Quote Originally Posted by Prokne View Post
Or you could be an ear nose and throat specialist, or a dermatologist, or endocrinologist or one of any other low risk of serious injury or death specializations. These types also dont run into emergency situations very often so you wont be working late into the night or have shifts. They also still get paid pretty well. If you are a surgeon or work in the emergency department then, yes, you will be working long hours and probably get sued from time to time because you couldnt fix someone or even made a small mistake which was a known risk to the patient in the first place. But I agree people should become doctors to help people. You can find less stressful and risky medical professions though.
Office practitioners are still not void of stress or risk, they need to see a lot of patients, have long days, and constant at home follow ups and work follows them home a lot more. Their out of pocket cost of practice is also lot higher than Hospital practitioners. You still have to worry about Malpractice insurance, you have to worry about your "% of pay per patient" cut if you're apart of a practice (up to 40% in some offices), sometimes even if you're apart of a practice you have to pay "maintenance" or a "staff" fees. If you have your own practice you then have to pay the staff, the lease on the place, so on so forth. Generally where most doctors will make money is in being a hospital practitioner though.

Even as an office practitioner, being a Medical Doctor is still not a career for money. Outside of a cosmetic Plastic Surgeon, or getting into a private practice where you're "in" with everyone that's apart of it.

It's a sad fact, but in fact, I know many office practitioners who's take home is about the same or even less than their plumbers, or electricians, and they work a lot more than either of them.