Thread: " Did you know that 60% of doctors today are dissatisfied with medicine?"

Here is a recent and interesting documentary about what is going on in American medicine:


Vanishing Oath

(http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/11/...-medicine.html)

I doubt that many % of ppl like their current jobs.

I'll agree with that statement

No matter how much you like your job (or dislike it), at the end of the day work is still work and there are days that will just suck big time.

I have been an IM hospitalist now for a couple of years and the one thing i have learned since graduating Ross and residency is that medicine is not unlike most fields. You need to choose very wisely what specialty you go into, as for the most part, you are locked into it for a myriad of reasons. When you are in medical school you have this dream/goal of just getting that MD degree. Well thats part of it, but you also really need to determine what area of medicine will make you happy the rest of your life. This is the key to a lifetime of happiness in medicine

I worked for a large medical device company prior to making the leap to med school. I was a consultant for surgeons. I designed marketing plans, increased office efficiencies and assisted with billing and coding training. I can tell you that hands down the largest complaint was on the reimbursement side. The docs hated dealing with the insurance companies and often wouldn't hire a certified coder. The end result was always the same: pissed off docs and money left on the table. That being said; if you are going to go into a specialty that requires you to run a practice, understand billing and coding, become familiar with ICD-9 and CPT codes, and for the love of Roger Federer take some business classes.

hope it gets better

Blah. Veterinary medicine has it right. No insurance, keeps prices down and less hassle. Catastrophic things cost a couple thousand not a couple hundred thousand. I know, in an ideal world, won't work in real life blah blah...

Some docs don't accept insurance anymore though, so who knows.