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>To do surgery, you would have to love it to the point where you could not imagine yourself possibly doing anything else in medicine.
As someone who has been doing surgery for over 20 years, let me offer another perspective. There is no doubt that a surgical residency is a pain in the ..., although improving due to ACGME rules. BUT, many of us see the residency as a penance that we did to get to do a truly enjoyable occupation. Despite the usual BS about third party payors, malpractice, etc. most general surgeons like what we do, as opposed to many of our colleagues who use medicine to earn the money to do what they really like doing.
Remember, I don't have to deal with "Dr. I'm tired all the time, depressed, weak and dizzy, etc." I feel privileged to do what I do, and surgery still pays much better than most other specialties, so despite the whining, most practicing surgeons have it pretty good.
As someone who has been doing surgery for over 20 years, let me offer another perspective. There is no doubt that a surgical residency is a pain in the ..., although improving due to ACGME rules. BUT, many of us see the residency as a penance that we did to get to do a truly enjoyable occupation. Despite the usual BS about third party payors, malpractice, etc. most general surgeons like what we do, as opposed to many of our colleagues who use medicine to earn the money to do what they really like doing.
Remember, I don't have to deal with "Dr. I'm tired all the time, depressed, weak and dizzy, etc." I feel privileged to do what I do, and surgery still pays much better than most other specialties, so despite the whining, most practicing surgeons have it pretty good.