Is Medicine Overrated in the UK?

You don't do medicine for the sake of everyone else but because you yourself want to. No need to judge anyone. Please just end your pre-misconceptions here.

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Original post by KA_P

You don't do medicine for the sake of everyone else but because you yourself want to. No need to judge anyone. Please just end your pre-misconceptions here.

The question was not about my own thoughts on Medicine.

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Original post by coco:)

there are many doctors who practice whilst conducting research - is that not a career

If they are publishing their research.

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username5319484

Also, if you want to do medicine for money, then you're in it for the wrong reason. It's better to pursue what you enjoy than be miserable with a better salary.

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Original post by StarLinyx

If they are publishing their research.

Yes there's nothing stopping them from publishing

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black tea

Original post by StarLinyx

If they are publishing their research.

A friend of mine who is now a doctor had 10 publications by the time he left medical school. If he could do it, I'm sure doctors can do it even more easily.

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realtimme

There are a lot of consultants earning over 110k mate

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You're really just starting to sound less and less confident.

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Original post by coco:)

Yes there's nothing stopping them from publishing

If the Journals will publish their work. Not straight forward at all.

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Original post by black tea

A friend of mine who is now a doctor had 10 publications by the time he left medical school. If he could do it, I'm sure doctors can do it even more easily.

Name the sources - I would like to read them.

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KA_P

Original post by StarLinyx

The question was not about my own thoughts on Medicine.

Really? That seemed to have been the sentiment.

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Original post by realtimme

There are a lot of consultants earning over 110k mate

Consultants, exactly. It takes a fair few years to get to that level, if you ever do.

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Original post by StarLinyx

If the Journals will publish their work. Not straight forward at all.

of course, as you are interested in medical research and probably publishing you'll find that a few of your co-publishers will have done medicine

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KA_P

Original post by StarLinyx

If the Journals will publish their work. Not straight forward at all.

Have you submitted to a Journal before?

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Original post by StarLinyx

Consultants, exactly. It takes a fair few years to get to that level, if you ever do.

same if not worse in medical research if you ask me

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black tea

Original post by StarLinyx

Name the sources - I would like to read them.

For confidentiality reasons, I am not going to do that. But I have looked him up and he has 27 publications at the moment. He has been working for 3 years.

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Original post by KA_P

Really? That seemed to have been the sentiment.

My own thoughts are that Medicine is overrated in the UK, but not so in the USA.

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realtimme

Original post by StarLinyx

Consultants, exactly. It takes a fair few years to get to that level, if you ever do.

Well I certainly hope no one’s in this to stay as a trust grade doctor their whole career

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KA_P

Original post by StarLinyx

My own thoughts are that Medicine is overrated in the UK, but not so in the USA.

Yes I understood that from your posts. The way you have phrased the post does seem offensive.

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