I know most of you are pediatricians so this might seem like a negative statement but please hear me out.
Was a peds RN prior to med school and came in expecting to do peds and am still thinking of PICU or even peds hospitalist. I've been trying to convince myself to do an adult specialty (honestly because of the pay and benefits) and could see myself tolerating any specialty, but I just have loved my pediatrics rotation as I figured I would.
It seems unfair to have to do a peds hospitalist fellowship to come out making.. I'm not sure $150-180k if I'm being generous, when your adult counterparts make almost twice that. Pediatrics is still medically complex, it's higher stakes in terms of bad outcomes and yet you're still not compensated as you should be. I feel at the end of the day I would be happiest in peds albeit at a real financial cost. And yes I know 180k is not poor and this post wreaks of greed. It's just the principle about it and it burns me up.
It's true that you can't put a price on happiness but that price is potentially millions at the end of a career that could allow one to retire earlier. Am I looking at this the wrong way? Would you do peds if you had to make the choice again?
Was a peds RN prior to med school and came in expecting to do peds and am still thinking of PICU or even peds hospitalist. I've been trying to convince myself to do an adult specialty (honestly because of the pay and benefits) and could see myself tolerating any specialty, but I just have loved my pediatrics rotation as I figured I would.
It seems unfair to have to do a peds hospitalist fellowship to come out making.. I'm not sure $150-180k if I'm being generous, when your adult counterparts make almost twice that. Pediatrics is still medically complex, it's higher stakes in terms of bad outcomes and yet you're still not compensated as you should be. I feel at the end of the day I would be happiest in peds albeit at a real financial cost. And yes I know 180k is not poor and this post wreaks of greed. It's just the principle about it and it burns me up.
It's true that you can't put a price on happiness but that price is potentially millions at the end of a career that could allow one to retire earlier. Am I looking at this the wrong way? Would you do peds if you had to make the choice again?
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