Questions about a career in medicine

Pre-Med & Medical School Careers in Medicine
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<p>I'm considering a career in medicine, and i've done some research around the internet, but there are still a few questions that are unanswered.</p>

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<li><p>I'm attending OSU, and if I do go to medical school, It should likely be the OSU medical school. This is a good medical school, however, I dont believe that it is in the top 25. Will this hurt my chances of getting a good position at a hospital?</p></li>
<li><p>I'd like to have a family, and I was wondering if anyone knew just how hard it was to begin a family during the residency stages.</p></li>
<li><p>How do you get hired by a hospital? I do not want to work in Private Practice.</p></li>
<li><p>What are the Salary/Benefits of being a docotr? (I've considered Pathology, Dermatology, and Hematology as my sub-specialty)</p></li>
<li><p>Once you have completed school and residency what are you hours like?</p></li>
<li><p>What Is medical school like?</p></li>
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<p>1) Doesn’t matter if you go to a US medical school. If anything matters, where you did your residency matters more, but it’s fairly insignificant in most cases.</p>

<p>2) People do it all the time. Certainly there are fields (and residency programs) where it’s easier than in others. People in pediatrics will generally be more understanding than surgery people but there are family friendly programs in all fields.</p>

<p>3) Varies, but it can be very similar to applying for any other job…</p>

<p>4) Salary varies by specialty and region.</p>

<p>5) Highly variable, but unlike residency, there are no work hour restrictions.</p>

<p>6) Short answer a lot of work. Brief answer - first two years are lecture based. Third year is blocks of rotations in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, psychiatry, and OB/GYN. Fourth year…heavenly, but with crushing bouts of stress related to figuring out where you are going to do residency.</p>