Should i become a anesthesiologist or general doctor?

Question

i cant really think of what to do. witch one has better pay and witch is a easier job please help me. and what kinds of grades do i need to get into a university to get my training as a general or anesthesiologist? Please help me.Thank you

Answer 1

You know people like you made me mad! I'm a premed student who wants to become a doctor not because it's well paid or because is easy. I want to become a doctor because i care for people and their well-being. Being a doctor is a life style. Anything is gonna be easy. To become a Medical Doctor, you have to work since your school years in order to enter to a good university and finish your premed courses. Then you have to take the MCAT, which is the Medical College Admission Test. After it, you have to apply to medical school, been interviewed and accepted. You have to spend a lot of ATP (which is the form of energy that human body and all biological system use), money and time. Then you have to take the USMLE's (United States Medical License Examination) or the Boards, which are 3. At this point you earn your MD degree. If you want you can apply to a residency program.. Then every 3 years, I think you have to renovate your license, for it you have to take some courses and complete some credit hours...So...If you still thinking that there is an easy way to become a physician  just tell me...

Answer 2

I'm going to copy and paste an answer I gave someone else who had questions about what it took to get into medicine and how long it took etc.  It's long but has a lot of info.  I will say ahead of time that during your medical school training you will go through many rotations and anesthesiology may be one of them.  If you're serious about becoming a doctor, go to medical school, go through your rotations and see what rings your chimes.  It's hard to know what shoes to buy until you've tried several to see how they fit.  Now here's the answer:

My father was a doctor and went through a huge amount of schooling to get there. I would suggest you do some volunteer work at a local hospital. You could ask to be assigned to intensive care, the ER, pediatrics, the cancer ward - the choices are endless. There you would get some exposure not only to the patients but the kinds of treatment they undergo and you'd be around a lot of medical stuff. What you need to get into medical school nowdays is a BS (bachelor of science) degree which takes 4 years, going full time. Most people who want to be doctors major in "pre-med". You also need an incredibly high GPA, like 4.0 or close to it. If you have connections, like a doctor in the family, believe it or not, that helps too. Medical schools look for great grades, a bachelor in sciences (not a bachelor of arts like you would get with psychology). Classes you will probably be required in pre-med are things like medical terminology, biology, a minimum of 4 semesters of chemistry, anatomy & physiology and things like that. (I am in pre-nursing and have to take all that stuff and have the same people in all my classes and they are all going for nursing, pre-med, nurse practioner and physican's assistant) They also look for a well-rounded individual so that volunteer work in a hospital would be an excellent thing to have under your belt. (For specifics, get on the internet and google Harvard University for example. Once on the web site go to the medical school site and they will probably list the classes you need to take as prerequisites before applying to the program and if you actually get into the site as far as the medical school program, you might even be able to find out what classes are required to complete medical school). After your BS, medical school is another 4 years. That is followed by 1 year of internship. THEN, if you are interested in neurosurgery, for instance, you would go through 5 years of residency in neurosurgery to be able to be certified as a specialist in that area. If you count all that up, that's a lot of school. When you get through you'll probably owe a quarter million in student loans which you will probably be able to pay off in just a couple years. One of the good things is the payback for all those years of school - mucho dinero!

Answer 3

Anesthesiology has the highest pay in Medicine but the easiest speciality is being a general doctor

Which you choose? Money or easiness?

Answer 4

anesthesia is absolutely interesting specially in the intensive care. during ops its routine stuff but its challenging in the  icu. Its addicting in fact- i was posted there in the govt hosp for a good 6 years and i really miss it even now though i am a gp

Answer 5

NEWS FLASH:  Anesthesiology is NOT the highest paid medical specialty.  It's not 1970 anymore.

Lorenzo is right.  If you can't use the correct "witch" in your question, I don't think you'll have to make this choice.  Attention to detail is important in ANY medical specialty.

Answer 6

Neither how much money you can make or how easy the work is are good reasons to be a physician.

So it sounds like you would be a poor one.

Try another profession.