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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who's done both and made a late career switch, medicine is where I'm much happier. While there are many stressful fields in medicine, the are subspecialties that are lifestyle friendly, pay well, and in demand particularly in private practice. [/quote]

What else, except the ROAD specialties ?
Another factor is those specialties are highly competitive.[/quote]

Most specialities are flexible these days due to high demand for doctors.

Primary care doctors now only work 4 days for it to be full time. Same with oncologists. Some work 7 weeks on and then 7 weeks off like hospitalist or critical care. I can’t think of a speciality that can’t be somewhat flexible.[/quote]

This is accurate. But to add to the ROAD specialties, psychiatry, PMNR, pathology, pain, rheum, GI, are just a few of the many specialties you can make a great salary and not be overworked. [/quote]

Disagree.
I am in one of those non-ROAD speciality that’s supposed to have a good lifestyle. 
Maybe it was OK 10 years ago, but in 2023 nothing is easy.
We are terribly understaffed. I do a huge amount of admin/paperwork.
Most of us work 12 hours/day, and there is no sign of it letting up.
My colleagues are jumping ship right and left for industry/pharma, and the boomers are all retiring.
Medicine was already broken, and then Covid crushed us.
It’s been a miserable existence for the last 2-3 years, but I suppose at least we have job security.[/quote]

That's you being understaffed. What's your specialty? [/quote]

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