Greedy lawyers. liberal judges, and a litigious society have just about killed the best medical system in the world. The socialized nightmare is coming.
That's hard to do.
Tell him to get an MBA from a top 10 school and go work on Wall Street, he will be making Doctor money by the time he’s 26.
Very sad to hear. These are the minds most needed by medicine but are pushed away by corruption.
So discouraging your son from medicine is a good thing? And don’t call me out on this one. I’ve been there and done that, with a ENT father who discouraged us in the 1970s. I think it’s wrong to discourage a bright young person from pursuing medicine. It’s the only career that will never go into recession, it’s often very rewarding from a non-monetary perspective, it’s a career that is respected by most lay people, and it pays fairly well. I know the ropes, coming from a medical family (grandfather, father, uncles, cousins) and with a general surgeon wife who was something of a pioneer in finishing 5 years of general surgery training in 1985 (an arrogant men’s club, for sure) and practicing now for 22 years.
Yes, there are greedy SOB lawyers, liberal know-nothing judges, ignorant juries, and the rest of the litigious society. And, we face the specter of leftwing ideologues like Hillary Clinton trying to impose their will on the majority of America in the interests of the few, which will be a disaster. However, in my experience, if you are good, listen well, and take care with your patients you will do very well. Money isn’t everything, and we desperately need physicians who are actual Americans - as opposed to the plethora of FMGs from India, Pakistan, and elsewhere - to carry on the proud traditions of medicine in America.
I've seen doctors that are miserable and those that are happy. It's an honorable profession and the flexibility of career options is immense.
Plastics, sports medicine, orthopedic surgeon, novelists, emergency room doctor, etc...etc...
you are given the tools to use your skills to help people and are paid well for that gift.
If he goes into it for the money, he's in trouble. Because anyone that is willing to work the hours that training involves and does it for the money , might want to get an MBA and fight their way to the top putting in 36 hour stretches of work on and off for 5-7years after graduate school. There are very few corporations that will work you harder than a residency program.
Let your son be a doctor. Who knows how many people he'll help in his life? I think it would be easier to quantify than other professions.
The choice used to be doctor or lawyer. Now it’s just lawyer. Or plumber/welder. I would opt for the building trades if I were doing the career thing again now.
Wow, you just about eliminated all the ivy-league professions; what are you trying to talk him into, becoming a plumber?
Tell him to let the Air Force pay for his MD, serve out his commitment and then get a JD. He can work defending the good doctors from the bad lawyers.
I agree 110% The system even allows Surgeons like Dr. James Balserak a Known Butcher from Tucson AZ to operate on our poor soldiers over in IRAQ. This guy couldn’t operate out of a toy box and is a danger to society.
Need I say more!!!!
Mel D MD