[Career review] “Medical careers” by Gregory Lewis

Medicine is a highly paid and highly satisfying career. However, working in medicine has a modest direct impact, and relative to the cost and time required for medical training, it has mediocre 'exit opportunities' to other career paths, and provides little platform for advocacy. It is also highly competitive.

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Outline:

(00:09) Summary

(00:55) Pros

(01:24) Cons

(01:59) Key facts on fit

(02:14) Sometimes recommended

(02:24) Review status

(02:29) Research process

(03:20) What is this career path

(04:09) What is it like day to day?

(04:46) Why pursue a medical career?

(04:50) Satisfaction

(06:47) Earnings

(08:44) Reasons against medical careers

(08:48) Modest direct impact

(11:19) Competition

(14:16) Career capital

(15:28) Advocacy

(16:26) Conclusion

(17:00) What if I'm already a doctor?

(17:33) Can clinical practice be high impact?

(19:05) High impact things doctors can do

(20:18) Earning to give in medicine

(20:58) What about leaving medicine?

The original text contained 28 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
July 13th, 2015

Source:
https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/medical-careers

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