What residency for the lifestyle?

[businessguy]

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I have found that these three specialities are the least procedural and probably the most relaxed jobs.

Endocrinology $171K $187K $260K
Rheumatology $179K $229K $378K
Nephrology $191K $269K $447K

What do you think? What would you do any why? I am looking for something relatively easy going 9-5 with little calls.

 

[Orange Julius]

I have found that these three specialties are the least procedural and probably the most relaxed jobs.

Endocrinology $171K $187K $260K
Rheumatology $179K $229K $378K
Nephrology $191K $269K $447K

What do you think? What would you do any why? I am looking for something relatively easy going 9-5 with little calls.

If I had to do any of those three, I'd shoot myself in the head right now. 😱

 

[businessguy]

If I had to do any of those three, I'd shoot myself in the head right now. 😱

If everyone was like you, we'd be in trouble. May I ask why you feel this way?

 

[Orange Julius]

Yes, I'm glad that other people want to practice in these areas. The world needs rheumatologists, that's true.

My point is that none of those choices would be a lifestyle choice for me. I, personally find them incredibly boring. If I had to do work in any of those specialties even just for 40 hours a week, I'd be miserable. You can't just walk out the door of your workplace at 5 pm and say "Allright, my life starts right now". It doesn't work that way. Your job is a big part of part of your life. It's where you spend a considerable portion of it. Unless you have a genuine interest in those specialties, then choosing them probably won't make you happy. 😉

 

[orientedtoself]

I am looking for something relatively easy going 9-5 with little calls.

Have you thought about dermatology? Also, your lifestyle is whatever you make it. Once you are done with residency, you can work part time in whatever field of medicine you choose.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Throw in Asthma/Allergy.. If the OP doesnt like procedures then Derm is out since they cut off a ton of moles, and often remove warts (prob not a procedure).

 

[EctopicFetus]

Asthma/Allergy - no call, from what I hear GREAT $, 221K after 3 yrs on alliedphysicians site. no real emergencies to be called in for.. Pretty sweet life, boring as all but good life..

 

[Trisomy13]

If I had to do any of those three, I'd shoot myself in the head right now. 😱

i can stop reading this thread after your post 🙂 someone has already taken the words out of my mouth.

amen, bro


*bang*

those might just be my top 3 "run screaming into an industrial fan" choices.

 

[Trisomy13]

I am looking for something relatively easy going 9-5 with little calls.

Just curious as to whether you have rotated on any of these services, and what do you define as easy? Nothing drives me crazy like the overweight patient with diabetes who keeps forgetting to check his glucose, but never misses his morning donut.

 

[Mumpu]

Nephrology is not easy. The fellows work harder than just about everyone else in the hospital and even very senior attendings take home call overnight. Dialysis patients tend to be fragile and emergencies pop up very often.

Endo can also be very busy because there are few specialists who may have to cover multiple hospitals and again, you can have emergencies.

Even derm has a few emergenices (TEN, Steven-Johnson).

Rheum is very procedural if you want to make the big money.

 

[DrDre']

To each his own...
That said, the OP has a knack for picking specialties that would make me want to puke every morning. Fields where you cure no one, generally.


I had a very iconoclastic attending disect the 24 hour day for me once, as a way to demonstrate what a "lifestyle specialty" SHOULD be.

Essentially, the argument is you will be spend more time working: 8-14 hours/day for 30 years than sleeping, playing, whatever.

If you do not like your job, you are hosed!

Foe example, I would not do Derm for 1,000,000 right of residency, I would sooner be a geisha in a leper colony (very high PTSD rates there, by the way, if you are interested in employment 🙂 )

 

[sophiejane]

I have found that these three specialities are the least procedural and probably the most relaxed jobs.

Endocrinology $171K $187K $260K
Rheumatology $179K $229K $378K
Nephrology $191K $269K $447K

What do you think? What would you do any why? I am looking for something relatively easy going 9-5 with little calls.

You should probably stick to business. There is nothing "easy going" about any field of medicine.

 

[BKN]

I have found that these three specialities are the least procedural and probably the most relaxed jobs.

Endocrinology $171K $187K $260K
Rheumatology $179K $229K $378K
Nephrology $191K $269K $447K

What do you think? What would you do any why? I am looking for something relatively easy going 9-5 with little calls.

I'm an ER doc and I know who I call in the middle of the night. I'd have to go with the others. To get to each of these, you need 4 years of med school, 3 years of IM residency and 3 (?) years of fellowship. After that you're going to work hard since each is a relatively uncomon specialty and when the patients are sick, they're very sick.

If I was looking for a 9-5 job, I'd think about radiology, rad onc, dermatology and path. And before anybody flames me, I'm well aware that there are after hour requirements for them as well.

Are your sure you want to be a doctor?

 

[3dtp]

I'm an ER doc and I know who I call in the middle of the night. I'd have to go with the others. To get to each of these, you need 4 years of med school, 3 years of IM residency and 3 (?) years of fellowship. After that you're going to work hard since each is a relatively uncomon specialty and when the patients are sick, they're very sick.

If I was looking for a 9-5 job, I'd think about radiology, rad onc, dermatology and path. And before anybody flames me, I'm well aware that there are after hour requirements for them as well.

Are your sure you want to be a doctor?

Please! 😱 🙁 we got enough guys like this in rad onc. Don't cancer patients deserve better?

 

[monkey7247]

Please! 😱 🙁 we got enough guys like this in rad onc. Don't cancer patients deserve better?

Sure they do, but only between the hours of 9-5 🙄

 

[BKN]

Please! 😱 🙁 we got enough guys like this in rad onc. Don't cancer patients deserve better?

Sorry. 🙁 , I notice he started another thread with perhaps a better approach. 😉