I was invited to do a guest post for a pre-med student who has been blogging for a while, (The Hero Complex) but just branched out to his own domain. It’s geared at pre-meds and med students. Take a look!
If nothing else, it’s refreshing to hang around some pre-med students a little bit and recapture some of that idealism I used to have.
Wow, was not expecting this. Thank you again!
I disagree about the military only if you think career military.
I’m not sure what you disagree with. Do you believe joining the military to pay for medical school primarily for the money is a good idea?
Found the book list through this post. Two stood out to me as particularly interesting – the Randy Johnson book on a home mortgage and The Successful Physician Negotiator. I noticed both were a little old, and wondered if you had a sense of whether they still seemed as relevant to you today, or whether there were things I’d need to keep in mind as different now if I were to read them?
I’ve seen lots of good mortgage books out there. This one is still just fine in my opinion. But if you want to try a newer one, check out Mortgage Confidential. I haven’t read it but it looks interesting from skimming through it.
The guy who wrote The Successful Physician Negotiator has an updated version called The Physician’s Comprehensive Guide to Negotiating.
Thanks!
no thats not what i meant. I think if you are speaking just dollars alone that you likely could do better. As an overall situation however, i think it has advantages. Ive always found having served opens doors for me. I think most shouldnt do career but just a 4-8 year stent. I just dont think you need to be military career minded in order to pursue it.
You don’t need to plan to stay in for 20 years for it to work out, but you do need to actually desire to be a military doc for four years. Way too many don’t, at least once they realize what that entails (which is usually a few years after signing the contract.)
thats the same stat on most 1st jobs for graduating students/residents. I completely agree you have to think you are willing to be on active duty for 4 years. Nobody knows what its like until it happens (like other jobs). I dont think most people should stay longer than their commitment but i think its a decent starting point.
Not only do they not know what that job is like, they don’t know what the alternatives are like. You sign the contract as a college senior, then 8-10 years later you start the job. You’ve changed and the job has changed in that time.