MS1 in the Class of 2009 - good time to be in Medicine

[PoorMD]

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Medicare reimbursements are shrinking, malpractice is a serious concern for private docs, and hospitals are tough environments with angry nurses and scrub techs, PO'd with HMO's etc.

Fortunately, we all know this and realize job opportunities are at an all-time high. Salaries are still fantastic. Freedom to choose your location (McCook, Nebraska or Boulder, Colorado, or NYC). A challenge of a lifetime,
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MS1 Class of 2009.

 

[BaylorGuy]

I have a feeling that political correctness and STRICT professionalism will severely hurt medicine. I would much rather have an anal surgeon (read: one who constantly yells at nurses, throws instruments across the room, refuse to see patients without "his pen", etc) who knows what he is doing, than a PC, professional surgeon who happens to operate on the wrong leg.

My 2 cents

 

[USCTex]

Medicare reimbursements are shrinking, malpractice is a serious concern for private docs, and hospitals are tough environments with angry nurses and scrub techs, PO'd with HMO's etc.

Fortunately, we all know this and realize job opportunities are at an all-time high. Salaries are still fantastic. Freedom to choose your location (McCook, Nebraska or Boulder, Colorado, or NYC). A challenge of a lifetime,
List your thoughts

MS1 Class of 2009.

I'm with you PoorMD. I'm extremely interested in healthcare policy. There are serious problems and to top it off the debate over the problems is sometimes virulent, partisan and downright mean.

Yet, this is undebiably a superb profession. Salaries are still fantastc. If you're interested in a private practice willing to learn a little business sense they can be downright superb. At the least, consider that graduation from medical school virtually guarantees you a job you can actually subsist off of for the rest of your life. As well, despite some erosion in the area, general dissatisfaction with healthcare in this country has not translated into substantial loss of respect for the profession of doctor. Indeed, the number one career recommendation for children by adults remains 'physician'.

It amazes me everyday that I will get to do this for the rest of my life...short of me failing out of med school 😛

 

[neuropower]

not to mention rising interest rates and the end of federal loan consolidation...

 

[MadameLULU]

the end of federal loan consolidation...

i dont think it will happen by the time we graduate

 

[Amxcvbcv]

Anal surgeon...

Classic. 🙂

Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun.

I now return you to your uncharacteristically serious topic.

 

[TripleDegree]

History repeats itself in cycles, and I believe thats what we'll see in the medical profession. From today's all-time high in terms of malpractice insurance premiums, negative press, overly litiginous climate, plummeting physician salaries, skyrocketing medical student loans - my personal conviction is that the tide will turn and we'll see things at the opposite end of the spectrum. Of course, the fact that there will be a projected physician shortage right after the time we graduate (2010) can only make this the best time to get into medical school!

 

[Medikit]

Freedom to choose your location (McCook, Nebraska or Boulder, Colorado, or NYC).

That's not very much freedom 😡