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Why some folks on the Radiology forum did not choose Pathology
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<blockquote data-quote="ScubaV" data-source="post: 21316973" data-attributes="member: 317978"><p>There's definitely a middle ground to the job market that gets some representation, but is mostly drowned out.</p><p></p><p>Thrombus and his acolytes are basically the equivalent of callers for a late night radio program about aliens and conspiracy theories. They talk a lot and there may be a kernel of truth buried somewhere, but the signal to noise ratio is just terrible.</p><p></p><p>On the other side, rirriri and BU Pathology are completely out of touch with anything outside the academic bubble. They try to provide a counterbalance to the above, but I don't think their benign ignorance (best case) or active bias (worst case) helps the cause much.</p><p></p><p>I think the job market is <em>okay</em>, which is kind of damning with faint praise. You probably won't make as much as other specialists (i.e. radiology) and your geographical options are severely limited, especially when considering that you'll probably have to choose between money and location. I'm pretty happy with my job, but it was also the only offer I had. I can't imagine doing any specialty other than pathology and I like the work, but I also don't think I can recommend it to someone who would still be happy in another field.</p><p></p><p>Edit: To expand more on the topic at hand, I considered both radiology and pathology since I was always interested in less patient contact. I did rotations for both and pathology just felt like a more comfortable fit. Medical students considering them should definitely do rotations in each, but also understand that neither rotation is very representative of the actual life of a resident or physician in that field. In both, you're largely sitting around watching someone else do all the work and it's frankly kind of boring to not be more involved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScubaV, post: 21316973, member: 317978"] There's definitely a middle ground to the job market that gets some representation, but is mostly drowned out. Thrombus and his acolytes are basically the equivalent of callers for a late night radio program about aliens and conspiracy theories. They talk a lot and there may be a kernel of truth buried somewhere, but the signal to noise ratio is just terrible. On the other side, rirriri and BU Pathology are completely out of touch with anything outside the academic bubble. They try to provide a counterbalance to the above, but I don't think their benign ignorance (best case) or active bias (worst case) helps the cause much. I think the job market is [I]okay[/I], which is kind of damning with faint praise. You probably won't make as much as other specialists (i.e. radiology) and your geographical options are severely limited, especially when considering that you'll probably have to choose between money and location. I'm pretty happy with my job, but it was also the only offer I had. I can't imagine doing any specialty other than pathology and I like the work, but I also don't think I can recommend it to someone who would still be happy in another field. Edit: To expand more on the topic at hand, I considered both radiology and pathology since I was always interested in less patient contact. I did rotations for both and pathology just felt like a more comfortable fit. Medical students considering them should definitely do rotations in each, but also understand that neither rotation is very representative of the actual life of a resident or physician in that field. In both, you're largely sitting around watching someone else do all the work and it's frankly kind of boring to not be more involved. [/QUOTE]
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