Top reasons why not to be a doctor?
List from Askmen
- bigger reasons not to become a doctor
- insurance cutting into salary
- medical school enrollment is down
- doctors and malpractice
- the future of medicine
via askmen.com
List from forbes
No one ever said being a doctor was easy. School and training go on seemingly forever; once graduation arrives, doctors work long hours and are faced with life-and-death decisions daily
But there were rewards. For decades, doctors earned hefty paychecks, had autonomy and respect. But those benefits are fading, and as a result, so is the number of doctors. Within the next 15 years, the United States will experience a shortage of between 90,000 to 200,000 physicians, according to the recently published Will the Last Physician in America Please Turn Off the Lights: A Look at America's Looming Doctor Shortage.
there are other significant reasons. They include the increasing costs of medical malpractice coverage, higher practice costs, lower insurance reimbursement rates and insurance-company restrictions resulting in less autonomy over how patients are cared for.
via www.forbes.com
List from collegeconfidential
In no particular order:
1. Huge debt-average medical student graduates with approx. $150,000.00 worth of debt
2. Long schooling-4 years of undergrad, 4 years of medical school, 3-8 more years of residency/fellowship
3. Declining salaries-physician salaries have declined approx. 7% in the past decade when you account for inflation
4. Long work hours, lack of a family life
5. Competitive admissions to medical school-60-90% attrition rate in premed at most colleges before application; among those that apply, 50%+ still don't get in anywhere
6. Rising malpractice premiums-malpractice has been increasing by around 10-15% a year for the past two decades
7. Loss of autonomy-the average physician today has less autonomy and patient trust than the physician 40 years ago; bureaucracy and fear of litigation has pretty much restricted the freedom a doctor has to practice
8. Mean, arrogant patients
9. Mean, arrogant colleagues
10. Mean, arrogant premeds