Neurology Or Pm&r

[uthopeful]

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So I am having trouble deciding between pm&r and neurology for my residency. I thought after my pm&r rotation that I would be able to make my mind up but am still undecided.

All the things that I like about PM&R relate to the neuro aspect of the field. I am not interested in any of the ortho, sports medicine, etc. I rotated through neuro as an ms3. Any advice on how to decide. The one thing that I would still like to keep open is a pain fellowship, not sure if it would be eaiser via neuro or pm&r (just thinking about it).

Some quesitons, would really appreicate some feedback

1.) How to decide, any suggestions?

2.) Lifestyle, I know PM&R is known to have a great lifestyle, what is the lifestyle of a neurologists

3.) Salary, anyone see any major differences or potential

4.) Future of both fields

Thank You

 

[NeuroDocDO]

I also at one point during my 4 th yr was contemplating bet neuro and pmr. I really wanted to have a good lifestyle but also be interested in what i do. i felt neurology had a decent lifestyle, much better than medicine or surgery, and still had a lot of challenging aspects about it as well as plenty of internal medicine. pmr for me was a good lifestyle but that's about it.

 

[uthopeful]

Thanks,

How would you describe the lifestyle of a neurologists. I was strongly considering PM&R because of the great lifestyle everyone talks about and thought I would be interested in the field in general, but I am starting to think more and more that neurology is more where my interest lies, but lifestyle is very important to me considering I already have children.

Thanks

 

[buckley]

For my case, I opted for neuro because I wanted more diagnostic challenges as well as more academic-setting opportunities.