No specific area in psych I'm interested in, I just find it fascinating. Its a privilege to be able to "get inside peoples minds" in a way and hear a side of their life not many people may know about. Very sad too for some people though. I have come to feel a lot of affection for "my" patients, some of them who have been in what is supposed to be an acute unit for longer than me. I'll be sad to say goodbye to them in 2 weeks!!!!
I'm surprised to hear that surgeons there have a lot of free time. Surgery here is notorious for having to work long hours, getting called in the middle of the night etc. Plus most surgeons tend to be workaholics!!! So is O&G too!!! Are internists the same as primary care physicians there? Here they are very different. Physicians (internists) here get a lot more $$$ than GPs (PCPs) as a rule but you can still make a pretty damn good living as a GP plus you get to set your own hours a lot more.
GPs are looked down on here as inferior to most specialities (and they are a speciality here), but the reality is that 50% of med students will become GPs. I'm not averse to becoming a GP because I like the broad range of patients you deal with. ED interests me for the same reason. Spending all day just dealing with hearts or lungs would drive me batty. Maybe thats why I feel an affinity to psych too!
Anyway we'll see. Here our speciality training is different to you guys. After med school we all have to spend 2 years rotating through different areas in a hospital before you can specialise, whereas I understand you guys choose right away. Anyway this post is becoming long and rambly - sorry if I have bored you!!!
