The advantages and disadvantages of being a

doctor (or a nurse)

The path that you choose in life represents your character or physical
appearance in the best way possible. It’s hard to make a choice even though you
can have an incredible amount of numbers things that are “offered” to you. If
we take a profession such as being a doctor (or a nurse) or a nurse, we have to
cogitate the advantages and the disadvantages of these jobs.

The advantages of these jobs :

1. Diverse career opportunities for graduates: Medicine offers a variety of career
opportunities especially in biological sciences. As a graduate of medicine, pone
can find employment in a laboratory or in a hospital doing one of the many
roles.

2. Working with people: It allows students the opportunity to work with people from various backgrounds and also help people
who are in need and who one may not know anything about.

3. The ability to help people directly and make them happier: Medicine gives graduates an opportunity to help strangers and make
them happier than they were initially. Most people find satisfaction in having to put a smile on someone else’s face.

4. Globally recognized field: Medicine is a globally recognized field and therefore graduates have the opportunity to work in
various countries across the world without any problem. It basically makes one a global citizen.

5. Teamwork, every step of the way: Medicine is one of the few fields of study where teamwork cannot be
overemphasized. Doctors always need to collaborate especially when dealing with a surgical case because every case is unique.

6. A great need for good doctors: There is always a need and demand for good doctors across the globe.For this reason, people will
always flock medicine in order to satisfy the demand created by this need.

7. Stable job and safe career: Medicine offers one a stable job and a stable career. Besides the contracts and the security of tenure,
doctors can also open their own facilities and practice privately.

8. Constant improvement and fresh research findings: Doctors are always discovering new things and new treatments. It gives them
an opportunity to create new solutions in the medical industry.

9. Status and respect in society: Doctors and other medical practitioners command a significant level of respect in the society. For
this reason, people who want to practice medicine or study medicine find it a very respectable career.

10. White coat: Medical career requires that doctors and other practitioners wear a white coat which is a sign of peace. This may
also be an advantage to those who do not mind uniforms at work.

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 The disadvantages of these jobs :
1. Income: The income associated with some careers in
medicine is not as much as some people imagine.Some of
the careers are low paying unless you are fully and
extensively experienced.

2. Time consumption: Medicine ill definitely eat so much

of your time regardless of which profession you choose in
the industry. This is because it mostly deals with life saving
incidences and emergencies.

3. Job related stress: Doctors and other medical

practitioners are at risk of contracting job related
stress.This is because of the pressures that come with
having the lives of several people under your care.

4. Possible lawsuits: In cases where there is perceived

medical negligence, it is the doctors who are usually at risk of being sued for possible damages. This risk is usually high if the
patient was directly under the care of the said doctor.

5. Long process of getting medical licenses: There is usually a cumbersome procedure associated with getting the medical licenses if
you want to practice medicine. This may also be a demoralizing feature in the industry.

6. Difficult procedures: Sometimes doctors are presented with enormous and cumbersome procedures that are tough to deal with
and society expects that they will hack it.

7. Overwhelming responsibility: There is a great deal of responsibility expected of the doctors because several lives depend on their
actions.

8. Long years of schooling: Doctors and other medical practitioners spend so many years in school before they can graduate and
become doctors. This eats into people’s time also.

9. Stress of losing patients under your care: There is always the risk of losing patients who are under your care as a doctor. For
some doctors, this usually takes a great toll on them and even their health.

10. High expectations in medical school: Those who want to create a career in medicine must expect the highest bar in terms of
academic qualifications and achievements.

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