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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For anyone with kids considering med school, recommend they spend some time speaking with practicing docs in the field/setting they are interested in. Physician burnout is a real thing and with the loss of nurses and other support staff during and following COVID, docs are having to do a lot more of the administrative tasks that leave less time to actually practice medicine.[b] Also a lot of private practices are getting bought out by larger companies that reward quantity of patients seen over quality of time with patient.[/b]

For experience during a gap year, I've seen med students not coming directly from college who worked as lab managers/research assistants/lab techs in an academic research setting or at biotech/pharma, clinical research assistant, work associated with clinical trials support. Also support roles in work supporting patients (ie palliative care, hospice, hospitals).  
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A lot of these are hiring PAs as well, with just a few doctors as supervising physician on record. PAs are cheaper to employ and for routine treatment (non surgery) a PA can do the same as an MD. My kid’s dermatologist and ENT providers are  PAs. And when we need to see the pediatician on short notice, we book with a PA or nurse practitioner to get in sooner.[/quote]

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