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 06/30/2006 01:30:50 AM · #26
Dr Who obviously :-)) Okay - given a recent series this might make sense to some but unlikely....
 06/30/2006 02:01:07 AM · #27
I've worked in the substance abuse treatment field for over 20 years ... if I was doing it now I'd probably choose nutritionist -- fortunately you don't have to be a "doctor" to be highly knowledgable in many fields.
 06/30/2006 02:02:37 AM · #28
A Psychology or Psychiatry doctor for youth / teens specifically.

erm.. if that didnt work out.. i'd be a modern Dr Ruth..

Dr. Roz atcher service ;)~

Message edited by author 2006-06-30 03:18:02.
 06/30/2006 03:02:14 AM · #29
Hey Joey from Friends played a doctor on TV. Can I be Joey? Does that count?
 06/30/2006 03:06:40 AM · #30
The Photo Doctor - rescuing injured photos everywhere :)
 06/30/2006 03:41:01 AM · #31
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Underworked and overpaid.


I thought that was part of the standard job description anyway.......
:)
 06/30/2006 08:12:16 AM · #32
If I could be a doctor, it would be holistic. I am already an herbalist. I believe in using natural substances for most health problems.
 06/30/2006 08:14:32 AM · #33
psychologist...i already deal with other peoples problems now, but they never pay me :(
 06/30/2006 08:17:24 AM · #34
Maternal/Fetal medicine or Neonatology
 06/30/2006 08:22:27 AM · #35
Words are confusing, as ever.

I believe that the distinction between psychologist and psychiatrist is that the former has studied and qualified uniquely in the field of psychology, whereas the latter may be qualified as a doctor of medicine, but practises psychiatry.

My authority for the above is my wife, who is a practising psychologist and all set for a doctorate in psychology after defending her dissertation in September.

I would be a psychiatrist and offer therapy to the spouses of psychologists.

Edited for a typo on psychologist - Freudian slips, anyone?

Message edited by author 2006-06-30 08:23:37.
 06/30/2006 08:30:09 AM · #36
The very thought of blood and cutting people open makes me nauseated. I have to agree with Art, the Mad Doctor bent on world domination strikes my fancy.

Or maybe a psychologist. I'd be kinda' fun to mess with people's heads...er, wait...I mean, strighten them out.

06/30/2006 09:39:31 AM · #37
Okay, as someone who gags when she has to help clean her children's noses, I obviously stayed out of the medical field. And, I tend to get "woozly" and almost pass out at the sight of needles. Not a good MD candidate, I might add.

The three fields I would avoid like the plague:
OB/GYN
Podiatry
Dermatology

IF someone told me I was FORCED into medicine, I might choose pediatrics.
 06/30/2006 09:43:22 AM · #38
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Underworked and overpaid.


Ah yes... a breath of truth!!!

I work for a group of ophthalmologists and this comment rings sooo true!
In your defense though.... you guys deserve it!

;-)
 06/30/2006 11:46:31 AM · #39
Heh, I made the comment because this grass season has me working an extra day.

But, yeah, I like what I do. I do think, whatever the salary for docs should be, it should be near the top compared to others merely because of the long road to get there. When I graduated high school I realized I was only halfway done. I had another thirteen years of training to go (4 undergrad, 4 medical school, 3 residency, 2 fellowship). Any that course isn't even the longest.
 06/30/2006 12:02:53 PM · #40
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Heh, I made the comment because this grass season has me working an extra day.


Working 4 days instead of 3? ;-P

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

But, yeah, I like what I do. I do think, whatever the salary for docs should be, it should be near the top compared to others merely because of the long road to get there. When I graduated high school I realized I was only halfway done. I had another thirteen years of training to go (4 undergrad, 4 medical school, 3 residency, 2 fellowship). Any that course isn't even the longest.


Yeah, that's why you guys deserve it. I did the med school waiting list thing after college. I fell into a job that I love and decided not to go. I saw the liability and pressure these guys have to face daily. My ulcer couldn't handle it!!! But then again I won't ever retire at 55 with a couple of million dollar houses (one in Charleston, SC and on in the Virgin islands) like one of our fellows.

LOL... now I'm looking into going pro with my photography... I wouldn't be able to justify that if I had gone to Med School.

Edit to add: I was planning on going into cardiology. If I knew then what I know now, and went to medical school, I would go for Ophthalmology or Allergist!

Message edited by author 2006-06-30 12:28:17.
 06/30/2006 12:08:43 PM · #41
psychology or psychiatry here too.
 06/30/2006 12:09:46 PM · #42
Neuromechanics or some other other similar neuroscience discipline.
06/30/2006 12:38:26 PM · #43
I'm not a doctor on TV, I only play one in real life, so I tend to agree with DRAchoo on the overworked part. And Palmetto...Being a Doc in Canada, especially in General Medecine, there is no way I'll be able to buy a couple of million dollar houses, ever!
Yes, ER is fun.
 06/30/2006 12:41:16 PM · #44
Back on topic, I do love being an allergist. Lots going for it.

I would avoid gynecology like the plague. Miss November doesn't have nearly as many problems as Miss 1912. I still have nightmares of hysterectomies where it looked like an anatomical version of how-many-people-can-we-fit-in-the-phone-booth. Apparently a typical, ahem, orfice can hold two hands, a few retractors, and a number of surgical instruments.

Pretty well most of medicine is fraught with an unglamorous side...
 06/30/2006 12:46:13 PM · #45
I think neonatology and pediatric oncology would be the most heartwrenching/painful/rewarding fields to go in to.

Now those are special guys!
 06/30/2006 12:53:18 PM · #46
Oh man, I spent way to much time in medical research to ever want to be a doctor of any sort. One cadaver study to many proving equipment failure vs. Doctor error.

If I had to go medical I would be a certified nurse midwife.
 06/30/2006 12:58:47 PM · #47
Originally posted by Palmetto_Pixels:
I think neonatology and pediatric oncology would be the most heartwrenching/painful/rewarding fields to go in to.

Now those are special guys!


I concur. I'm not cut out for it myself, but I owe everything to those people who kept my son alive the first four months of his life. Very special people to be able to do what they do.
 06/30/2006 01:46:42 PM · #48
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
...I would avoid gynecology like the plague. Miss November doesn't have nearly as many problems as Miss 1912. I still have nightmares of hysterectomies where it looked like an anatomical version of how-many-people-can-we-fit-in-the-phone-booth. Apparently a typical, ahem, orfice can hold two hands, a few retractors, and a number of surgical instruments.

Pretty well most of medicine is fraught with an unglamorous side...


LOL, no kidding...Miss November is an extremely rare occurence...
 06/30/2006 01:48:26 PM · #49
Fascinating, no one has said proctologist,,, ;)
 06/30/2006 02:29:14 PM · #50
My friend Lonny Shavelson actually is an ER doctor, but he's structured his schedule so as to have substantial time to devote to photo-journalism as well.
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