Good luck bro!

Do you happen to know the Med specializations that have the least stress (less work)? I'll look into those.

Surgeons for example are the most stressed out.

There's been a study that finds that the pursuit of happiness generally leads to being unhappy.

But uh, you do realize as long as you take the required courses, it doesn't matter what your BS or BA is, right?

Yes I know, but that isn't my question. I'm talking about later on in Med school.

Tyrant wrote:and if I had the time and a second chance I'd probably be a premed and be studying right now instead of posting on here

I still await to know why you said this. You could PM me if you want.

You don't have to become a specialist ... in fact they're predicting a shortage of "regular" docs cuz everyone wants to be a specialist ...

I know, but I think that some specialist jobs are less stressful?

BTW answer y last question please. I need to know.

how should I know lol

i think radiology might be but EVERYBODY goes for that so its very competitive ...

Lol radiologists do nothing pretty much.

I think a general practitioner job would be fine. It's not too stressful.

In terms of stress...pharm is the way to go. Very flexible hours and you could take breaks.

In general for med its a rigid schedule of 60-70 hours of work per week.

it all simplifies down to whether you "work to live" or "live to work"...

Doctors have more money, bigger prestige
Pharmacists have a better life.

Im tried of thinking about this -____-

I'll go sleep...

lol go to sleep you noob

basically my summary regarding "stress"

education wise
pharm: moderately tough for undergrad (keep around a 3.5 and you're fine, I'm in with a 3.4) ... dunno about professional school but its easier than med school ... PCAT is easier but is retarded so watchout lol ...
doc: pretty tough for undergrad (you need A's and only a handful are given out, need like 3.7-3.8+) ... med school is harder than undergrad will ever be ... and harder than pharm school ... google usmle step 1 if you dont believe how crazy it gets ...
MCAT is hardest undergrad exam by far ...

job
pharm: can be stressful but more flexible and lets face it, its not that hard in terms of difficulty .. still u cant screw up dude ... pay is like half as much, maybe even less but who cares? 100k average is good freakin enough!

doc: generally more stressful, tougher, more demanding but the pay is well you know lol ... some residencies might be easier but expect them to be way more competitive ..

but the worst thing about pharm is that freakin GIRLS outnumber guys in the field it looks like, GTFO with that lool

but prestige and pay and perceived level of importance is where doc >>> pharm

doc is doc man in that regard man, no comparison

Do you think the pharmacy board will do things go make pharmacy get the respect that it deserves?

Chem Blade wrote:

Pink Panther wrote:Medicine.. IF u can hack med skl...
getting in is not the problem.. its wat u do there. Med students work 100 hours a week man (in the UK at least)..
hmmmm

WHY Medicine is my question. I guess pharmacy wins the less stress due to long hours part.

+ better pay
+ RESPECT
+ you get to save ppl's lives
+ doctors don't actually have a lot of working hours when it comes to the job itself (70 hrs a week).. buh med skl is a lot of work

i guess a BIG -ve part of it is that ur gonna be taking exams till ur late 30s lol

just do wat ur more interested in man, wanna help ppl & save lives n stuff.. do med
wanna sell drugs then be a pharmacist..

+Isn't 100k (initially) very good for pharm?
+No one said that pharmacists are disrespectful people. Respect is self achieved and not gotten by the job that are in. I have better respect for a mechanic who does his job than a rude doctor.
+You save peoples lives by giving them medicine. That "savior" status that doctors have is for the most part overrated.
+ 70-80 hours a week isn't a lot???! Lol

Both are health professionals who work to "save peoples lives". The difference is that doctors are trained to diagnose, while Pharmacists are drug experts.

okayy.. it looks like u know wat u want then lol
go for pharm

I'm responding to your points, I don't know yet.

Any counter replies?

Marwa is a hater

pharm aint no joke sister its hard to get into too and a lot of work ... they say the pharmacology classes in med skl are the toughest btw so take that noob lol

You know a good analogy between a doctor and pharmacist that I've heard is that of a Muhaddith (hadith scholar) and a Faqeeh (scholar of Fiqh)

Muhaddith is like the pharmacist as he "supplies" and records hadiths while a Faqeeh knows how to use them, like a doc

don't remember how exactly it went but it was somethin like that

They need each other. (But doctors are more dependent on Pharmacists though).

kind of an outdated example too since we got somethin like 2 million recorded hadith on paper now lol ...

ahmed, we cant help you.

^^^Then don't post?

no im saying, this is up to you, stop shooting down everyone who is trying to help you because the choice is yours. be a man and make a decision.

"stop shooting down everyone who is trying to help you"

Apparently you don't understand. I'm not shooting down anything. Obviously as I have made it clear I like some things on both sides and I dislike some things on both sides. So when you say something I counter it to see if you know anything that I don't know, from your response back.

"be a man and make a decision."

I never told you to make my decision. Nor did anyone besides me ever make a decision in my life. This topic is to help make me more aware from anything that I don't possibly know.

Dude, it's not that hard to decide.
Just do MD and put the work into it. Stop being lazy goddam. Also, EVERY MD specializes. There's no "general" thing...Even being like a family doctor or something is specializing.

It's a really simple decision.
You vs Your family
Prestige vs No real recognition (face it, no need to sugarcoat it for yourself you'll regret it later)
Stress vs..less stress
If family doctor...then most of the local people would know and respect you (provided your a good doctor) vs the dude behind the counter who noone really cares about

Really that's all it boils down to...is your personal success more important or your family?