What is your favorite part(s) of being a psychiatrist?

[WolfBoy3000]

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M2 pretty much decided on the wonderful specialty of psychiatry (staying open-minded though!).
Just looking for a little light at the end of the tunnel to help power through these next couple years of board exams and clerkships.

Thank you!

 

[Sushirolls]

End of M2 I was likely heading toward Gen Surg.
Things change.

You have option to open private practice and be out of hospital politics and Big Box shop bureaucracy. But you can never escape the bureaucracy fully.

 

[randomdoc1]

calling people out
"you're not bipolar, you have bpd and thc is bad for you"

End of M2 I was likely heading toward Gen Surg.
Things change.

You have option to open private practice and be out of hospital politics and Big Box shop bureaucracy. But you can never escape the bureaucracy fully.

"TMS is great and can help you, but your marriage is still toxic"

sorry, dark humor. I like being known as the MD that says it like it is!

 

[comp1]

I adore psychiatry and push MS3's into it every chance I get, but MS2 is too young for marriage. Check back in a year and a half.

 

[FatherPsychiatry]

I adore psychiatry and push MS3's into it every chance I get, but MS2 is too young for marriage. Check back in a year and a half.

I agree. I didn't decide on Psych until MS3 year. I think a big part of MS3 clerkships is not just learning about the science of the field, but also the lifestyle. Get a feel for how the residents and attendings handle things, where their priorities lie (ie, balancing work and life etc). For me, I didn't even think about psych coming into MS3 year but after my rotation which was near the end of the year, it was easily my #1.

 

[WolfBoy3000]

Thanks for the input. I worked in the field before med school so I think I have a bit of a better idea than the typical M2, but I'll be sure to give everything a fair chance.

 

[Dr. Pookie]

I'm in private practice. I love the autonomy, the ability to see the patients I want to see, the money/hour is good, and not dealing with institutional red-tape is priceless.

I also enjoy getting to know patients, having a small cash-only psychotherapy panel, and seeing people get better over time.