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I was just wondering if you guys will still try to go to medschool, quit medicine if you are already doctors, or work while whinning?
I was just wondering if you guys will still try to go to medschool, quit medicine if you are already doctors, or work while whinning?
I was just wondering if you guys will still try to go to medschool, quit medicine if you are already doctors, or work while whinning?
You should pose this question to some of the German physicians that make 50,000 a year.
id propose to oprah, yeah, sometimes you gotta take one for the team, the team being my bank account, i dont see enough guys chasing rich girls enough like girls do guys, well im gonna change that starting with me
You should pose this question to some of the German physicians that make 50,000 a year.
I was just wondering if you guys will still try to go to medschool, quit medicine if you are already doctors, or work while whinning?
I was just wondering if you guys will still try to go to medschool, quit medicine if you are already doctors, or work while whinning?
it wont
If most physicians still had to go to school for at least 7-8 years, pay high malpractice insurance, and make only $70,000, I would be a nurse, go to school for less than half the time, and make almost as much money in a specialized field. Or pharmacist. They make good money too. Maybe dentist.. or podiatry... the options are endless...
You would never even pay off your med school debt making $70,000 a year.. it wouldnt be worth it.
Good point, but some responses above have shown questionable math skills.
You would never even pay off your med school debt making $70,000 a year.. it wouldnt be worth it.
you can live on those wages...and going into medicine for $$ shouldn't be the foremost reason for applying
But if making ends meet became a stretch (um, malpractice insurance, anybody?) I'd go be a consultant for the 100 million doctor based TV shows and movies.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1584803,00.html
How appropriate..."doctors without dollars" just showed up in my mailbox today.
Anyone that is willing to take 70K to go through 13 years of tough education, deal with a hostile legal atmosphere, live a lifetime of debt, work long hours, increased risk of divorce and die early, while congress HMOs and insurance companies are increasing their pay is one of these three things:
1)Very dedicated doctor with no knowledge of real life.
2)A confused individual that cannot differentiate between abuse and love.
3)A good old fashioned FOOL.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1584803,00.html
How appropriate..."doctors without dollars" just showed up in my mailbox today.
Personally, I would continue with medicine if I could pay for my loans and such. But if making ends meet became a stretch (um, malpractice insurance, anybody?) I'd go be a consultant for the 100 million doctor based TV shows and movies.![]()
Well, that, or I'd join the CIA. I've always wanted to work for a covert government agency.
I would become a physician.What would you do if physicians' income dropped to 70K
Unfortunately there tend to only be 4 or 5 such shows on at a time, and those jobs can be pretty tough to get unless you happen to also be the writer of the series.
Oh boo hoo to the Cardiologist in that article. He couldn't handle his likely 200k/year income so he's supplementing it. Being trained to save lives doesn't make you compassionate. This guy's just a money-grubber.
I was just kidding. If I actually did have to use my MD to find another job, the federal government employs tons of MDs who do policy planning and the like. Or I could do research. Or I could teach. Or...well, you get the idea. There are things a person can do with an MD that are perfectly realistic that don't involve patient treatment.
No way would I go to school. Once you guys get to medical school, you'll realize just how difficult it is. It will give an idea of why physicians get paid as much as they do. The training is long and grueling.
I disagree. The training of a physician is less cerebral than the training of a Ph.D in electrical engineering or physics. If we're paying people by how hard the content they learn is, doctors should make less than engineers or physics majors.
Doctors are not -- I repeat, ARE NOT -- the smartest group of professionals.
to every single person that says... i'm not in it for the money, is a LIAR.
sure, saving lives, working /helping people is great, but the money just tops it. icing on the cake.
I would be glad I still made living wages, unlike most of the rest of the world.
I plan on doing some Loan-Forgiveness work in underserved areas after I graduate, so I'm not worrying about loans in this hypothetical situation.