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Any thoughts on whether these are "good" fields to go into all else considered? I would enjoy them based on the patient populations, but what about taking other factors into account?
Everybody that's into primary care early on doesn't realize how much better speciation fields can be wrt hours, pay, interesting work, etc. Hospitalist work is a brutal, challenging juggling act where you are functionally a slave to hospital management. Either field can be rewarding if they work with your personality, but there is a reason few third years are clamoring for spots in outpatient general medicine or as hospitalistsAny thoughts on whether these are "good" fields to go into all else considered? I would enjoy them based on the patient populations, but what about taking other factors into account?
If you're the sort of person who finds joy in longitudinal personal relationships, then private practice general Internal Med or Family Med is a good path. If you can be satisfied with intense, but brief patient encounters (where you never know the "end of the story"), or prefer shift work, then hospitalist would work. You can do either with the same residency training.The main thing I like about GP is that I could live on my farm a couple hours away from the big city, and even with less pay I have few expenses and could easily live within my means. Ive been told many times "Its not worth it not to specialize" but my cousins wife is doing it, and sounds very convincing in her reasons why.
Any thoughts on whether these are "good" fields to go into all else considered? I would enjoy them based on the patient populations, but what about taking other factors into account?
Yes, but pulmonologists at my hospital do the same, I'm failing to see any advantages of being hospitality over pulmonology aside from shorter school.Most hospitalists do one week on one week off so that's actually a pretty good deal.
Yes, but pulmonologists at my hospital do the same, I'm failing to see any advantages of being hospitality over pulmonology aside from shorter school.
And I could go between PCP and hospitalist easily correct?
I'm looking for specialities that would support being available for my future wife and kids, and allow me to have time on my farm. I don't plan on heavily farming but I do enjoy planting a garden, tending to fruit trees, hunting, landscaping etc.
And I'm 31 and won't matriculate until I'm around 33-34 years old..