Physician burnout widespread, especially among those midcareer, report says

Re:Physician burnout widespread, especially among those midc... by pc86 on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @01:42PM (#22057061)

Similarly you have both prospective residents not matching into any program, but also programs having unmatched slots. These students then have a week to call around and try to get one of these slots, very often changing specialties in the process (usually to family medicine). Imagine spending $200k to go to college, get good enough grades for med school, get into med school, want to practice anesthesia or rheumatology or internal medicine only to not match and then have to choose between either waiting a year and trying again or going to the middle of nowhere Montana to a family medicine program.

Residency is a job and should be interviewed for and selected like any other job.

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Re:Physician burnout widespread, especially among those midc... by smeyer on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @02:52PM (#22057766)

Would changing the interview and selection process to look like other jobs alleviate the case you're laying out?

In a similar way, there are students who spend $200k to go to college, then go to law school, wanting to practice in a certain area of law, and find out at the end that the only job they can get is poorly paying or in an area they don't want to live.

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Re:Physician burnout widespread, especially among those midc... by ab_testing on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @04:08PM (#22058600)

The difference is that even if you fail to get a job as a lawyer, you can start your own practice. With medicine if you cannot get residency first year, your chances of getting in drop significantly after that and you can never go out and practise medicine on your own.

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