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I am a physician. Really wish I was a PA instead. In fact, I've left medicine and would only consider doing it a gain as a PA, not an MD.
by GarrisonPrime 10y ago
I am a physician. Really wish I was a PA instead. In fact, I've left medicine and would only consider doing it a gain as a PA, not an MD.
- SiVal 10y agoWhy would you not want to be (practice as) an MD, but would be willing to consider being a PA, especially when the much higher cost of becoming an MD (time, effort, money) isn't even a factor for you (you already paid and won't get a refund)? (I'm not challenging your choice; I'm hoping to learn something that might be useful to a younger relative of mine considering a medical career.)
- GarrisonPrime 10y agoMainly because my specialty is collapsing and there are no jobs, so I would have to retrain in a different specialty. Of course, to be a PA I'd have to go through training as well, but the hours and stress would be a bit less. The stakes not as high. I'm unlikely to do it though. The job market was only part of the reason I left. The field is so corrupt, political, and biased, the patients often so arrogant and defensive, I just hated the job.
- SiVal 10y agothanks