Being a doctor is a unique career that brings a demanding lifestyle and plenty of stress, while not being the best paid graduate job. It requires spending at least five years at university, then completing a challenging series of training programmes that combine full time work with further study.

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Studying medicine comes with a certain expectation to work harder on average than most other students. Obviously this is true to an extent in medicine, but there is an additional challenge, which is the very high pass marks for the “2nd MB” exams, the ones you have to pass in order to become a doctor.

Competitive programs that are the most difficult to match into include:

• Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery.
• Dermatology.
• General Surgery.
• Neurosurgery.
• Orthopedic Surgery.
• Ophthalmology.
• Otolaryngology.
• Plastic Surgery.

In the Medscape survey, the highest percentage of physician burnout occurred among these medical specialties:

• Urology: 54%.
• Neurology: 50%.
• Nephrology: 49%.
• Diabetes and endocrinology: 46%.
• Family medicine: 46%.
• Radiology: 46%.

For the most stressful medical job, the highest percentages of burnout occurred among these medical specialties:

• Critical care: 48 percent.
• Neurology: 48 percent.
• Family medicine: 47 percent.
• Obstetrics and gynecology: 46 percent.
• Internal medicine: 46 percent.
• Emergency medicine: 45 percent.

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Burnout takes a toll on physicians, their patients, and their practices. Short visits, complicated patients, lack of control, electronic health record stress, and poor work-home balance can lead to physicians leaving practices they once loved, poor patient outcomes, and shortages in primary care physicians.

How to become a doctor

1. Complete an Undergraduate Education.
2. Pass the MCAT Examination.
3. Apply to Medical School.
4. Complete Training at Medical School.
5. Pass Parts I & II of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
6. Match with Residency.
7. Graduate from Medical School & Start Residency.

The median four-year cost of medical school (including expenses and books) was $278,455 for private schools, and $207,866 for public schools in 2013 according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.