I'm looking into becoming a surgeon, and before spending a massive amount of money on college I want to be sure this is what I want to do. And so it comes down to the question, can i become a surgeon and still have a life outside of the job? I want a husband, kids, and three dogs...but does becoming a surgeon prohibit this from becoming reality??And also, if it is possible, what specific line of surgeons are capable of having a social life and a job they want?
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yes you can have a social life. as with any doctor - you shouldn't party in the town in which you practice.Yes, you can have a husband, kids, and three dogs too. You'll be on call and your priorities have to be saving patients. So that means on the Christmases that you're on call - you might have to leave to save a life. it would become your duty. But family can understand with the proper explaining.Your best bet is non-emergency surgery. That would be an orthopaedic surgeon. Those surgeries are scheduled. Neurosurgery and cardiovascular surgery could be last minute kinda thing.
Surgery is very difficult to have the above mentioned list. It's a very demanding specialty and has less tolerance for scheduling changes, being pregnant, etc. I suppose you could do this, if you waited having a family after a lot of your training was complete... which takes about 14 years (4 yrs college, 4 yrs medical school, about 6 yrs of training for surgery..) Good luck!However, if you find a very understanding hubby, this would be VERY helpful... unfortunately, most men aren't like this, so this may prove difficult.
Yes its possible but u have to remember that being any kind of surgeons is very hard work.Good Luck to u! :)
Of course it is. Be aware, however, that a woman with an education is frightening to some men, despite the advances women have made in the workforce and elsewhere over the past fifty years. What that means is, you'll have a smaller pool of eligible bachelors from which to choose a mate. You'll likely find yourself dating your fellow professionals - and be aware there are as many "playas" amongst them!
Do NOT give up on your goals for the sake of a social life. There's more to life, and humankind desperately needs skilled, caring surgeons far more than someone who's good at schmoozin' and boozin' and slinking around in pearls and curls. They're called "bimbos" and we've quite enough of those. Women with confidence and class are rare - I sincerely hope you're one of them!
you'll have all the things u mentioned but dont expect to spend tons of nights chillin in bars and stuff
yes
Become a surgeon. You'll have to work hard and probably take a lot of crap, but as you mature and become more experienced you will be given more responsability. with this responsability you will advance (as long as you perform well) and soon you will find a way to delegate some responsabilities to a newer surgeon and free up time to spend all the great money that you make.and so the cycle will go on. This is how it is from plumbers to architects to ironworkers to surgeons.
After 4 years of medical school, 5 years of residency, when you get no sleep, and 2 more years of subspecialty like plastic surgery, you are expected to be on call for surgical emergencies 24/7. It is a rare breed of person who can still find time to find a husband, kids, and 3 dogs.
Try urology or plastic surgery. Then you may have a social life.
If you want a family, take the advice of an orthopaedic surgeon I know and don't wait to have kids.You'll need a 4 year college degree with an emphasis on the four cornerstones of the study of medicine: chemisty, physics, mathematics, and English. You'll need to excel in those areas and keep a high grade point average with high MCAT scores.After 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school there are 4 years of residency training in the specialty in which you choose to practice. If you want to become a surgeon though, the residency is 6 to 8 years.Medical school is very demanding, residency is hell, with physicians often working up to 80 hours a week. Relationships and dating are impossible to maintain. A PBS documentary showed a 90% divorce rate among couples where one person was a medical resident or student.18 to 20 years. Can you wait that long?
It won't prevent your having a social life, only delay it. Even general surgeons can do OK simply through call-sharing. If you go on to subspecialization, plastics would be preferable to cardiothoracic surgery, just to name a couple, to keep a life.
I'm not a surgeon, but I work with them. I took the smarter route, and became an anesthesiologist. We still get the fun of playing in the OR all day, but without the office hours and endless rounds.The surgeons I know have social lives, but they paid their dues during training. You have to do what you love, and if you find that you love surgery (and you cannot know this until you are in your third year of medical school and living it), then you will do what it takes to become one.I married a very understanding man who is not in medicine, and we have 3 kids and a great life (no dogs, though. Just horses, cats and a bunny). Pretty much all surgeons take call, but if you get in a large enough group, that can be shared.Ophthalmologists don't get called in a lot, but there is debate as to whether they are real surgeons or not (that's a joke, sort of). Orthopedics get called in A LOT, as do general surgeons and trauma surgeons.Your surgical subspecialty is something you will choose in medical school or during residency. Again, you'll have to do what you love. Consider anesthesiology :) My last call was in December 2001.
Don't go into medicine at all. Even if you can have a family and social life, you will have to put it off for many years while you do medical school, residency, and possibly fellowship. Instead of having a life, you will be often treated like crap and you will be accumulating debt.You will graduate to a life of falling salary, increasing law suits, middle-of-the-night emergencies, and a society that values basketball players more than doctors. Did you know that Medicare will be cutting reimbursements 5% annually every year until 2012?
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