hypersomniac Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Hey guys, I'm a second year medstudent and was interested in finding out more about ophtho, since in our school we dont get exposed to it much. I have heard so many negative things about it such as: jobs are almost impossible to find; Fellowships are a must The junior staffs get no OR time, and if they did, it'll be only 1-2 days a month the overhead is about 40-50% Can you please elaborate a bit about the advantages and disadvantages of ophtho, the lifestyle (calls, regular daily hours), Net salary (hospital practive, vs private vs a combined practice), competitiveness in matching,... Thank you so much for your help! it's greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroD Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 I'd like to hear more about that as well. There isn't much info on the forums. Some people make it seem terrible (for the above reasons), while others make it seems like the perfect residency/lifestyle/income specialty. CMA's average salary is pretty high, so I wonder how that mesh's with the extreme lack of OR time that people have been talking about lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#YOLO Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 no or time kills the salary...but u can get it with seniority. residency is chillwork is chill..just super boring make sure u enjoy it, cuz if ur not gonna get or time ur gonna be miserable if ur into neuro n shit do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arztin Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 no or time kills the salary...but u can get it with seniority. residency is chill work is chill..just super boring make sure u enjoy it, cuz if ur not gonna get or time ur gonna be miserable if ur into neuro n shit do it because after all, #YOLO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med2019_Qc Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 I would like to know more too pls. How much would the pay be if you get no OR time? what the normal working hours are? are there any non-elective surgeries that you can easily get OR time with? Can you perform elective surgeries in less busy hospitals? or in private clinics? So much ambiguity with this specialty. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroD Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 no or time kills the salary...but u can get it with seniority. residency is chill work is chill..just super boring make sure u enjoy it, cuz if ur not gonna get or time ur gonna be miserable if ur into neuro n shit do it And can you expand on why you said "if ur into neuro n shit do it"? I've got a neuro background, what's neuro like in optho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 I would like to know more too pls. How much would the pay be if you get no OR time? what the normal working hours are? are there any non-elective surgeries that you can easily get OR time with? Can you perform elective surgeries in less busy hospitals? or in private clinics? So much ambiguity with this specialty. . . Being a surgeon without OR time would be a terrible career. You'd see people work them up and when you get to the fun part (operating), hand them off to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med2019_Qc Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Being a surgeon without OR time would be a terrible career. You'd see people work them up and when you get to the fun part (operating), hand them off to someone else. Would that be something that is going to change in the next 10 years? I failed to find any report/studies elaborating on how the opportunities would change apart from a few papers reporting that the population is aging, and there would be increased need for ophthalmologists in the future ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Would that be something that is going to change in the next 10 years? I failed to find any report/studies elaborating on how the opportunities would change apart from a few papers reporting that the population is aging, and there would be increased need for ophthalmologists in the future ... No idea, I'm not an optho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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