Do many doctors regret their decision?

[Britney]

Sounds good Gizmo!

What about a N - I - C - E biscuit, only one just. But relevant, dont you think?

Britney

[ben_]

Gizmo, of course I am simply speaking from my own experience working in a law firm.

Zedd please define 'all that'. The only reason you would find a potential £120k/annum disappointing is if you were comparing with a City job

[Britney]

id be happy to earn 120k a year..Im certainly not earning it now.

Most consultants work private as well..

I know, because I used to rush off at lunch time to get their lunch when I was on my private hospital placement..(I was a first year student nurse , Oh the glory of being used lol )

Aparently, they all had afternoon NHS Clinics..


Britney
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[Gizmo says -]

Originally Posted by ben_

Gizmo, of course I am simply speaking from my own experience working in a law firm.

Zedd please define 'all that'. The only reason you would find a potential £120k/annum disappointing is if you were comparing with a City job

yeah totally man, law is shite for brains as far as i am concerned. i reckon peeple compare them so mush on this forum simply cos its law or medicine (but not the other ten thousand related professions) that they get shoehorned into at their type of skool, thats all. dont mean you necessarily, just a general point about the majority significant body of peeps we get on this forum. you'll never ear of a posh skool person going off to do nussing even though they mite actually want it.

[Gizmo says -]

Originally Posted by Britney

Sounds good Gizmo!

What about a N - I - C - E biscuit, only one just. But relevant, dont you think?

Britney

tis the perfect complement, macca. and compliment.

[terpineol]

I come from a family almost exclusively of doctors in both the near and extended family, every single one of whom say they would not do it given their time again.

I'm currently pondering leaving with my preclinical degree with a view to doing a phd and seeing where it takes me, or going for accounting or dentistry.

[giella]

I think people who have a family history of going into medicine often never thought about doing anything else before they applied. Looking back on their decision, they might have chosen to have done something different.
The vast majority of doctors who I know well were the first in their family to do medicine and none of them regret their decision for a moment. With one possible exception, I've yet to encounter a doctor who doesn't derive satisfaction on a daily basis from what they do or who doesn't love what they do.
I think some doctors may regret what they didn't do, rather than what they actually did. On the whole, there's a great amount of satisfaction to be had from practising medicine and I don't think that's the part that doctor's regret.

[yazoo]

Medicine is such a vast subject that people can normally find something that suits them. From public health and clinical trials work for pharma industry, laboratory medicine to paeds, psych to surgery.

The people who don't find something are often very clever and don't find enough of an intellectual challenge or enough creativity. That's been my experience, mostly.

[ben_]

You would leave medicine for...accountancy?

[vloedmuur]

I think that the choice of a man - in what area to apply their knowledge - be it medicine or something else useful to people.