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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every time I read this threads I feel discouraged about becoming a doctor and feel like despite whatever I do it’s not worth it to anyone. That’s def making me consider retiring/ cutting back early. Also more women are entering medicine and they tend to have a higher attrition. I get it- I’m a mom and having to have emotional labor placed on me by patients and my family is tough. At the end of the day, I’ll pick my family over mg patients.[/quote]

What was your vision when you started your studies?  I imagine doctors see a lot of people at their unhappiest.

I can't imagine being a psychiatrist listening to people complaining all day.[/quote]

I was a nontraditional medical school applicant. I worked for several years in public policy and thought I could make a bigger difference in medicine. I think the hardest part is the amount of administrative burden. The way things work now, we spend less time with our patients (one study found that we spend more time waiting for the elevators with with patients while working inpatient). We have to write tons of notes for even a brief patient interaction, coordinate care which requires a lot of back and forth and messages, and it bleeds into our life outside of the hospital. Not to mention we have the administration double booking patients and adding more and more workload which equals more and more paperwork( and less and less time with patients). Maybe AI can help but otherwise - it’s feels like I make very little difference. [/quote]

My doctors do notes during the visits.  [/quote]

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