Hey Guys,
Here's the deal- involved with both ophtho and OB since first year, have been involved in woman's clinics but also ophtho research. Its time to make a decision and I still can't. Passionate about the subject matter in both fields!
Ophtho
Pros:
-helping people see!
-surgical, medical mix
-very specialized, no one can do what we do
-very visually oriented
-awesome lifestyle, plenty of time for outside interests
Cons:
-very specialized- potentially could get repetitive
-losing connection with the rest of medicine
-surgeries are very important, but not life and death
-a lifetime of people getting you confused as an optometrist
-optometrists
OBGYN
pros
-delivering babies!
- medical, surgical mix
-plenty of areas to subspecialize in (especially looking at mfm)
-specialty less likely to be threatened by mid-level providers
-real, open abdomen, blood and gore surgeries
-less specialized, but still have a specialist niche
-most of medical school does not seem irrelevant with OBGYN
cons
-life style life style life style ( although it could be more controlled in a large group)
- very malignant residency
-longer time to specialize
- areas you are dealing with not as, for lack of a better word, 'clean' as ophtho
- have to deal with more social issues
-malpractice
I am obviously not experienced enough to see the bigger picture in this situation. All the advice I have heard says I can't go wrong with either specialty. I could really use some advice, especially since I don't really have a clear idea about real world practice. I am going to post this on the OB forum too.
Thank you!!
Here's the deal- involved with both ophtho and OB since first year, have been involved in woman's clinics but also ophtho research. Its time to make a decision and I still can't. Passionate about the subject matter in both fields!
Ophtho
Pros:
-helping people see!
-surgical, medical mix
-very specialized, no one can do what we do
-very visually oriented
-awesome lifestyle, plenty of time for outside interests
Cons:
-very specialized- potentially could get repetitive
-losing connection with the rest of medicine
-surgeries are very important, but not life and death
-a lifetime of people getting you confused as an optometrist
-optometrists
OBGYN
pros
-delivering babies!
- medical, surgical mix
-plenty of areas to subspecialize in (especially looking at mfm)
-specialty less likely to be threatened by mid-level providers
-real, open abdomen, blood and gore surgeries
-less specialized, but still have a specialist niche
-most of medical school does not seem irrelevant with OBGYN
cons
-life style life style life style ( although it could be more controlled in a large group)
- very malignant residency
-longer time to specialize
- areas you are dealing with not as, for lack of a better word, 'clean' as ophtho
- have to deal with more social issues
-malpractice
I am obviously not experienced enough to see the bigger picture in this situation. All the advice I have heard says I can't go wrong with either specialty. I could really use some advice, especially since I don't really have a clear idea about real world practice. I am going to post this on the OB forum too.
Thank you!!
