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Information for people contemplating
a career in emergency medicine and
other medical specialties

By Kevin Pezzi, MD

Question and Answer List

 

Answering your questions about becoming a doctorTip: Marking visited pages with a checkmark A checkmark will appear in the red box next to an item after you visit that page.

What's with all of the hot women and Google ads?

Advice for people who want to become doctors

A smart student looking for ways to boost her chance of becoming a doctor

Can intelligence be improved? Yes. Learn from someone who did just that.

Increasing intelligence, memorization, and creativity (Part 2)

How to find out if becoming an ER doctor is truly what you want to do

Pros and cons of being an ER doctor: Part 1

Pros and cons of being an ER doctor: Part 2

A Novel Look at Physician Income: Why a medical career is the wrong career if money is one of your primary motives

How to make medical school seem easier

Can a deaf person specialize in emergency medicine? Part 1 (Note: I recommend this topic for everyone interested in increasing intelligence and creativity.)

Can a deaf person specialize in emergency medicine? Part 2 (Note: I recommend this topic for everyone interested in increasing intelligence and creativity.)

Why is medicine such a demanding career?
The never-ending stress of being an ER doctor
The joys of being an ER doc

How ER doctors can combat burnout

Is it worthwhile to become a doctor?
Is medical school too long?

Too young to get into medical school?
How applicants often become discombobulated during the admissions interview

Long-term job prospects for ER doctors
Medical specialties in jeopardy

Alternatives to reading the dictionary

"My sex drive is affecting my ability to concentrate." (Reading this topic might change your career plans from becoming a doctor to becoming a leader.)

Environmental factors affecting the brainpower and mood of women

Do you have enough practical knowledge to be a good doctor?

1. Is she ER doctor material?
2. The futility of worrying
3. 3. What can you do if a 100% effort isn't enough?
4. How to increase intelligence

Miscellaneous ER topics

Do women throw themselves at ER doctors?

Patient attracted to her doctor; doc seems interested. Can they date?

What should a male doctor do when he is groped by a female patient?

Dr. Pezzi goes from ER doctor to ER patient—almost—and sees our healthcare system from the other side. It wasn't a pretty sight, except for that gorgeous nurse with a big heart.

1. Do doctors become aroused during pelvic exams?
2. The VIP syndrome and its relevance to treating beautiful patients

The personality traits of ER docs

Paying for college and medical school

Can a poor student become an ER doctor?

Several questions from a student with aspirations of a medical career

Working as an ER doctor

What is the scope of an ER doctor's responsibility?

Cranky doctors: A myth? A fact?

1. Distractions and interruptions causing nurses and doctors to make errors
2. Noisy sleeping rooms make sleeping while on-call difficult

Women in Medicine

Female physician

Can women "have it all?" That is, can they be good mothers, wives, daughters, friends, neighbors, and still be good doctors? Are women as competent as men? Are women achieving their potential? What can women do to achieve more? (While this topic seemingly pertains only to women, much of what I say is also applicable to men. This information can help everyone have better, happier, and more fulfilling lives.)

Women in Medicine: Part 1

Women in Medicine: Part 2

Women in Medicine: Part 3

Women in Medicine: Part 4

Women in Medicine: Part 5

Women in Medicine: Part 6

Women in Medicine: Part 7

Women in Medicine: Part 8

Women in Medicine: Part 9

Women in Medicine: Part 10

Women in Medicine: Part 11: The surprising conclusion to this topic

Part 12: Comments about this topic: A female reader changed my viewpoint by raising some great points

Nurses and nursing

An ICU nurse attacks Dr. Pezzi; Dr. Pezzi responds

Another nurse who objects when I say that medicine is potentially more rewarding than nursing

An ER nurse willing to answer questions pertaining to nursing, because she disagrees with my portrayal of it

Young nurse hated by the old ER nurses; how to cope with their alienation

Are nurses paid as much as they deserve?

1. More proof that I am not "anti-nurse" 2. Doctors' dining rooms: the ultimate in exclusivity

A cardiac nurse describes a typical day at the hospital

1. Questions about becoming a nurse practitioner
2. How to make studying (or other boring things) fun (everyone should read this)

Thinking of becoming an ER nurse rather than an ER doctor: which job is easier and less stressful?

1. Do the traits of black nurses differ from white ones?
2. A nurse beats up her boss.

Nurses: From empty-headed ones to mass murderers

The malpractice crisis

A proposal to help shield doctors from unjust malpractice lawsuits

Another Frivolous Lawsuit Attempt

Miscellaneous medical topics

Things to remember once you become a doctor: Financial matters

Things to remember once you become a doctor: Dating advice

Do physicians in the US receive governmental retirement benefits?

Doctor competition: Medical outsourcing and fringe practitioners

Want to save money on hospitalizations whether or not you’re insured?

Brain teasers

Want to become smarter? Try solving these challenges.

ER stories

ER patient arrested

Audio excerpts of my ER stories and health tips

My www.podcastdoc.com site features MP3 audio files that you can download and transfer to your iPod (or other MP3 player). Don't have an iPod? No problem! Your computer can play the files, too—just click the file to listen to it!

 

 

More emergency room informationWant more topics to read? See the question and answer pages on my www.ERbook.net site.



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