“Surgeons don't have lives.” It's not true, or at least, it doesn't have to be. I live a full one, though it's not without a conscious effort to do so. It's not to say we don't make sacrifices to be able to practice this craft - we do, and it is indeed a privilege.
Though they tend to be more stressful medical fields—neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, and orthopedic surgery are also generally regarded as providing some of the best lifestyles for physicians.
The world needs many kinds of people and many different kinds of physicians. Maybe, on average, fewer women than men are interested in surgery. But it is possible and appropriate to be a surgeon, a woman, and a mother, if one's personality and interests drive her there.
With surgeons, your lives are in their hands literally. A small error can prove fatal. They are always under stress thanks to the ever increasing number of people suffering from various ailments. Burnout consists of three major factors: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal accomplishment.
Female physicians and surgeons are most likely to marry male or female physicians and surgeons. Male physicians and surgeons are most likely to marry female physicians and surgeons or male registered nurses.
A pregnant surgeon will be tired, often alternating between ravenousness and nausea. She may need to use the restroom incessantly and shift her swollen feet. Her obstetric doctor will lecture her about avoiding persistent standing and premature labor.
Approximately 25% of surgical residents have children1. Interestingly, surgical residents with children are more likely to look forward to work and more likely to be happy at work than those without children1.
Across the board according to the 2021 physician wealth report, 56% of physicians reported a net worth of over a million. Out of family physicians, the majority become millionaires by the age of 55, with only 11% having a net worth of a million before 45.
Events that should never occur in surgery (“never events”) happen at least 4,000 times a year in the U.S. according to research from Johns Hopkins University.
For the most stressful medical job, the highest percentages of burnout occurred among these medical specialties: Critical care: 48 percent. Neurology: 48 percent.
Yes, definitely after the Hectic 10 Years of Education and Training since cracking Medical Entrances and Admission, a Doctor can definitely have a great career balance between Work and Family.
Surgery might have a decadeslong learning curve, according to a UCLA-led study. Researchers found that patients treated by older surgeons had lower death rates within 30 days of their procedures than those treated by younger surgeons.
“If a student wants to get into a post-graduation course, there should be no age limit. But for undergraduate courses in medicine, most are in the age group of 17-20 years.
In pediatrics, 38% of surveyed physicians were pregnant during residency. In obstetrics and gynecology, women residents typically have children during the fourth year of training, with half between 26 and 29 years of age at the time of first successful gestation and one-third in their early 30s.
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While no recent studies have investigated the relationship between divorce rates and medical specialty, an older study found rates were highest in psychiatry and surgery (6).
The adjusted probability of being ever divorced—that is, divorce prevalence estimated at mean covariate values—among physicians was 24.3% (95% confidence interval 23.8% to 24.8%), compared with 25.2% among dentists (P=0.14 for comparison with physicians), 22.9% among pharmacists (P=0.008), 33.0% among nurses (P<0.001), ...
“It's been speculated that doctors are more likely to be divorced than other professionals because of the long hours they keep and the stress associated with the job, but no large-scale study has ever investigated whether that is true,” said Anupam Jena, HMS assistant professor of health care policy and medicine at ...
Some estimates suggest that wrong-site surgery happens about once in every 100,000 surgeries, which would mean hundreds of times per year in the United States. Some experts believe that as few as 10 percent of these mistakes are ever reported, so the accidents we know about may be the tip of the iceberg.
There is no age limit for medical school. You can become a doctor in your 30s, 40s, 50s, and even 60s. In the end, medical schools want students who will make good physicians. Age is not a factor.
8 the results were comparable, the prevalence of depression was found to be 28.3% among medical and surgical residents.
A surgeon's shift may be anywhere from 12 to 28 hours long. In emergency situations or public health crises, their shifts may be longer. To make up for their long shifts, surgeons often work less than six days a week, with an average weekly schedule of four days.