Comments on: Health system snapshot

By: jim hubbard,md

jim hubbard,md — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:13:00 +0000

A few years ago,I was sittng in the back of my rural hospital’s quarterly medical staff meeting, my mind wandering, looking over the 62 other docs present, when I realized I could not name a single physician that was or going to encourage their kids to enter medicine. Some of these docs were from medical families. How times have changed!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:57:00 +0000

If a premed take gets any business education and still decides to go to medical school then he/she has FAILED their business training.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:33:00 +0000

Phil,

You should make those recommendations to the pre-meds. As is, there isn't any more time in the medical school calendar for non-medical coursework, unless you want to make medical school even longer, which kind of goes against the general "economics" gist of what you are saying.

Problem is, once they actually do see the working model of American medical practice, they might do what any smart student would do: choose something else.

By: Phil Baumann

Phil Baumann — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:54:00 +0000

I could go off in a million directions here.

Instead, I'll just make a suggestion to future medical students: take extra classes in accounting, economics, finance and marketing. If you can get past organic chemistry, you'll do well in those classes too. Also, you'll better understand the real dollar cost of those pesky student loans.

An important point you're making here. Thanks!

By: jason

jason — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:56:00 +0000

Unless things change dramatically in the next few years, I will likely discourae my kids from going into medicine. Sad isn’t it?