What's a Good Field?

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The one you're happy in. Nobody is psychic. Nobody knows what the hell will happen in that time span. My dad did started his radiology residency in 1964. Do you think he could have predicted all of the advancements in his field? He had to relearn anatomy from a new perspective when CT came out even. It is just too tough to predict.
 
People are going to be living real long in 20-30 years. There's going to be a lot more 50+ people. In terms of health care, probably lot of cardiology and aging medicine. Funding is probably going to be increased to the alzheimer's/dementia research and the like. Mid-levels will be rampant due to the health care reform. Energy is a big deal right now, anything that has to do with energy is going to be more likely funded than now. This is only to name some.
 
Troll answers: Kim Fields, she'll be 60 in about 20 years, or Lambeau Field.

Real answers: I don't know so much about the population aging (haven't looked into it). However, there will always be a need for primary care; consider there is a shortage now that is predicted to become worse.

A lot of it is also going to depend on how the potential reforms currently being discussed and debated shake out. It would be an easier decision for people if there were better incentives to go into it (more debt forgiveness programs or scholarship monies to those pursuing it, etc.).

I agree with the other posters that say go into something you enjoy and can see yourself doing as a career.
 
What do you mean "good" field? You mean good money, lifestyle, job stability...what. Become a dentist if you want that.
 
Servicing the mentally ill, aka plastic surgery.
 
Clearly either gelato vendor or starship captain.
 
As long as I'm pulling six figures, I think I'll be okay.. If you want to compare the salaries of different specialties, you can check them out here.

Edit: Also, check out this thread.

Edit: Here's another link to salaries, with much higher values.
 
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Staind said:
title explains it all. what do you think would be a good field in about ten-twenty years?
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Endocrinology

Its estimated that estimated 1/3 kids born today will develop diabetes in their lifetime. You'll be in demand.
 
TopSecret said:
Mayan calendar will end and the Edgar Cayce pole shift will occur.
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I remember skimming a book by Edgar Cayce when I was about 10. It was some kind of home remedy book. Anyway, it was indexed by disease. One of those diseases was homosexuality. His suggested cure: orange juice!
 
muhali3 said:
What do you mean "good" field? You mean good money, lifestyle, job stability...what. Become a dentist if you want that.
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I heard they had the highest suicide rate - according to an old issue of TIME mag. 😕
 
TheFamilyDoc said:
Family Practice because you get to see it all!
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if you mean all the politics, you're right. FPs are the first line (as in, they have it the worst.....but should probably have the best considering what they could do given the proper resources and support).


Flame on haterz, flame on. Then go talk to you local FP and see what I'm talking about. I forgive easily. 😉
 
Which field would you guys think will become the new "ROADs" in medicine? Or was the ROADs always the same fields?

I think surgery was a really hot and competative field to get into. Then the trend turned from presitgous ones into which ever fields that had nice pay with nice hours. ie, Derm and anesth are hot fields in the past few years because of it. (Not to knock those doctors n say they are less of a physician... but you people know what i mean.)
 
As someone else said, it depends on what you consider "good."
Good, as in a field that's really developing and changing: a resident told me that neurology is where cardiology was 20 years ago, and it's expected to change about as much as cardiology did.
 
I would say Pediatric surgeon or oncology. Children are always going to need surgery, and the fight with cancer is going to be a long one. There are so many different types of cancer out there, so it is going to be a long time before all of them are cured, if we get there.
 
The baby boom started in 1947 (or April 1946 if you want to count 9 months from the end of the war) and ran through 1964 with a peak in 1957. Most geriatric specialists will tell you that people 75-84 and older with complex medical conditions are their buisness in addition to those 85 and older. The pool of people in that age group is going to expand over the next 30 years and be a good thing well into the middle of this century. While the mid-levels are delivering primary care to kids and younger adults as well as episodic care for minor injuries and infections, you are going to find that they won't want to touch the "primary care" of elderly people who are more frail or who have three or more chronic medical conditions. In addition, physicians who treat the diseases that are most common in old age (certain cancers, degenerative joint diseases, cardiovascular disease, etc) will see an increase in depand beginning in about 2022, or just about the time you finish your fellowships. (if you are starting medical school in the next year or two).
 
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