tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6445639393981927868..comments2024-03-29T01:07:30.224-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: A Woman's ProfessionStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-79432961569644129292012-02-24T06:48:37.246-08:002012-02-24T06:48:37.246-08:00What you are looking for are the ROAD specialties....What you are looking for are the ROAD specialties. <br /><br />"I’ve seen several hits in my stat logs from people looking for the ROAD specialties. For many students new to medicine, this might be something that you’re hearing for the first time.<br />The ROAD specialties are specialties that are generally considered “lifestyle” specialties in medicine. Lifestyle specialties are those that offer good pay with minimum work hours, low patient loads, above average working conditions, and typically low on-call time.<br />Historically, the ROAD specialties are Radiology, Opthalmology, Anesthesiology, and Dermatology. More recently, the mnemonic has been revised to E-ROAD or ADORE to include Emergency Medicine.<br />Anesthesiology is on the high-end of work hours, while specialties such as Pathology aren’t included. Expect the lifestyle specialties to change slowly over time as working conditions, hours, and pay fluctuate."<br /><br />http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/03/16/what-exactly-are-the-road-specialties/JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-40853923860359887682012-02-24T05:02:14.501-08:002012-02-24T05:02:14.501-08:00And then there's the question of the easiest r...And then there's the question of the easiest residency?<br /><br />I cannot vouch for this but a couple of years ago I was talking to a heart surgeon. He told me that when he did his residency, around four decades ago, there were 600 applicants nationally for 120 residencies in heart surgery. Today, he explained, there are 60 applicants for the same 120 residencies.<br /><br />Assuming that he's right, perhaps this is telling us that with more and more and women in the profession there are going to be an excess of dermatologists and a scarcity of specialists in fields that are more male-identified.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-1459616450549821702012-02-23T20:20:08.601-08:002012-02-23T20:20:08.601-08:00Note that the shift to a higher female % happened ...Note that the shift to a higher female % happened quite a few years earlier in the veterinary medicine field.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-51073604447797300162012-02-23T20:06:16.934-08:002012-02-23T20:06:16.934-08:00This is a disturbing phenomenon. Women tend to pla...This is a disturbing phenomenon. Women tend to place greater emphasis on quality of life as opposed to working long hours. I wonder when the more demanding medical specialties will suffer a dearth of physicians. In addition, a noticeable percentage of women drop out of the workforce after giving birth. Are we witnessing the early stages of a health care crisis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-25323377860709421782012-02-23T17:18:12.538-08:002012-02-23T17:18:12.538-08:00Question for you Stuart...what's the hardest r...Question for you Stuart...what's the hardest residency (at least by MLE score) to get into?<br /><br />Answer: Dermatology<br /><br />Why? Because it's heavily favored by female doctors due to having a (mostly) normal work-week. It's so bad at the clinic I go to that they <i>have</i> to reserve one slot for a male doctor to handle 'men's issues.'<br /><br />Expect to see more of that in other specialties. The various surgery professions and maybe urology will probably be the last male bastions.<br /><br />As the parent of a 1st year med student (female), I think a lot of this has to do with (1) the increasing predominance of women at the undergrad level, and (2) the Med School admissions process. Only about 40% of applicants are accepted each year, and with grade inflation, there isn't much to distinguish between candidates. So volunteering and interviews take on much more importance in determining who gets admitted. I think both of these favor female candidates. You would think that Med Schools would try to do a good job of managing such hi-pressure interviews. That wasn't daughters experience. It was pretty much hit-or-miss. The reports daughter gave of the bias of some of the interviewers was pretty shocking. Good interviews and acceptances pretty much correlated.Soviet of Washingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-57125038493889360862012-02-23T15:09:20.852-08:002012-02-23T15:09:20.852-08:00Teams vs free agents...a little of both. Typically...Teams vs free agents...a little of both. Typically the rep will be individually calling on customers and having follow-up meetings with them; however, (s)he is likely to have a technical sales support person available who is needed for more-than-normally complex sales. Also, there will often be a need to involve various people from the headquarters of the company or the business unit, viz to approve special pricing or customization of product features. So navigating company politics can be important...and navigating the politics of the prospective client company can be even more important. If you're selling multi-million-dollar software suites, or locomotives, or jet engines, there are likely to be many people involved in the buying decision, and it won't always be obvious which ones matter most. So high emotional intelligence, reasonable conceptual ability, and a good level of self-motivation and self-management are all required.<br /><br />Also, sometimes a hunter-farmer model is used, with one set of people assigned to selling entirely new customers and another group assigned to selling new business within existing customers. From what I observe, there may be some tendency for more men in the hunter group and more women in the farmer group, but it's not anything like an absolute.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-60076650836663861792012-02-23T13:54:46.848-08:002012-02-23T13:54:46.848-08:00Good point.
Does this apply more to some kinds of...Good point.<br /><br />Does this apply more to some kinds of businesses and less to others?<br /><br />Do sales reps work in teams or do they work as individual free agents? Does that influence the makeup of the team?<br /><br />Just a couple of quick thoughts....Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-48299485833111917932012-02-23T13:46:52.596-08:002012-02-23T13:46:52.596-08:00How about sales?
I'm familiar with quite a fe...How about sales?<br /><br />I'm familiar with quite a few business-to-business sales organizations, and a pretty good male/female mix is not at all unusual.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-18042221691451396642012-02-23T13:18:07.834-08:002012-02-23T13:18:07.834-08:00Life is like whack-a-mole.
Guess I won't be...Life is like whack-a-mole. <br /><br />Guess I won't be getting a medical degree. Just when I almost had myself talked into it. Great, just great.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.com