While it's anecdote, every single peer in bedside medical care I know without exception has either left the field, or has immediate plans to as soon as student loan debt is repaid. The few older medical professionals in my family are simply sticking out the last few years until they can retire early.
This was generally the case prior to pandemic due to how poor the work environment has become, but the pandemic seems to have broken the few remaining folks who still had hopes and dreams.
How doctors of all professions lost their professional agency to do-nothing administrators within a generation is quite puzzling and a bit terrifying to me.
This was generally the case prior to pandemic due to how poor the work environment has become, but the pandemic seems to have broken the few remaining folks who still had hopes and dreams.
How doctors of all professions lost their professional agency to do-nothing administrators within a generation is quite puzzling and a bit terrifying to me.