So you want to be a doctor? Here are 10 truths.

We were surprised by the “So you want to be a doctor? Here are 10 myths debunked.”.  It did not represent our collective experiences as family physicians.  We offer an alternative perspective:

1. You’ll be rich. An average family physician, at a salary of about $230K, makes more than 93 percent of other households. The average medical student debt from 2019 was just over $201,000 (AAMC).  A …

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