Monday, October 19, 2009

Why an MD?

Answer: Advantages:
  • Ability to provide service and support to others
  • Ability to save lives
  • Continuously Learning
  • Appreciation for medical science
  • Teach students and patients about medicine
  • Rewarding
  • Decent Salary

Disadvantages:

  • Spend several years training and preparing at schools and hospitals (e.g. medical school, internship, residency)
  • Long process to acquire a license
  • Difficult
  • Tiring
  • Stressful
  • Depressing
  • Time consuming
  • A great deal of Responsibility
  • Managed care means more difficulty earning a high salary

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