Doctors in USA (private schools, university, salary)
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I currently study medicine and I'm wondering how it is to be a doctor in USA..
I mean, what is their avarage salary and how big/small it is compared with avarage American's salary. And what about prestige of this profession?
I've read that doctors are doing pretty well in you country..
Say, in my country this profession is lower than dog's ****. It has some prestige but the salary is definately not worth of those efforts you must take to become a doctor..
P.S. I hope you'll forgive me my grammar mistakes 'cause it's 3:28 A.M. and I'm pretty tired.
P.P.S. Oh, and do not worry - I'm not going to emigrate to your country and take away jobs from Americans.
Last edited by paparaciii; 12-02-2007 at 07:17 PM..
I would actually prefer if you immigrated, I like diversity. All that crap you see on TV are nor most Americans.
doctors are very well paid, it depends on what profession and what region of the US. Say you live in Hawaii, I have met Doctors from there that they get paid peanuts, especially compared to the living costs.
IF you are the right type of doctor in the right region, you can easily be make 1 million dollars a year. This is not often the case for a MD , but a usual MD can easily earn 100k a year.
Yes doctors in America are paid very well. It is one of the top paying professions in the USA. It is however somewhat difficult to gain entry to the American market as a foreign doctor. There are some type of exams which you have to take in order to qualify.
As the previous poster stated, you should easily make $100,000 per year as a Doctor. If you are trained as some type of surgeon or have some other speciality, your salary might be $200,000 or above.
Medicine in America tends to be very sub-specialized. Primary care doctors (arguably the most important docs) are paid the least and surgeons (on average) are paid the most. Although physician salaries are under significant pressure, most docs still do quite well.
I'm curious what the training for docs in Latvia is. In America, its 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school. Tuition at private schools (both college and medical) can be over $40,000 per year. After medical school, there is an apprenticeship of at least 3 years residency with relatively low salary and high hours. Many physicians further specialize with a fellowship after residency for several more years. A surgeon with subspecialization can spend over ten years of training after college before being able to cash in for the big bucks.
I currently study medicine and I'm wondering how it is to be a doctor in USA..
I mean, what is their avarage salary and how big/small it is compared with avarage American's salary. And what about prestige of this profession?
I've read that doctors are doing pretty well in you country..
Say, in my country this profession is lower than dog's ****. It has some prestige but the salary is definately not worth of those efforts you must take to become a doctor..
P.S. I hope you'll forgive me my grammar mistakes 'cause it's 3:28 A.M. and I'm pretty tired.
P.P.S. Oh, and do not worry - I'm not going to emigrate to your country and take away jobs from Americans.
papa--There are doctors and there are doctors. If status and money are your primary objectives, please get an MBA and go into the business world. Plenty of opportunities there, at least in the US. The last thing we need is more doctors for whom the provision of healthcare is secondary to their personal status and wealth.
PS: In this country, general dentists make more money than pediatricians, family practice docs and internists. And guess what the #1 childhood disease is in America?
I'm curious what the training for docs in Latvia is. In America, its 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school. Tuition at private schools (both college and medical) can be over $40,000 per year. After medical school, there is an apprenticeship of at least 3 years residency with relatively low salary and high hours. Many physicians further specialize with a fellowship after residency for several more years. A surgeon with subspecialization can spend over ten years of training after college before being able to cash in for the big bucks.
In Latvia it's 6 years of medical school(here "medical school" is actually a faculty of university, not separate establishment) + 3-5 years of residency.
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Originally Posted by Ben Around
papa--There are doctors and there are doctors. If status and money are your primary objectives, please get an MBA and go into the business world.
If it would be so, I wouldn't study medicine. but I'm doing this..
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Originally Posted by Ben Around
The last thing we need is more doctors for whom the provision of healthcare is secondary to their personal status and wealth.
I would actually prefer if you immigrated, I like diversity. All that crap you see on TV are nor most Americans.
doctors are very well paid, it depends on what profession and what region of the US. Say you live in Hawaii, I have met Doctors from there that they get paid peanuts, especially compared to the living costs.
IF you are the right type of doctor in the right region, you can easily be make 1 million dollars a year. This is not often the case for a MD , but a usual MD can easily earn 100k a year.
Answer: Are u a profesional or did you hear about the gain?
Doctors in the US also work very long hours; a typical work day is 12+ hrs, 4 days/week, plus call on weekends, holidays, and evenings.
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