Results: This is part 2 of my survey about "if only we had dreams".
Which of the following careers would you choose? The reality for most of us is we make choices based on the cards we are dealt and we don't always get a good hand. But what if life didn't throw up these barriers. What would we choose? Here are some options and comment about some of your own.
1.
1.
It takes a lot of money, time and intelligence to have a career in the medical field. Assuming you had overcome all that, and were now in that career, what would you like to be?
A doctor
17%
•
304 votes
A nurse
9%
•
159 votes
A researcher
24%
•
426 votes
An administrator
11%
•
205 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
•
75 votes
Not Applicable
42%
•
747 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 1.11% | 13 | |
| veterinarian | 0.51% | 6 |
| vet | 0.26% | 3 |
| Veterinian | 0.17% | 2 |
| Physical therapist | 0.17% | 2 |
| marketing | 0.09% | 1 |
| Movie director | 0.09% | 1 |
| POLICE OFFICER, FIRE FIGHTER, EMT. | 0.09% | 1 |
| NFL Kicker | 0.09% | 1 |
| Befaore I retired I was an ER social worker doing crisis/trauma work. Loved the job and would do it again in a heartbeat!! | 0.09% | 1 |
| apparel designer | 0.09% | 1 |
| medical assistant | 0.09% | 1 |
| actor | 0.09% | 1 |
| Pharmacist | 0.09% | 1 |
| A forensic psychologist, but no positions were available after receiving my MA. There is only one Forensic psychologist in the state. | 0.09% | 1 |
| Vet, dermatologist | 0.09% | 1 |
| Work for human resources | 0.09% | 1 |
| a wood artist | 0.09% | 1 |
| A real estate developper | 0.09% | 1 |
| avian veterinarian | 0.09% | 1 |
| EMT | 0.09% | 1 |
| Veterinarian for wildlife and pets | 0.09% | 1 |
| A Case Manager | 0.09% | 1 |
| machinest | 0.09% | 1 |
| A stay at home mother was what I always wanted to be, and I got my wish! Poor at the time, but well worth it. | 0.09% | 1 |
| Nurse practitioner | 0.09% | 1 |
| lawyer | 0.09% | 1 |
| Psychologist | 0.09% | 1 |
| A VET. | 0.09% | 1 |
| Medical coder or transcriber | 0.09% | 1 |
| Someone who applies anasthesia (or however it's spelled!; I'm not looing it up now... ) | 0.09% | 1 |
| no | 0.09% | 1 |
| I'm not sure. | 0.09% | 1 |
| A veterinarian! | 0.09% | 1 |
| Homeless in DC | 0.09% | 1 |
| Just take care of the babies | 0.09% | 1 |
| A copyeditor | 0.09% | 1 |
| Kamala Harris- " If only I only had a brain" | 0.09% | 1 |
| Meteorologist | 0.09% | 1 |
| Wildlife Biologist | 0.09% | 1 |
| caregiver to a person who needs help | 0.09% | 1 |
| A veterinarian | 0.09% | 1 |
| writer, columnist | 0.09% | 1 |
| Aide | 0.09% | 1 |
| A PA or NP | 0.09% | 1 |
| Flight attendant | 0.09% | 1 |
| a surgeon | 0.09% | 1 |
| animal vet | 0.09% | 1 |
| A media literacy teacher for the elderly | 0.09% | 1 |
| Whatever pays the most | 0.09% | 1 |
| engineer | 0.09% | 1 |
| scientist | 0.09% | 1 |
| Pharmacien | 0.09% | 1 |
| cant decide at this time | 0.09% | 1 |
2.
2.
If you specialized in a particular type of medicine, what would it be?
Infectious diseases.
8%
•
140 votes
Ear, nose and throat
6%
•
100 votes
Internal medicine
9%
•
165 votes
Family Medicine
19%
•
350 votes
Plastic surgery
4%
•
78 votes
Cancer treatments.
