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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anecdotally, every single one of my doctors works only 2-3 days/week, and they are all young- in their 30s and 40s. My older doctors have all retired, save for one in her 50s who quit medicine abruptly. She was the best doctor I’ve ever had.

I think we either need more medical school slots and residencies or some kind of requirement of working 5 days/week for x number of years if you’re going to take a US residency slot.[/quote]

I've been saying for years that medicine is the new lifestyle profession.  All of my friends from college who went to med school work part time now and still have enough income to pay for nannies, nice houses, nice vacations, etc.  Medicine has always been high paying (and get out of here, doctors who are going to insist that it's not high paying because they have to pay for medical school -- show me your house).  But now it's also cush in terms of hours.[/quote]

I think if you require working 5 days a week for x years, fewer will go into medicine. Plus, plenty need maternity/paternity leave and then decide to reduce hours after that. It's very expensive paying off med school loans. Most of those I know who became part time quickly were from wealthy families. The ones who had loans only did it if the spouse was a high earner.

Certain professions are particularly rough like obgyn where lawsuits are out of control (some justified, but not all) and they pay an insanely high malpractice insurance rate.) Battling with insurance companies is exhausting. [/quote]

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