<p>what are some of the top, most enjoyable careers in medicine?</p>
<p>General Practice most likely..</p>
<p>In my case...Emergency Pediatrics</p>
<p>General Pracitice is the same thing as General Practitioners right?.....anyone else have anym opinions?</p>
<p>orthopedic surgery is AWESOME WOOHOO!!! haha</p>
<p>depends on what you mean by enjoyable...</p>
<p>Every specialty has it's benefits and drawbacks.</p>
<p>Emergency is great for those who want to have a more consistent schedule (from the shift work), like the adrenaline rush, and want to deal with acute problems. The drawbacks are that you don't get to develop long term relationships with your patients, people usually are very angry at ED staff b/c they've had to wait a long time (average time in the ED is 4+ hours in most places), and the shifts don't allow for any sort of breather.</p>
<p>But you can go through any specialty and come up with things that some people would love and some would hate.</p>
<p>On the whole, from what I've heard, Optometrists and Physician's Assistants rate some of the highest job satisfaction...dentists some of the least. But in each field you will find people who hate their job.</p>
<p>my advice, which is in addition to bigredmed, bc i totally agree (im an EMT so i work closely with ED docs) but anyway, you may think you know what you interested in now, but just wait until medical school to be introduced to everything. Take one step at a time</p>
<p>Opthamology and Dermatology!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>cardiovascular surgery!!! haha ive posted 2ice now here</p>
<p>Actually, cardiothoracic surgery is going through a very hard time, economically, as interventional cardiology is increasingly powerful.</p>
<p>Last year, the number of people applying for CT surgery fellowships was actually smaller than the number of slots available.</p>
<p>i heard anesthesiology is quite good. Thats what i plan on specializing.</p>
<p>wut year are all you guys in...</p>
<p>so...maybe decreasing #'s but its still cool lol</p>
<p>what exactly is anesthesiology?</p>
<p>@PediatricHopeful: Putting people to sleep.........for a few hours while they have their surgery.</p>
<p>my uncle is an anesthesiologist...he makes about 300k a year, but of course thats not what its about....</p>
<p>i dont like when people say thats not what its about...of course it is, granted its not the ONLY thing its about, nor is it the most important thing...but no1 in their right mind would go to school for 10 years to be making anything less then what would allow for a comfortable living (more then comfortable in this case)</p>
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<p>Oh, I don't know about that. Believe me, there are PLENTY of doctoral students, particularly in the humanities, who take years and years to complete their degree, and then can't get a comfortable living with it. </p>
<p>I guess maybe they're not in their 'right mind'?</p>
<p>im talking for the majority of people pursuing their MD</p>
<p>are you kidding me, there are people who get Doctorates in like "Art History" and stuff. all that will let u do is discuss paintings at some museum and make $30,000 a year. </p>
<p>Meanwhile this person could have became plumber after highschool or just dropped out of highschool and make near 80k-90k when they set up a good clientel.</p>
<p>Well, Mike99, it's not THAT good to be a plumber.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos211.htm#earnings%5B/url%5D">http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos211.htm#earnings</a></p>
<p>But I obviously agree with your basic premise that you can make a pretty good living as a skilled tradesman, in fact, better than some academic positions.</p>
<p>im talking about medical school...im gonna have to imagine medical school and residency is a bit more rigourous then a doctorate in art history</p>