's just say there's not a surplus of neurosurgeons around.

Anesthesiology and urology seem like great fields to me, as long as you don't mind looking at/feeling/and smelling dongs all day for urology. :smuggrin:
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I'd rather do that than look at teeth, but I've never seen a urologist smell a penis...

maybe you're thinking of the gynecologic "whiff test"
 
Have you ever seen a female Urologist?

Hmm...
 
TheProwler said:
Let's just say there's not a surplus of neurosurgeons around.


I'd rather do that than look at teeth, but I've never seen a urologist smell a penis...

maybe you're thinking of the gynecologic "whiff test"
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Baahahahha:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
PassionReborn said:
I wonder how long would Rad. be **HOT** residency, because at least in my neck of the woods, they have started to outsource Radiology reports offshore (in my experience to India, thus far).

Who knows.....
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Pretty sure only us board certified docs can read radiology. Granted some Indians come here for residency and go back, but it isnt an Indian trained doc reading and signing the final report.

The problem with radiology is there are too many residency spots compared to the number of jobs...
 
link2swim06 said:
Pretty sure only us board certified docs can read radiology. Granted some Indians come here for residency and go back, but it isnt an Indian trained doc reading and signing the final report.

The problem with radiology is there are too many residency spots compared to the number of jobs...
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I know of a major US medical school / teaching hospital that does this. They outsource the reads to different parts of the country and even India when our radiologists would be too expensive / don't want to be operating at the specified hours. I've had to check the reads on some of these, and they're always signed off by one of the in house radiologists, but that might not continue to be the case in the future and it takes much less man power to approve than to observe from scratch.

Radiology is a great field, but its future is probably one of the more uncertain ones in medicine I'd think.
 
You still need a radiologist who is licensed to practice in the state that the study originates from. While some smaller hospitals do use telerads or foreign nighthawk services when a staff radiologist is not available, it will always be necessary for liability purposes to have a US-certified radiologist sign off on the final report.

You could raise issue of ghosting reads becoming a bigger concern in this scenario, but I think the recent boondoggle involving the imaging group in Georgia shows that people are at least still keeping an eye on this stuff.
 
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radiology is sweet.

now i win for most useless comment on this thread.
 
Optometry, laziest specialty in healthcare. Which is better 1 or 2? :D jk

newdoc2013 said:
radiology is sweet.

now i win for most useless comment on this thread.
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Sir, I fear I may have upstaged you.
 
I want to add to the discussion by saying that any field can be as difficult or easy as you want. You won't have much choice in residency but how you practice afterwards is almost completely up to you.

Do you want to do surgery? great! choose a fellowship with mostly elective procedures and get in a group that doesn't really do any call and you're golden. Easy hours, 3 days a week in clinic probably.

Derm? rad onc? certain IM fellowships? Anesthesia? psych? obviously good lifestyles.

EM? not bad. Shift work. 12 hours/day x4 days a week probably after residency.

Rads? Path? obgyn? sure, good lifestyle if you want.


So you can have a great lifestyle in any field. Don't pick a field based on lifestyle but on what you like the most. However if lifestyle in residency is a factor then, yeah, some things will be eliminated but be aware that residency in pretty much every field is rough, some worse than others.
 
dude1344 said:
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kudos mate, I actually lol'ed in class at that one. And to the point, I agree that dentistry is an awesome field to get into if it interests you. It's about as competitive as med school to get into these days and the pay is pretty fantastic for the hours worked. It just isn't what most of us wanted to do. I personally think it's pretty sweet you made more money then I did in one month at my last job before school before lunch. That's baller :laugh:
 
exactly my thoughts.

officedepot said:
I want to add to the discussion by saying that any field can be as difficult or easy as you want. You won't have much choice in residency but how you practice afterwards is almost completely up to you.

Do you want to do surgery? great! choose a fellowship with mostly elective procedures and get in a group that doesn't really do any call and you're golden. Easy hours, 3 days a week in clinic probably.

Derm? rad onc? certain IM fellowships? Anesthesia? psych? obviously good lifestyles.

EM? not bad. Shift work. 12 hours/day x4 days a week probably after residency.

Rads? Path? obgyn? sure, good lifestyle if you want.


So you can have a great lifestyle in any field. Don't pick a field based on lifestyle but on what you like the most. However if lifestyle in residency is a factor then, yeah, some things will be eliminated but be aware that residency in pretty much every field is rough, some worse than others.
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ChubbyBaby said:
are you for real? my point is that you shouldn't be in medicine if you're looking for a "lifestyle" specialty. if you're a physician medicine is your life
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Seriously, just stop talking.
 
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hey yo's, this thread is almost 3 years old. I think Chubby and poop are still around in the lounge, maybe they will pop in.

I have read my past comments and stick by what I have said. ;)
 
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