Given the choice between 50 hours a week for $190,000 a year and 40 for $390,000, I would choose the latter too.
On 3/19/08, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NY Times, March 19, 2008 > The Price of Beauty > For Top Medical Students, an Attractive Field > By NATASHA SINGER > Work Less, Earn More > > But students interested in such work also often factor in personal > benefits. Internists, for example, worked an average of 50 hours a week > in 2006 while dermatologists worked about 40 hours, according to an > annual survey by Medical Economics magazine. Dermatology also offers > more independence from the bureaucracy of managed care, because patients > pay up front for cosmetic procedures not covered by health insurance. > > And while an internist earns an average of $191,525, a dermatologist > earns an average of $390,274, according to an annual survey conducted by > the Medical Group Management Association, whose membership includes more > than 21,000 managers of medical practices. Dermatologists who specialize > in cosmetic treatments or in skin-cancer operations can earn much more. -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
