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Mana

there are no stupid questions, only people
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It's difficult to objectively answer this.

One metric would be to look at the relative supply and demand in the healthcare professions in Australia. The government report at https://docs.jobs.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/healthprofessionsaus.pdf suggests that the most in demand healthcare professionals at the moment are audiologists, followed by sonographers.

I don't think you are going to get an objective overall answer, but this is a start.
 

Mana

there are no stupid questions, only people
Administrator
Are we talking about cage fights, or what...?

I think cage fight wise the physios have an advantage, especially those that do sports and exercise physio.
 

Kiwiology

MSO Lawyer
I'd say Nurse or Paramedic.
 
Next instalment - What is the best* medical specialisation in your opinion?

*Best being defined here as having the most desirable qualities for a cage fight
 

sss324

Member
I'd say optom is a pretty good career choice. In terms of work it's quite flexible and the starting pay is not too bad as well. There's also a lot of optom work especially in rural areas.
 

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Yamster

Dental Moderator
Emeritus Staff
I'd say optom is a pretty good career choice. In terms of work it's quite flexible and the starting pay is not too bad as well. There's also a lot of optom work especially in rural areas.

Hey sss, I heard optometrists are paid per client they see an hour. Is that true?
 

sss324

Member
Not necessarily. It depends. Some practices pay optom a commission like in dent but other practices pay a salary. In rural practices graduate salaries can be above $100K but they seem to plateau at $160K.
 

Crow

Staff | Junior Doctor
Moderator
  • Has the greatest number of HDs/Ds?
  • Is relatively easier to excel in?
These would be impossible to determine and vary depending on a large variety of factors.

I’m not sure how you’ve decided that “Physio is pretty difficult” but the other allied health degrees aren’t?

You really should be focusing on studying something that you actually have an interest in and can see yourself doing long term rather than what is “easiest” to score highly in.
 

pi

Junior doctor
Emeritus Staff
Radiology too much physics and I didn’t do physics in high school.

Radiology is a medical specialty. Radiologists are doctors with medical degrees.

Do you mean radiography?
 

leez

Member
what's the difference between the roles of a psychologist and the roles of a doctor?
i'm just wondering if i said psychology was my back up, why i would prefer a doctor and say it in such a way that doesn't discriminate against either profession (similarities that i can think of right now include flexibility - you can go into research, specialise eg. clinical psych / forensic psych, both involve learning over your life bc there's always new psych research coming out, you still help others in psych)

any help would be greatly appreciated!!! my interview's tomorrow ahah
 

Crow

Staff | Junior Doctor
Moderator
what's the difference between the roles of a psychologist and the roles of a doctor?
i'm just wondering if i said psychology was my back up, why i would prefer a doctor and say it in such a way that doesn't discriminate against either profession (similarities that i can think of right now include flexibility - you can go into research, specialise eg. clinical psych / forensic psych, both involve learning over your life bc there's always new psych research coming out, you still help others in psych)

any help would be greatly appreciated!!! my interview's tomorrow ahah

If you have the time, LMG! has written this detailed thread on psychology - you should find some answers in there!
 
im starting undergrad uni next year and would like to transfer into med some time in the future. i want to take a course in the science field and my subject strengths are science+maths; what would you recommend out of psychology or radiography or any other science degree to use as an undergrad degree whilst i prepare for ucat to reapply for med.
 

Crow

Staff | Junior Doctor
Moderator
Depends: the real course you should be studying is one that you’ll be happy in if you never gain entry into medicine. The unfortunate reality is that most medicine applicants will not gain entry into medicine, so it’s important that you have a back up career that you’ll be satisfied in if it doesn’t work out.
 

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are the job prospects for psychology and radiography similar? also i heard that psychology consists of alot of reading. would that give me less free time to study for ucat consisting essays/reports are quite time consuming?
 

Crow

Staff | Junior Doctor
Moderator
I’ll let LMG! answer the question properly but the pathway to a career in psychology is a fair bit more onerous than radiography, and I believe there are a lot more jobs on offer in radiography (also a lot more qualified graduates).
 

DrDrLMG!

Resident Medical Officer
Administrator
are the job prospects for psychology and radiography similar? also i heard that psychology consists of alot of reading. would that give me less free time to study for ucat consisting essays/reports are quite time consuming?


Have a read of the above and then let me know if you have further questions.

I have no idea what the job prospects are like for Radiography, but they are effectively 100% for anyone with Psychology registration (especially general registration or clinical psychology) and a desire to work as you can set up a private practice. If you want to work in a hospital, then that has the potential to be more competitive (due to capped numbers), but the remuneration (while still excellent) can be considerably less than for those in private practice, so the competition generally isn’t there, tbh.
 

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