How to end up being a g.p

thatsa spicy

Just wanted to inquire about this! After you finish a 5/6 year Medicine course, how do you go about becoming a G.P? Roughly how much would junior doctors earn during the intern year and the rotations afterwards and how long do you spend doing rotations?

Also, for anybody who might know, what career paths are most competitively persued after the intern year?

Thanks!

imported_guy

thatsa spicy wrote: »

Just wanted to inquire about this! After you finish a 5/6 year Medicine course, how do you go about becoming a G.P? Roughly how much would junior doctors earn during the intern year and the rotations afterwards and how long do you spend doing rotations?

Also, for anybody who might know, what career paths are most competitively persued after the intern year?

Thanks!

your question is very genral, so i'll just keep it genral and adress them vaguely

intern pay = 20k-60k depending on where you work (not so much), and how much you work (mostly, overtime etc), and when you become an SHO, it depends on the same factors again, some SHOs can earn around 3-4k a month post tax, while i know of some who have earned around 7-8k post tax, one factor which comes into place is your experience

to become a GP, you need to be registered with irish medical council, posts are advertised in around december and you can apply and begin training which lasts 4 years, and you will become a GP upon sucessful completion

competitive carrer paths... well ive researched this a bit, (the american trends)
and the most saught after residancys are in

anesthesia
cardiology
cardiac surgery
psychiatry
orthopedics
ob/gyn

virtus

Careerwise, would a residency and fellowship in America be faster than training in Ireland for most specialities? Would the quality of education in America be worth it?

How long usually would it take to become a registrar in Ireland after finishing intern year?

imported_guy

virtus wrote: »

Careerwise, would a residency and fellowship in America be faster than training in Ireland for most specialities? Would the quality of education in America be worth it?

How long usually would it take to become a registrar in Ireland after finishing intern year?

in america, it depends, in ireland usually most consultants are payed around 200k, where as in america after residency + fellowship, most doctors in fields like psych, anesthesia, plastic surgery, cardiac surgery, and some other fields are paid 400-500k dollars genrally and it wouldnt be absurd if hes making over 1m a year.

i know a guy who became a consultant, after 8 years of him leaving college hes an orthopedic surgical consultant in ireland where as in america you need 4 years of college, 4 years of med school, 5-7 years residency and then 2-3 year fellowship to start earning some serious cash

becoming a regstrar takes 2-3 years, you need to work as a S.H.O for about 2-3 years after the intern year, but posts are limited, and these days S.H.Os are paid the same as a registrar in some cases.


edit, quality of education

well america has the best colleges in the world, and the top 2 for medical education (john hopkins and harvard med), so the education there is pretty damn good, but i doubt you'll be missing out on much education if your studying in like RCSI or UCD/UCC, usually american colleges are prestigious and hence considered better in terms of education

candlegrease

I would like info on this also