Is it worth becoming a doctor in India?
Being a pediatrician I think I am eligible to answer.First thing- In India if you're inclined to do government job,I bet there is no other easier way than becoming MBBS doctor and getting it. Government hospitals and NGO are constantly in need of Doctors. I am talking about permenant government job with all the facilities of a class 1 officers with promotions regularly if you are from Backward casts.2ndly There are lot of opportunities in private sectors in Hospitals and companies requiring a doctor for their employees.These jobs may not be permenant but pay is great, sometimes more than government job, sometimes less depending upon the company.3rd-If you are talking about private practice of your own. My My opinion would be NO.Why?If you're just a graduate there is no way you can establish any private practice in 3 to 4 years..It is very difficult.If you're a specialist it is more difficult because you will have to have a relatively good clinic and preferably a nursing home with latest equipments. You will have to appoint a PRO who can visit the GPs in your area and demand to send the patients to you.You have staff to maintain and slowly all such small things take heavy toll on your bank accounts.There is still a waiting period of 2 years for many ..till then every month there is debits in your account with loss reflecting and pulling your moral down.I have started my practice recently and I have worked in government hospitals and in private hospital and now decided to start my own.It is not easy at all and sometimes I think of going back to the job,But now I can't go.My earnings from my practice in first 3 months -8500rs which equals the amount I was getting for working as a locum in private hospital in Mumbai for 24 hrs.
Is it too hard to become a doctor nowadays?
Too hard-yes it may be but can be made too easy by serious studies to become a doctor.Times have changed and so have changed all things in this world.A countless increase in world population requires more doctors and best brains are needed and certainly there is a fierce competition.But in many countries, medical seats are sold and for the rich it's easy to become a doctor.
Is becoming a doctor worth it these days? Due to high political stress, and pay not catching up with inflation.
It depends what you want to do. Medicine can offer a career that you won’t find elsewhere for the committed person. And there are many different avenues involved in a medical career: some doctors spend most of their time doing research, some have a salaried job in a hospital, some are in a group practice, some work in teams and some solo.The political noise is never ending. Every political candidate has ideas about how healthcare should run but ultimately it is inefficient and wasteful to spend your time as a doctor worrying about what each administration is going to do. At the end of the day, people do need medical care and society will find a way to pay for it. But it is admittedly a source of worry if you focus on that. You don’t have to.You should do OK financially in medicine although it is best to manage and limit your degree of school debt. If a major concern is pay keeping up with inflation, you may not be the type who will enjoy a medical career. I would also say that medical services tend to keep up with inflation (more so than many other prices of other goods and services).
Family and becoming a doctor...?
I am a family doctor and female; I currently have chosen to work part time (3-4 days/week) so that I can have a family life and enjoy my daughter's growing up. During medical school and residency it was very hard to date (I was single then) but easier during my 2nd and 3rd years of residency. I had no time for that during medical school but I was one of those who had to study a LOT to pass the courses. It can become as much or as little of a time commitment as you let it. Obviously if you wanted to make top dollar and/or become a general or orthopedic surgeon you would earn higher income but the trade off is probably not being home much and more the 24/7 job you've heard about. Once you finish residency (which is, trust me, pretty grueling) you will have to decide whether to work part time or full time, do hospital work and OB/deliver babies or not, and how much $$ you want to make will also dictate your schedule. Obviously working part time I take a hit in the salary department, but, for me it's worth it to be home and enjoy life a little too. I married and had children after I was done with residency, but went to med school with plenty of married men and women, a few who had kids, and one who had a kid DURING 1st year of med school. It was actually pretty common, once I was in residency (family practice) to have colleagues either with kids, or who had kids during residency. I was one of only 2 (out of 7) in my residency class who was not married. Those 5 who were married either had kids at the start of residency or had them during residency. Hope this helps and good luck!
Is being a teacher worth it nowadays?
Let me get this straight. You spent a few casual hours tutoring people (probably most with some basic research skills,) decided to become a teacher IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL, got razzed out of the job because of poor performance and an impossible expectation (expecting the students to rise to your level just because, instead of stooping down in order to see the full extent of what is being brought to you) and you are asking if being a teacher is worth it? If you have to ask, you are part of the problem with the teaching profession. Tutoring after hours and teaching a classroom of 40-60 kids, with the worst possible backgrounds and histories, who are probably floating through an educational, social, and personal minefield of utter indifference, expecting them to learn simply because you are THE TEACHER, is beyond ludicrous. Its kind of like a doctor getting upset when someone rushes into their office, bleeding and puking everywhere. Teaching has crap to do with knowing your subject if you have absolutely no clue how to analyze the person in front of you, assess what they need to learn, what they know, and how to bridge the distance. Standardized tests are utterly meaningless, but they are really only an extension of the improbable standard of excellence embedded in the grading system overall. Does filling in all the blanks of a scan-tron correctly really prove a person is an "A" student, demonstrating exceptional excellence and mastery of a subject far beyond the average capacity, especially when compared to other students of similar age and background? A student parroting back to me that Christopher Columbus sailed for the New World in 1492 gets an "A" for being correct but that then renders the concept of what an A is as meaningless, since that answer is considered the NORM. A teacher teaches because it is what they do, and if they fail, it only makes them want to go back and try harder. If you have to ask why you are there, you probably shouldn't be. A fisherman doesn't have to ask why they get up at 4am in order to be at their favorite spot by six. The difficulties prove their resolve, not question it.
I'm 25, can I still become a doctor?
I'm 25 years old. I made mistakes in the past regarding school and pretty much everything else. Now I want to turn my life around and focus on myself and my future but I don't know if it's still possible for me to become a doctor. To summarize the big events that happened in my life: I was 2nd in class when I graduated Middle School, I maintained a 3.5 or higher GPA when I graduated high school then met my "supposed" dream girl so when I got to college, I ended up going to a Community college. I took a half-assed "degree" and I didn't do very well, meaning I dropped every single one of my classes. My GPA is probably a 1.0 because I prioritized another person rather than myself. I'm on academics probation. Not only did I not get a proper education (No degree) but my credit is also ******** (having a gf is expensive and those loans I took out for school). Now I know I made mistakes but I want to start over. This my plan: I applied at another Community College for the Licensed Practical Nursing Program, after that, I plan to take the bridge program to RN then possibly get my bachelors after that and then take the MCATs and classes I will need to go on to Med School. Is it possible for me (with my age and even with my credit score being so low) to become a doctor especially with the situation I'm in? I'm looking at this very realistically and I would appreciate honest answers. Thank you.