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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So he basically wants money but doesn’t want to work hard? Isn’t that what you are really saying, OP?[/quote]

That’s the dream!  Don’t be jealous you didn’t think of this.

Dermatologist or orthodontist.  Hard to get into but the careers aren’t as stressful as other kinds of medicine.  But you make bank.  [/quote]

I don't see him wanting to go through medical school or residency.  [/quote]

He will NEVER make it thru. My kid who is a resident doctor put in 120 hours last 7 days. That's like 17 hours/day in avg. I don't see OP's kid willing to do that. [/quote]

Physician here. This is not typical any longer. I did my residency at Stanford, and even back then it wasn't like this. Now, many residents are unionized, get Uber vouchers after call, 80-hr max, etc. Besides, residency isn't the issue.[b] The burnout comes much later, mid career, and not at all related to long hours.

Regardless, I agree about avoiding medicine.[/b][/quote]

Can you say more about this? What's do you see as the cause of burnout?[/quote]

NP. All my physician friends in our 50s are in various mode of burnout mitigation or recovery. Most pervasive sentiment is loss of autonomy in clinical practice, especially in ambulatory medicine. Sure, hours are fine (8 hrs of clinic). But every year, hospital C-suite administrators and even academic departments (ie not private equity owned private practice) take away clinician's scheduling flexibility and force docs to add more patient slots or double book every hour. I miss the days I used to 'only' have 24 patients on my schedule. Now, it's 30+.

Imagine having 30 meetings in one day with 30 notes to complete, only to go home and have an inbox full of time-sensitive messages you did not have time to open during the course of the said 30 meetings.

Even if I find the medical aspect intellectually rewarding and fulfilling, I am simply drained every day, every weekend, and because it never ends, it becomes a grind.  The happiest physician friend is a neurosurgeon. Maybe things are different for surgeons with better nursing or PA support. [/quote]

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