I'm not a troll I swear 🙂
Also, not sure why I people take the time to comment on my username but not on my post. Time for a new account maybe.
Anyways, thanks for the interesting read startswithb. I really appreciate it.
For those who didn't read it, here is a summary:
It is unethical to go through medical school and residency and not have the full intention of giving back 100%. A lot of the entire education process is subsidized by the government and if the country does not receive you 100% effort, the investment to educate you is not worth it and the shortage of doctors that already exists gets even worse.
But this can really be extended to so many things. For example, many people receive scholarships in undergrad and go on to do things that may not necessarily "benefit society" like a doctor would. They may leave the country after graduating. I don't know if this makes sense, but it just seems unfair to put doctors on a completely different scale.
For me, it is a profession. I want to make a living. And its great I can do so by helping people. I DON"T want to dedicate my entire life to the field, which that article assumes all doctors should want to. I want to have a family. I want to have kids. I want to be able to spend time with them.
And to be completely honest, I am sure many of you agree.
When I see the many topics on doctors salary decreasing, the first thing people bring up is the high cost of education. I am so lucky that I will most likely not have substantial debt after graduating, so I am no longer AS worried about salary as I used to be.
If the salary does not go down, I would not mind sacrificing some of my time as a physician to spend time with my family. Again, I don't agree that all doctors should be martyrs and spend their lives serving. Its great that people do have a passion for medicine that reaches that level, but I do not think those who just want to make a career out of something they love but do not want to make it their life should be faulted.
Now, as a side note, I don't want this to turn into a topic about me not knowing what I am getting into. I definitely know about the field, the continuing education, the red tape, insurance companies, ungrateful patients, all of the negatives of the field.
Back to the topic, another point I want to bring up. Everytime I see a topic on lifestyle on the boards, I always see many posts saying that you can make whatever you want out of your career. If you want to have a good lifestyle, you can. Just expect your salary to take a cut of course.
And this is exactly what I am asking. I don't know why so many of you are so quick to judge and dismiss my topic. That is certainly not something I would want from any future physician, either as a colleague or a patient.
I was just wondering if there were any fields that are particularly conducive to having a practice like this.
Again, thanks for the one serious response I got, and thanks in advance for anyone else willing to help!
