Physician Income
On his blog, Benjamin Brown MD, does an incredible job detailing what he calls The Deceptive Income of Physicians. If you really want to know the numbers, Dr. Brown lays it all out for in excruciating detail (way too much for me to show you here). Pop over there and learn something and tell him what you think. In summary, doctors do not make as much money as you think.
Mechanic. I CAN spell…
This was a great blog post with a ton of research in it. My mechanich gets $60 per hour for labor. I always say I’m in the wrong profession when I see that sign at his shop. Nobody believes me when I say I make much less than that. I wish everybody would read this article!!!
At the end on the table that compares USMLE Step 1 & 2 scores among 2009 grads vs residency match, I’d like to see USMLE Step 3 scores for interns in the same fields. I bet there would be much less disparity. Step 1 & 2 are a poor predictor of…anything useful, IMO.
Hello Douglas. What an amazing article! If you have lived this crazy life starting as an undergrad you can truly appreciate the hours and the heartache to not only become a physician but, to complete the postgraduate training and THEN work your ass off the rest of your life. It is daunting when you are completing the training. It is overwhelming at times practicing medicine in the toxic environment that healthcare has become. The brass ring at the end is truly an illusion or a mirage if you think medicine is a cash grab. . We are paid well but you have given everything to get there. As a medical student and a resident on rotation I often thought “damn these doctors work their asses off!”. As a practicing doc I tell my medical students that medical school and then residency is only the beginning. We work harder than any other profession, bar none. Just ask Dick Winkle.
Thank you, Raymond.