Third-year med student here stuck in the middle.
Should I go for anesthesia, do the 4-year residency, and have a somewhat stable, well-paying, and happy albeit possibly boring, end-of-the-line career?
Or should I go into emergency, do the 3-year residency, see all the crazy, fucked-up shit that society has to offer (which draws me in for some reason) and feel like a real doctor but also burn out by the time I'm 40 and call it quits?
Also, EM makes more $$$ per hour, and rural shops especially make bank.
Anesthesiology is pretty bad ass too, but you lose your "real doctor" skills and knowledge of general medicine.
Thought I was set on anesthesia, but now I'm worried.
Should I go for anesthesia, do the 4-year residency, and have a somewhat stable, well-paying, and happy albeit possibly boring, end-of-the-line career?
Or should I go into emergency, do the 3-year residency, see all the crazy, fucked-up shit that society has to offer (which draws me in for some reason) and feel like a real doctor but also burn out by the time I'm 40 and call it quits?
Also, EM makes more $$$ per hour, and rural shops especially make bank.
Anesthesiology is pretty bad ass too, but you lose your "real doctor" skills and knowledge of general medicine.
Thought I was set on anesthesia, but now I'm worried.
