DENTISTRY vs MEDICINE: WHO WILL WIN!? (2 Viewers)

[Wohzazz]

Originally posted by redslert
if your looking at being a doctor for the money
i don't think you should consider it
not that it's not good pay
it's the ethical issues

from what i see, a career is for money and the interest
being a doctor allows you to help people similar to a charity worker..
but why do people become doctors and not charity workers(at least not the bulk) because we all need MONEY
money is always a factor

 

[Lexicographer]

I strongly disagree. Charity workers can range from the intelligently benevolent to the mind-numbingly illiterate. It does not take much more than compassion to be a charity worker.

Doctors are made from much finer stuff. I have a great love of charity, but until some guy from the Salvos can cut out your tumours, or swap your blood with someone else's, or tell you what virus you have JUST by listening to you yack about yourself for ten minutes, I will be completely unconvinced of your baseless conviction.

 

[Minai]

I dont think I could ever be a doctor - u basically sacrifice your life and sanity working 50-70 hours a week. I sure as hell wouldnt wanna work 20 hours extra for no extra pay...but I guess ppl do it for the passion, and the genuine concern to help people

 

[CHUDYMASTER]

Ehh...doctors don't need "extra pay". They are filthy rich as it is.
But it's a lot of work, granted.

 

[Minai]

Originally posted by CHUDYMASTER
Ehh...doctors don't need "extra pay". They are filthy rich as it is.

yes but at what cost?
in the end, you work for your money
I'd rather work for 40 hours a week, enjoy my life, while sacrificing 20 or so thousand a year (10 thousand after tax)

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by CHUDYMASTER
6 years? What crack are you on?!
Well to be fair, it's actually upto 4 years for specialisation, less for general practice. And if you're going to UNCLE, you only study for 5 years, then do your 6th yr internship and from that point on you are both studying and learning in the clinic - not the university.

It's not as bad as it seems, considering all jobs are expected to have a little bit of continual learning

so for general practioner- u gotta study 6 years right bfore u can get a paid job....so how many more years do u study for specialist on top of your 6 years btw?

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by freaking_out
so for general practioner- u gotta study 6 years right bfore u can get a paid job....so how many more years do u study for specialist on top of your 6 years btw?

He said four years.

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by Merethrond
He said four years.

so there u go- 10 years of studying is too much i say!

 

[~Dreamer]

if you want to be a doctor you have to really sit there and think about it in the long term and how it will afect your life, and your future family if you decide you want that in your life. my cousin is a doctor with two kids, and let me tell you, balancing her personal life and proffesional life is one big battle field. because shes a hospital doctor, and relativley new to the australian system , she recieves various shifts and is forever being transfered from one place to another because of doctor shortages. she is married to a surgeon, needless to say they children are left to their granpaents or child care on school holidays. even though the pay is great, it will have a major effect not just on your life, but of those special to you.

 

[CHUDYMASTER]

Originally posted by freaking_out
so there u go- 10 years of studying is too much i say!

It ain't so bad when you consider HALF of that is paid learning.

 

[santaslayer]

my maths tutor PAYS for a compay he outsources to investigate graduate outcomes in terms of income and every 5 years, the company produces a report to him. (not only for tutoring purposes but also coz he uses this info to do research of his own for his university) and the most money during a lifetime cmes from a normal family doctor! family oors get the most during a lifetime coz firat of all, they are paid high starting salaries and ts income tends to rise according to the number of yrs in the profession. not even secialist doctors get the same or more then a family doctor simply coz specialist doctors have a period in which they are becomming "training specialists" and in this time, their income is stable, or sometimes even falls behind coz tey are "training".
oter professions that were inthetop 5 were dentists, lawyers, specialist doctors and management positions. (miners alo got pretty high in the list)

 

[~Dreamer]

i agree, GPs get payed alot, roughly a minimum of $30-40 for each patient. i know this cos i did work experience in a gp practice and had to fill out relevent medicare details and with each type of illness theres a price. the doctor i was working for made about $300 one day but thats before tax... and the its long hours

 

[santaslayer]

very very very long hours.......lol, not a comfortable occupation

 

[~Dreamer]

especially if you have a family... but it ultimatly it coms down to the individual and what he she is passionate about, if medicines for you, go for it ... if youre doing it for the money, from my point of view you wont make a very good doctor, in the sence that your first priority is the profile and income rather than the actual work involved

 

[CHUDYMASTER]

Originally posted by ~Dreamer
i agree, GPs get payed alot, roughly a minimum of $30-40 for each patient. i know this cos i did work experience in a gp practice and had to fill out relevent medicare details and with each type of illness theres a price. the doctor i was working for made about $300 one day but thats before tax... and the its long hours

Actually that varies from doctor to doctor. My parents earn 25.60 each for a standard consultation. Your doctors might have had more experience. Then again they each see about 30 patients per day, so it ain't so bad.

 

[santaslayer]

yea, i heard there was a difference between a ordinary GP and a "family doctor", could u ask ur parents if there is a difference CHUDYMASTER? coz sumone said a familydoctor is in a "higher class" then a GP

 

[CHUDYMASTER]

Nope, a GP is your family doctor, aka local doctor.

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

hmm ok.. with med most courses are MBBS
but with dentistry. there are lik very different qual names..

bachelor of dental science -Melb, QLD, WA
bachelor of dentistry -Sydney
bachelor of dental surgery- adelaide

are they equivalent?

 

[CHUDYMASTER]

Why are there different names across the states? There's not difference I assume....but then again BMedSci in Usyd or UNSW is not the same as MBBS....

 

[Josie]

As for not spending time with the family, my GP is a husband and wife team, and I don't think they have kids.