to be an ophthalmologist

ASMAJ
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:36:15 +0000

why is opthalmology competitive? do you mean med schools produce many ophthalmologists (career-wise)? or do you mean people try to do opthalmology because it’s easier than other medical fields (academic-wise)?



Because opthalmology is one of the surgical sub-specialties that has a great lifestyle compared to general surgery (and its fellowships). Urology is another one of those sub-specialties. Yes that is the breakdown, 4ug, 5med, 4res (including 1yr of trans/primarily).

For more info: http://residency.wustl.edu/medadmin/resweb.nsf/L/51675E1C167DF70186256F8F0073A46C?OpenDocument