Reality testing - what new docs need to know that they never learned in med school

Originally posted by Martin Young at Consentcare.com

   The "euphoria of qualifying as a doctor" ...wears off

  Your education costs are of no interest to others, "particularly when it comes to your salary scale."

  "You will need business savvy to run a successful practice – hard work alone is a rough road to financial failure."

 "No matter how good you are, or how hard you try, some patients will just not like you."

 "Patients come first – above your family – and your life partner will not understand."

  "Balance your job and family life?  Forget it!"

  "Redefine 'success' in your own mind before you embark on your career – if money features too high on the list, you are in the wrong profession

   and........

   .....any other job after medicine will seem trivial and meaningless by comparison!

   Enjoy your career!!"

Truncated - see "21 things new doctors need to know that medical schools do not teach!"

Recerntly posted by Martin Young at 10/2/2010 12:45 PM GMT on Doc2Doc, a doctor's blog from BMJ Group