Med School opportunities after the USNA

navy2010
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:21:28 +0000

One of the glaringly critical factors concerning med school committees is the too-often absence of evidence of being able to consistently convey compassion, concern, caring bed-side manner.



until that is placed front and center on med-scool curriculums, it will not change. Which is not to say it is sorely needed.

Ability to cope-
unfortunately, the nod to US med schools is given to diversity [big recoopment dollars] and ability to pay [thus, overwhelming numbers of foreign students]. There is no lack of either.

What I will post as a consideration is to answer “why”…“why do you want to be a doctor?”
the prestige [and dare I add, respect] is limited to US society, and that is eroding quickly with managed care and public performance reporting.
the money is increasingly eroding, under managed care, capped payment systems,and increasing costs of malpractice [so much so that nearly EVERY OB guy I know have given up their practice]…
and unless you are heading for a speciality [which the government will not pay for- you get straight internal medicine or general surgery last I looked, UNLESS you continue to tack on DECADES of time you owe back] your salary will not in any way compensate for the dollars spent on getting you to this point, or the workhours it will take you to make a decent income based on current reimbursement payments- which, by the way, are heading in one direction- and that is DOWN. And don’t even get me started on Obamacare.

Noble profession? Sure.
Make sure you see that.
If you see ANYTING BUT THAT then go elsewhere.
Think carefully.