A quarter of US medical students consider quitting school and most may not treat patients: new survey
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A quarter of all medical students in the United States are considering quitting school, according to a new report from Elsevier Health. Doctors and students weighed in with perspective.
That’s according to a new report from Elsevier Health, which surveyed students to get their perspectives on education, career plans and expectations for the future of health care. Fifty-four percent of students have concerns about the toll that a medical or nursing career might take on their mental well-being. "Once I found surgery, I became obsessed and cannot imagine doing anything else — now I am excited for my career." "Health professions represent careers that are both enormously meaningful and impactful, and yet have the potential to take a toll on the clinician." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
"Elsevier Health’s Clinician of the Future program was launched last year as one of the most expansive direct pulses of doctors’ and nurses’ perspectives on the state of global health care," Jan Herzhoff, PhD, president of Elsevier Health in New York City, told Fox News Digital.