Re: Should women be doctors?
Really people, its residency thats the toughest in terms of schedules etc but after that you can chose not to go into an intense field and do something thats more suitable to your lifestyle. For example Emergency Medicine, you work three 12 hour shifts ( = 3 days) and get the rest of 4 days off, with a good pay and you aren’t oncall either when you have ur days off. Or go into internal medicine and join an exisiting group practice, better yet you can open your own practice and set the hours. True it requires hardwork but you get what you want, i.e. time with your family, good pay, and job satisfaction. Dermatology is another speciality but it’s extremely difficult to get into. But anyway, when there’s a will there’s a way. It’s a demanding career no doubt but balance is the key.
Munni,
I’ve personally spoken to a few muslim guys who are med students. Most if not all were of the opinion that they would not want a spouse who was a doctor do to all the reasons listed in this thread. One even went on to say that he didn’t want his kids to turn out as “******s” - i.e. undisciplined, out of control, out of touch with Islam brats. Needless to say, their responses were very disappointing but on the bright side, just as many muslim females were enthusiastic about their careers and I’m sure will find spouses who will respect their decision to practice medicine.
I’ve recently spoken to 2 muslim women in their 30s, who did med school back in Pakistan but decided to raise a family, and now that their kids are somewhat older they are studying to take their boards. It takes a lot to do that, especially when you graduated medschool some 15 years ago. More power to them I say :k: