well my junior year of highschool is approaching and i realized i haven't really considered what i wanted to do.. so i thought about it and i narrowed it down to either being a psychiatrist or pharmacist.. personally i think psychiatry would be more interesting because chemistry and other stuff kinda bore me and psychiatrists get paid more but i thought about it and would being a pharmacist be a more solid and safe job? because if you're a psychiatrist what if you don't get that many patients? and althought psychatrists get paid more by the hour wouldn't it depend on how many patients you have? so basically i like psychiatry but would being a pharmacist be better? please lemme know your thoughts =]
2007-07-30 09:07:42 · 7 answers · asked by sports addict1 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
In terms of steady incomes, psychiatrists don't just have to work in private practice. They could also be salaried employees of state agencies or hospitals, and get paid regardless of workload.
Psychiatry requires a degree in medicine. So you'll have to take chemistry regardless of which of the two paths you choose.
2007-07-30 09:10:38 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think listening to people's problems would get old after a while. Although it may seem boring to be a pharmacist, they get paid really well. I actually have a friend who is a pharmacist two days a week and makes great money. That's what I'd do, but that's me. Personally I think you're a little young to make that decision. So many HS students think they need to start college with a major. Take some general ed and some intro classes for both, like psychology and chemistry, and see what interests you more. You have plenty of time to make this life long decision.
2007-07-30 16:15:33 · answer #2 · answered by Cat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If your a psychiatist anyone you see you can write up as crazy, force them on medicine, and therefore make them your cash cow. Trouble is the practice is sorcerery as labeled in the Bible, and you get cast into the lake of fire that burns forever in your afterlife.
If your going to be a pharmacist its better to know enough physics to make a time machine, because the best time to have been a pharmacist was from the 1930's to 1970. Its been downhill from there.
The main reason I do not like pharmacy is the lies that they expect you to learn about the newer medicines on the market. Then about 10 years later, after the patient expires, the truth comes out, but then you learn about newer, 'better' meds, that also are a bunch of lies. Its not learning science anymore, its learning party dogma.
2007-07-30 16:55:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pharmacy. In a choice of only this two, pharmacy wins hands down.
Pharmacy is a "leave the work in the workplace" job. You do not take your difficult cases home to peruse its solutions in your waking hours.
Pharmacy also pays good money.
Both will need a strong background on chemistry and other sciences.
2007-07-30 16:19:33 · answer #4 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would take longer to become a psychiatrist since you have to do a residency after at least 8 years of school. I believe with pharmacists, they can start their practise as soon as they receive their Pharm.D.
2007-07-30 17:19:28 · answer #5 · answered by taelorcorey00 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think psychiatry is pretty solid and safe too.
it all boils down to what you REALLY want to do.
2007-07-30 16:15:27 · answer #6 · answered by Chicoaa20 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do what you love! ^_^
2007-07-30 16:44:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