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why do so many students want to study medicine?

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Does sitting in a 70s council building in an estate writing lines for depression tablets, sickness from work or methadone every day sound cool? Because that's the reality for a lot...

Preach. Society really needs to start discussing how being a doctor isn't that glamorous. Blood, death, etc. You really have to be psychologically capable of dealing with that.

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Etomidate

Original post by samantham999

because they think doctors get paid 100k a year when actually junior doctors get paid around 23k (28k in their second year as a junior doctor) and only get around 30k when they have specialised which is less than an accountant who works for the big 4 who gets 30k straight from uni LOL

Average first year salary is about £28k and about £34-35k in the second year.

Reply 22

Hrdee

Original post by p29

in my sixth form it seems as if 70% of students studying science want to study medicine
money???

Doctors get mad dolla fam.

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username2859410

Original post by Etomidate

Average first year salary is about £28k and about £34-35k in the second year.

No its not. My course studied at UEA and now is a junior doctor who earns 23k
that might be the average but thats not the case for individual people. Its 30k and above when they specialise.

My course complains all the time loool its not fair tbh on med students, they were stuck in medical school for 5/6 years and earn only that much

Reply 24

Etomidate

Original post by samantham999

No junior doctor earns £23k. That's the basic pay, and there are no rotations with three unbanded jobs.

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username2859410

Original post by Etomidate

No junior doctor earns £23k. That's the basic pay, and there are no rotations with three unbanded jobs.

Its 23k-25k in your first year a junior doctor. then it increases once you have specialised around 30k+.

My course is in her second year right now and she earns around 27/8k

Reply 26

Etomidate

Original post by samantham999

Its 23k-25k in your first year a junior doctor. then it increases once you have specialised around 30k+.

My course is in her second year right now and she earns around 27/8k

You're quoting basic pay. No doctor is on basic pay alone.

Source: My payslip

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username2859410

Original post by Etomidate

You're quoting basic pay. No doctor is on basic pay alone.

Source: My payslip

oh you mean the extra bonus? yeah, I guess so but it still isn't enough tbh compared with how much you study. My cousin complains 24/7 and saying night shifts are so crap

Reply 28

Etomidate

Original post by samantham999

oh you mean the extra bonus? yeah, I guess so but it still isn't enough tbh compared with how much you study. My cousin complains 24/7 and saying night shifts are so crap