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Yup, this article is sadly spot on. Medicine is still a very fulfilling profession though, just have realistic expectations.
People always give me weird looks when I say "Its still jut a job at the end of the day." Ive been grateful enough to have mentors in my life who are brutally honest about the drawbacks and are realistic about their jobs and the direction the field is going. I feel like knowing the negatives has made me more confident in my choice instead of getting into school and being blindsided by them and questioning my decision.
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I feel like a very very large portion of premeds, and even MED students before clinicals/before residency, have these ideas that they will “Become a doctor to heal the sick, save lives...etc.” and then they are overwhelmed by the mountains of bureaucracy, litigation, and paperwork...that is probably why rates of Job dissatisfaction and depression are so high among medical residents.
A broad question for the physicians on this forum: how do you envision hospital administration, the EMR, and other factors that affect physician burnout will change by the time current applicants finish medical school?
Would it be unreasonable to expect progress? I applied knowing (as best as I can) what stress is in my future (assuming an acceptance here...), but can I at least be optimistic?
Would it be unreasonable to expect progress? I applied knowing (as best as I can) what stress is in my future (assuming an acceptance here...), but can I at least be optimistic?
Funny you say that. I can't think of any other profession with people as passionate about their job as a physician.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Understanding contemporary forms of exploitation: Attributions of passion serve to legitimize the poor treatment of workers - PubMed
The pursuit of passion in one's work is touted in contemporary discourse. Although passion may indeed be beneficial in many ways, we suggest that the modern cultural emphasis may also serve to facilitate the legitimization of unfair and demeaning management practices-a phenomenon we term the...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Funny you say that. I can't think of any other profession with people as passionate about their job as a physician.
Understanding contemporary forms of exploitation: Attributions of passion serve to legitimize the poor treatment of workers - PubMed
The pursuit of passion in one's work is touted in contemporary discourse. Although passion may indeed be beneficial in many ways, we suggest that the modern cultural emphasis may also serve to facilitate the legitimization of unfair and demeaning management practices-a phenomenon we term the...
Another relevant article (from a very left-leaning journal): In the Name of Love
EMRs, in particular epic, are so far superior to paper charting and dictations that it’s a joke. There are some EMRs that are terrible but there are also some really amazing ones. The people who don’t think so probably didn’t grow up with Nintendos, computers and other gaming. I could see how doing paper charting for 20 years and then being told to do everything on a computer would be devastating to some. For newer generation doctors it’s completely fine and continues to improve.
With regard to hospital admin, the people who run into trouble are usually either incompetent or jerks (or both!). Be a good doctor, be a nice doctor and you’ll be fine.
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One of our urologists pays out of pocket so he can have a scribe because he refuses to use Epic/any EMR.
Scribes are great. Nothing wrong with that. They increase physician career life span and job satisfaction.
