My Friend, Peer, and Colleague Speaks The Truth
My friend and DPC peer, Julie Gunther, MD, does a nice job in this video on Medscape.
You have to click the image above to watch it as Medscape holds these videos like hostages and you can’t share them.
In it she speaks about:
- Do You Want to Continue Practicing Medicine?
- What Is Your Vision?
- Do You Have a Mentor?
- Are You Ready to Work Hard?
Take a listen and give her some feedback either on Medscape, here or on Facebook.
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Ha. I did all this over ten years ago.
I had a vision, I had the funds, I had a complete overarching idea of exactly what I wanted to do, and it was unique and possible.
Then the recession came in 2008, the beginnings of everything I had made fell apart, and I had to get a job.
So here I am ten years later, in debt, with a steady job that I hate, a contract that prohibits outside work, $100,000 worth of useless laser equipment, and no interest whatsoever in working another minute in medicine, never mind trying to build a new practice again.
I would find another career if I could afford it, but I can’t come up with anything that I could possibly do where I could make anywhere near this much money, and I do need the money, so I expect I will do this until I die.
I tell all the little kiddies who want to be a doctor just like me (because I am well loved by my patients): Don’t even think about it.
As usual Lance, you covered it all. I’ve got nothing to add.
I have not often found mentorship in medicine. Residency has become something like the Soviet trade unions which were assembly points for workers to receive The Daily Swill from the hucksters out to grab their winnings by fooling “the workers.”
You are the heart of the country, but you must be organized to serve productively! Obey today, and perhaps you will rule tomorrow! Residency is predation, not mentorship, all too often.