How much do doctors/dentists make?

[bigheadache99]

Originally posted by alchemedes@Mar 28 2007, 11:57 AM
A career in medicine is hard work with long hours...

Actually, a career in ____ (insert random field) is hard work with long hours.
Even in investment banking. Do you know how hard is it to enter that supra competitive, backstabbing, ***-kissing field to claw your way to a level that pays the big bucks? Many spend their whole lives and not make it.

In contrast, if there ever was a legitimate step-by-step instruction book on how-to-get-rich, a medical career would be it. The proportion of millionaires in medicine far outnumbers the stiffs working in corp of any sort, including banking or law for that matter. I recall even reading about this.. but I guess most folks here already know, if only subconsciously.

To folks in med who still think there are better careers out there than medicine, please drop out and make way for other aspirants - bring a few like-minded medico friends with you, if you can. Go ahead, be the IT entrepreneur or some whiz-bang banker you've always wanted to be coz you're totally in the wrong field, social strata and not to mention, frame of mind, so why suffer the indignance?

There're many jobs that can "help" people. In fact, ALL jobs (including prostitution)are there to "help" people. But only medicine is the *best* & most formal way of "helping" people while also "helping" yourself via your bank account.

 

[bazz]

do u know how much physio's make,
i know interns make around 45k but what about after a few years

 

[dinu]

i remember reading an article a couple of years ago which said the average physio salary ranged from 60 to 90k

 

[alchemedes]

Originally posted by bigheadache99@Mar 29 2007, 12:29 AM
Actually, a career in ____ (insert random field) is hard work with long hours.

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Sorry, i should have been more clear. Basically, medicine has extremely stressful work, demonstrated in the double suicide rates in males and triple the suicide in female docs.
In most other jobs, if you make some little mistake, all you get is a slap on the wrist. In med, if you make a mistake, someone loses their wrist.

 

[bigheadache99]

Originally posted by alchemedes@Mar 30 2007, 11:21 AM
Sorry, i should have been more clear. Basically, medicine has extremely stressful work, demonstrated in the double suicide rates in males and triple the suicide in female docs.

Yes.. but as they say, if you don't want to get wet, get out of the water. I, like many, many others, know the rewards of medicine is far greater than its "toils", unless of course, one is a compulsive molester/rapist or drug addict doc.

Nobody "accidentally" becomes a doctor like they end up driving cabs or work in Coles after being laid off 3 times in 2 years, it is long enough a sustained effort for the keyplayers to know what they're getting into.

In most other jobs, if you make some little mistake, all you get is a slap on the wrist.

That's what defensive measures like insurance & closing ranks, are for.

Originally posted by alchemedes
In med, if you make a mistake, someone loses their wrist.

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As a pilot, if you screw up, you may kill hundreds. But if pilots made as many fatal mistakes as docs, there would be a couple of 747 plane crashes everyday for the entire year, every year. Still, it's not that docs are getting out of the profession in droves. Accidentally killing patients comes with the territory in medicine. By understanding that, it should become less stressful, I suppose.

 

[bazz]

Originally posted by dinu@Mar 30 2007, 07:43 PM
i remember reading an article a couple of years ago which said the average physio salary ranged from 60 to 90k

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[devraga]

Originally posted by dr mal occlusion@Jan 23 2006, 06:44 PM
Alright, so I'm sure this figures in the thinking of many of you prospective medical and dental students.  I am really posting this to burst the bubble of those people aiming for a cushy inner city multimillion dollar practice.  Admittedly these ABS figures are eight years old: 

(This is median income after costs but before tax)

General medical practitioner:            $71 400
Medical Specialist:                          $ 163 300

General dental practitioner:              $76 600
Dental specialist:                            $165 500

Maxillofacial Surgeon(MBBS/BDSc):  $183 000

So I bet you're thinking "but my GP charges $50 and sees five patients an hour!"

This can be explained by the fact around 75% of revenue for all of the above fields went to costs.

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still its higher than other professions isnt it.

 

[Keen]

"It is amazing what little harm doctors do when one considers all the opportunities they have." - Mark Twain


Keen