Question: Basic Pros and Cons of Becoming a Doctor
Before you apply to med school, take time to consider all the advantages and disadvantages. Here are a few starters.
Answer: Advantages:
- Ability to provide service and support to others
- Save lives
- Continuous learning
- Opportunity to appreciate medical science
- Teach students and patients about medicine
- Rewarding
- Decent salary
- High status occupation
Disadvantages:
- DEBT
- Long education. You'll spend several years training and preparing at schools and hospitals (e.g. medical school, internship, residency)
- Long process to acquire a license
- Difficult
- Stressful
- Depressing when you are unable to help
- Time consuming
- Long hours
- A great deal of responsibility
- Managed care means more difficulty earning a high salary
- Very significant student loans (hundreds of thousands of dollars)
