Truly sobering the amount of hidden fees and costs involved in being a doctor

@DrSunjayPaul

2 жыл бұрын

Yup 😣

people generally do not realize how much money and efforts goes into becoming a doctor to eventually than serve the community, thanks for enlightening 🙂

@DrSunjayPaul

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you’re right! Thanks for watching 😊

Hi Dr Sunjay I recently found your channel and must say I really enjoy the informed , well presented and calculated videos you make and im quite shocked you aren't more popular. but I have some questions for you, you mentioned how stressful and time consuming being a doctor is and "personal costs" which has worried me. Because I personally want to become a GP but my family and future relationship/children would be much more important to me than the job I would also like to use my doctors salary/expertise to start businesses and other ventures. I plan on worked a very "relaxed" contract for most my time as a GP because of this except for maybe the first few years when I would be trying to invest and work on projects and gain experience. I have recently watched many videos talking about the flexibility of GP doctors that they can basically ask for any amount of workload (within reason) for a contract and negotiate a salary from their as they are in such demand. And I've watched videos about Locum docs and how they can get paid very well without really needing to do an equal amount of extra work so I want to ask you if I prioritised my personal life and only worked contracts with the amount of hours im comfortable with would this really still be much of an issue? because I feel this is only an issue for doctors that try to work as much as they can because they are very passionate and that if you reduced your overtime work and worked a much lower hour contract then you wouldn't face such a problem. Also I somewhat feel that a GP is the least stressful type of doctor at least the least stressful that I am interested in doing but could you please elaborate on the stressful parts of the job and how to deal/avoid them.

@DrSunjayPaul

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind comment, I really appreciate it 😁 Thanks for your questions, I think I might actually make a video on this. But here are my thoughts for now. I wouldn’t say working as a GP is the least stressful specialism as a doctor! So if you want something with less stress, I would consider public health or occupational health. However you are right in that working as a GP gives you the most flexibility compared to other medical specialties. I don’t think you would realistically be able to negotiate a Salaried GP contract with minimal additional workload - that will always be expected of you. However you are right that working as a Locum GP generally includes less additional work, so you would usually just see your patients and do the referral letters for them, but wouldn’t be expected to check additional lab results or hospital letters for any other patients. The stress of working as a GP comes from the heavy workload - lots of patients with increasing complex needs, demanding more investigations and referrals. Our work is also becoming riskier as patients have longer to wait for hospital appointments so patients end up coming back to us for advice on their condition which would ordinarily be managed by a specialist. Instead of a workday lasting from 9-5, it often ends up from 8-8. This is why lots of GPs work part time, doing 2-3 days per week, as it would be far too stressful and time consuming to do almost 12 hour shifts every day. I have found that the most flexible option is to work either in an urgent care centre, where your hours are fixed, or with a remote/tele-health provider where you hours are also usually fixed. You can do this as a Locum as well, so it gives you the flexibility to work when you like. Feel free to message me on Instagram @drsunjaypaul if you have any further questions.

@partnermammoth2562

Жыл бұрын

@@DrSunjayPaul ok Dr sunjay thank you that was very helpful I have messaged you on instagram so we can talk in more depth

The largest element of your list is cost of living whilst at medical school. That is hardly unique to doctors: many people have a 3 year degree course. It might be fairer to look at loss of earnings after the first 3 years of study.