What to recommend to a family friend? Med school v pharmacist

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I feel like physicians are more well respected. Though to me that's not a good enough reason to pick a career path. The jobs are pretty different, and you have to think about what you are actually going to enjoy doing.

Also the job market for pharmacists sucks, so there's that.
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wamcp said:
I honestly thought pharmacists would get 100/hr in a rural place that my friend works at. Like does that mean urban pharm jobs pay even less than his 57/hr?
There is a geographic premium for physicians in general - I could work at his podunk nowhere hospital at 200/hr as a hospitalist whereas for my current job in a big city suburb is 170/hr
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Yes, "averaging" for everything-experience, years worked, different practice areas, etc., urban pharmacists will make $45 - $55, middle of nowhere pharmacists will make $55 -$65. Bear in mind that pharmacist salaries are dropping from a glut of pharmacists, and new pharmacists are unlikely to ever make the high end of average. Pharmacists making anything more than, are either owning their own pharmacy (which all the risks involved there of), or have got into upper level management (either hospital or retail.)

Years of schooling, or even value to society for that matter, do not equate to actual salary. That is why social workers get slightly above minimum wage and professional athletes get millions.
 
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PromisedNeverland said:
or an automechanic.. I just paid one several hundred dollars due to their labor fee being $90 an hour(it's for performance cars)... WOW
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I imagine that is difficult work though. My electrician just fished a couple wires through the wall.
 
Medicine and pharmacy are terrible majors for young adults.
 
mentos said:
I imagine that is difficult work though. My electrician just fished a couple wires through the wall.
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not even.. looked up a youtube video of doing it (apparently a 10 minute job) and they charged 1 hr and 30 min of labor ... so not really "difficult" haha they are just crooks (most of 'em in the auto industry)
 
wamcp said:
I have a pharmacist buddy who did 4 yr pharm school, two 1yr residencies and now works in a hospital 1.5 hour drive from the center of a major city (it’s a rural location essentially). Fortunately he had parents pay for school so has no debt. I am however...shocked when he told me his pay is $57/hr.
Meanwhile, I did 4 yr med school, 3 yr residency and have been in practice as a hospitalist. For fun I called up his exact hospital to inquire about moonlighting opportunity and they actually have a full time hospitalist opening that pays 200/hr (requires icu coverage though)...

what is up with the discrepancy? Is pharmacy school + work that much more chill vs becoming a physician, to justify the pay gap despite having similar training years? Does pharm school cost less?

i have a family friend entering undergrad and asking my opinion on MD vs pharmD. I can only give my n=1 perspective, anything I can know about the pharm side of things?
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Similar training number of years has nothing to do with the competitiveness and sheer amount of learning, licensing exams, responsibility etc. Otherwise every PhD would make more!
 
mustang sally said:
I feel like physicians are more well respected. Though to me that's not a good enough reason to pick a career path. The jobs are pretty different, and you have to think about what you are actually going to enjoy doing.

Also the job market for pharmacists sucks, so there's that.
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Nowadays no one is respected. People think it's burger king and people can have it their way
 
Doctors do not have it any easier than we do. They are also being burdened by corporations as well. I have spoken to a few and they told me they are forced to keep patient visits short. They have a quota of visits to do and don't even have the time to write up the patient visit notes!
 
Twentytwelve2 said:
Doctors do not have it any easier than we do. They are also being burdened by corporations as well. I have spoken to a few and they told me they are forced to keep patient visits short. They have a quota of visits to do and don't even have the time to write up the patient visit notes!
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And don't forget patient satisfaction scores!
 
radio frequency said:
And this is why I didn’t do a pharmacy residency. If I had to do it over I would have applied to medical schools instead. Better job outcomes. I would probably get over the touching people part eventually.
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agree with you! pharmacy is going down hill
 
You can kind of see health care delivery is not really in the forefront of your typical braindead normie's mind until it actually needs to access health care. Don't even get started on commie concepts such as public interest and herd immunity via vaccination
 
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