Lookin to the future

OP

PM me ur comment plz :biggrin:

Reply 3

rozzy

9

haha what did you get bad repped for? is it the one where you said something about not liking the fact drs aren't gon get good pay? i was thinkin 'uh oh' when i read that too :p:

Reply 4

To the OP - if you had said simply that you were worried about not getting a job when you graduate, then I'd be a little more sympathetic. But you seem to be concerned more with getting paid your 90k (whether in England, America or Dubai) than helping people or having a career you're passionate about. You say that one of the "obvious" concerns of anyone in your position is money but I totally disagree. Job cuts and the EWTD mean medicine is no longer the lucrative earner that it once was, particularly at the training stages. You're hardly guaranteed even a job anymore. Money is the last thing on the mind of most decent medical applicants.

I think you need to rethink your motives for medicine....or just go into IB.

Reply 5

OP

well i was more thinkin abwt how i was goin to pay off the huge student debt i would have but im sorry if i have hit a nerve :frown:

btw wats IB

Reply 6

leedsmedic_07

rozzy

haha what did you get bad repped for? is it the one where you said something about not liking the fact drs aren't gon get good pay? i was thinkin 'uh oh' when i read that too :p:

i said that 'docs pay might suffer :frown:

' with the max of 48 hr weeks becoz or ewtd. i was only giving my opinion, wheres the crime in that ?

Reply 7

Ribbons

12

While I do strongly believe that nobody should go into medicine just for the money, I also think that it isnt too unreasonable to research career prospects and pay. True money shouldnt be the main concern, but no harm in it being a concern.

Reply 8

Becca-Sarah

19

OP, you can't come on a forum where the majority of people want to be doctor's for 'proper' reasons i.e wanting to work with people and using science, etc, and pretty much say that you want to do it for the money. We're all concerned about student debt, but realistically everyone, even media studies students, will pay it off without huge problems. Its the lowest interest loan you're ever gonna get.

Lawyers make lots of money. Investment bankers make a fortune (and they help other people make fortunes - see? helping people). Teachers make a fair amount once you get into middle management and thats helping people too.

Go into whatever career you want and earn your millions, but please don't go into it for the money. You have to do it because you want to. Once you graduate, you've got a good 40 working years ahead of you. You may be earning 90K, but you aren't going to be happy doing a stressful, challenging job like being a doctor if you don't go into it for the right reasons.

Reply 9

third_addy

well i was more thinkin abwt how i was goin to pay off the huge student debt i would have but im sorry if i have hit a nerve :frown:

btw wats IB

International banking.

Everyone has to pay off the debt. It's a crazy amount of money and pretty scary from this side of it (and possibly even scarier from the other!) but it's important to remember that it's paid off at a rate that's independent of the size of the student loans (not true for commercial ones though) and dependent on your income. So a junior doctor on 20k (which might even be quite ambitious when the ETWD comes into play) will be paying off a lot less than a GP on 90k. And the government has pledged to write it off after 25 years if I remember correctly?

Reply 10

OP

oh and btw if u are a PS helper then can u tell me the best workex/voluntary work places i can go to for medicine. My skool does work experience in year 11 so this summer ive got a placement at a health centre but its only receptionist work they wont let me shadow a doctor for confidentiality reasons unless im over 17 or sutn and i also got a placement at a dentle place, both for one week. i chose a dentist place cos im not sure which one to choose between medicine or dentistry. Also ctrary to wat ppl are sayn i want to go in the direction of one of these two careers as one i believe that I will have a job which gives me a lifelong skill and in any situation a doctor is handy. Also i would like to work in a third world country after uni but to be honest i would like to jak it all in after abwt 20 years of hard work and saving like a b**h and go into business or sutn. I dnt wanna go into business strate away as i will have no experience money etc.... and plus i will probably start off working for someone else at th start and if i get sacked for sum reason then, well, i dnt think that jobs in finance are readily available. Also (lol) anybody can get into finance, i know people who did a chem degree and went into finance bcoz they couldnt find a job relating to chem.

Neeeeeewayz thanx for readin plz help, comment, crictice, giv ur opinion.....

Thanx

Reply 11

randdom

20

Money is the last thing on the mind of most decent medical applicants.

I am sorry but I really disagree with this, money is something that should very much be on the mind of a "decent medical applicant" not necessarily because they want to make load of money out of a medical career but because of the current reforms the fact that it is a long course and the job prospects at the the end aren't what they once were. It would be irresponsible in my oppinon not to have at least considered whether it is going to be financially doable. I have loads of friends who are having to take a professional studies loads etc so money unfortunately doesn't play a big part in it.

Reply 12

Sorry, randdom - I'll rephrase. I meant more than money isn't really one of the reasons one would want to do medicine (or it shouldn't be at least). You shouldn't really be thinking "I'll take it because I want the flash car and the 90k a year" You should be doing it because you have a passion for it and wish to help people.

But of course it's important to take into account the cost of the degree (scary!) and the feasibility of it financially.

Reply 13

OP

Also if this new 48 hour scheme does happen then does it not bak my view up even more.

Nehoo could some people give me an honest opinion looking at medicine froma a financial perspective because at the moment im getting the vibes that many people are trying to hide away from this aspect please correct me if i am wrong. Also could someone give me a comparison in terms of the financial side between medicine and dentistry

Thank uuuu

Reply 14