what kind of doctor...?

Question

what kind of doctor works in a hospital and not in an office, im going to start college and later medical school and i need help choosing a specialty, i dont want to work in an office i want to go around checking on my patients who have already been admitted and are in hospital beds so i can help them. which fields of medicine allow me to do that kind of work.thank you for your answers.

Answer 1

There is no law that states that you have to go into Private practice. You can work for a hospital, but the pay will be what they want you to have.

I had a friend that wanted to do hands on medical care. He said that he was not a PR person, and he only want to help people who were in critical need. He decided to work in the emergency room and with Doctors Without Border.

He has dedicated his life to helping people who can not help themselves because of financial needs.

Answer 2

Don't have your own office--and don't work in a medical
practice..Work for the hospital! Go to the largest hospital
in your area,. ask to speak to the career counselor or staff
superintendent or whoever is in charge of medical staff.

Ask what specialty you should learn. If you want more
personal contact with your patients, you may not want to be
an M.D. You may want to be an in-hospital physical therapist/
or an Internist who has an office right in the hospital....You
may want to help mental patients....they really need 1 on 1.
Most MDs all want close patient care...the problem is that
with our lousy health care system, the doctors are TOLD
what they must do and when and how, just to get paid.
If you want to treat patients the old fashioned way, you will
also be fighting the insurance companies and the hospital
administration. The bottom line is the bottom line.

Answer 3

Pretty much all of them. It isn't time to choose a specialty yet. You'll learn about the choices as you go through school. There are a lot of options, but you'll probably intern at a hospital for what, five years after medical school in order to train for your specialty. There are too many to simply give you a list. I know someone going into pediatric psychiatry, now an intern. But she had how many years of school to look around and decide that? Work hard, keep your mind open to the possibilities.

Answer 4

If you only work in a hospital you will not have any patients of your own. You will be seeing other physicians patients till they can take over their cases. Many hospitals have staff doctors but they also see patients in an office, often times in an office provided by the hospital.

Answer 5

Most doctors in private practice see their patients in the hospital. Even surgeons who do their surgeries in the hospital, have an office to meet patients.

Answer 6

I think you're referring to a "hospitalist". These are (usually) internal medicine specialists that work for a hospital and take care of only inpatients. Depending on the area, then may primary doctors don't come to the hospital.

Answer 7

You need to practice in a rural area or a small town;but your training will be done in a hospital where you'll have supervision,back-up and years of experience on what to look for and see various conditions you may not see making house calls. I advise you to find a doctor you respect and ask their opinion, they have been there done that. Good luck .

Answer 8

These positions require a great deal of specialty...most doctors like this aren't your run of the mill people, they are the ones who see death and healing every day. These doctors are ones like cancer doctors, respatory, leukemia and its complications. My experience has shown that many of the patients seen are nigh unto death. Hope this helps.

Answer 9

ER doctor. A lot of doctors have a private practice and hospital privileges.

Answer 10

usually an emergency room doctor.