11%
•
199 votes
Other (please specify)
6%
•
102 votes
Not Applicable
46%
•
821 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 1.68% | 19 | |
| Psychiatrist | 0.44% | 5 |
| Dermatology | 0.35% | 4 |
| Psychiatry | 0.26% | 3 |
| Vet | 0.26% | 3 |
| pediatric | 0.26% | 3 |
| General surgery | 0.26% | 3 |
| Obstetrics | 0.18% | 2 |
| surgery | 0.18% | 2 |
| Pediatrics | 0.18% | 2 |
| Animals | 0.18% | 2 |
| psych | 0.18% | 2 |
| Pharmacy | 0.18% | 2 |
| Psychology | 0.18% | 2 |
| Physical therapy | 0.18% | 2 |
| neurology | 0.18% | 2 |
| psychology/counseling | 0.09% | 1 |
| Psychological profiles for crimes | 0.09% | 1 |
| office work | 0.09% | 1 |
| Childrens doctor | 0.09% | 1 |
| Pediatrician | 0.09% | 1 |
| Optimologist | 0.09% | 1 |
| veternanrian | 0.09% | 1 |
| Neurologist | 0.09% | 1 |
| Brain and spinal injury treatment, and memory | 0.09% | 1 |
| Dermatologist | 0.09% | 1 |
| Women s medicine | 0.09% | 1 |
| Burn Unit | 0.09% | 1 |
| Allergist | 0.09% | 1 |
| coroner | 0.09% | 1 |
| Anesthesiologists | 0.09% | 1 |
| all animals including exotics | 0.09% | 1 |
| retina | 0.09% | 1 |
| anesthesiology | 0.09% | 1 |
| radiology | 0.09% | 1 |
| all things metal | 0.09% | 1 |
| dialysis | 0.09% | 1 |
| psychiatist | 0.09% | 1 |
| Pharmacology | 0.09% | 1 |
| Anesthesist | 0.09% | 1 |
| I'm not sure. | 0.09% | 1 |
| A veterinarian! | 0.09% | 1 |
| nature pathic | 0.09% | 1 |
| Democratic Voter TDS mental disease | 0.09% | 1 |
| Orthopedic | 0.09% | 1 |
| Wildlife | 0.09% | 1 |
| Obgyn | 0.09% | 1 |
| dietician? | 0.09% | 1 |
| Emergency medicine | 0.09% | 1 |
| Animal care | 0.09% | 1 |
| none | 0.09% | 1 |
| Pediatric Medicine | 0.09% | 1 |
| animal science | 0.09% | 1 |
| OB/GYN | 0.09% | 1 |
| Children | 0.09% | 1 |
| Alzheimers/Dementia research | 0.09% | 1 |
| Dermatologists | 0.09% | 1 |
| Urology | 0.09% | 1 |
| Holistic medicine | 0.09% | 1 |
| Anesthesia | 0.09% | 1 |
3.
3.
Where would you want to have your career?
In a leading big city hospital
13%
•
230 votes
In a smaller (perhaps rural) hospital
17%
•
305 votes
Inner city clinic or hospital
7%
•
129 votes
In a local clinic in the burbs or small town
14%
•
247 votes
In a more specialized clinic
13%
•
237 votes
Overseas - such as Doctors Without Borders.
4%
•
73 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
26 votes
Not Applicable
42%
•
754 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.40% | 5 | |
| military hospital | 0.08% | 1 |
| In a community pharmacy | 0.08% | 1 |
| Not sure | 0.08% | 1 |
| Women s clinic | 0.08% | 1 |
| in the country | 0.08% | 1 |
| my own shop | 0.08% | 1 |
| Country | 0.08% | 1 |
| perfer working as a vet at a big zoo | 0.08% | 1 |
| Center for Disease Control | 0.08% | 1 |
| Would have wanted a Private Practice, but I was able to use my MA degree in other jobs I had. | 0.08% | 1 |
| At a major teaching hospital where I could do serious research | 0.08% | 1 |
| A reservation | 0.08% | 1 |
| vet clinic | 0.08% | 1 |
| Private practice with little to do with govt. infiltration into my profession as possible | 0.08% | 1 |
| london | 0.08% | 1 |
| National Hurricane Center Coral Gables, FL | 0.08% | 1 |
| In a specialist office with surgeons | 0.08% | 1 |
| In a Democratic Liberal City | 0.08% | 1 |
| I'm not sure. | 0.08% | 1 |
| I'd like my own practice. | 0.08% | 1 |
| Research facility of major university | 0.08% | 1 |
4.
4.
Who would you like to take care of?
People who could afford the treatment you offer but were not desperately in need (elective treatment) . Plastic surgery for example.
10%
•
181 votes
People who desperately needed the treatment you offer but couldn't afford it or had inadequate insurance.
27%
•
494 votes
People in the inner city who didn't have access to medical care unless provided by you..
16%
•
287 votes
People overseas who didn't have access to medical care unless provided by you.
7%
•
133 votes
Animals as a veterinarian (doctor, nurse, or other role)
14%
•
249 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
38 votes
Not Applicable
44%
•
783 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.87% | 12 | |
| everyone | 0.14% | 2 |
| children | 0.07% | 1 |
| Anyone who came into my pharmacy | 0.07% | 1 |
| Government investigations | 0.07% | 1 |
| Not sure | 0.07% | 1 |
| Anyone wanting plastic surgery | 0.07% | 1 |
| people living in the area of my office | 0.07% | 1 |
| Finding cures for infectious diseases | 0.07% | 1 |
| Children who needed care | 0.07% | 1 |
| Addicts and Inmates | 0.07% | 1 |
| People who can afford it | 0.07% | 1 |
| great people that need hospital care. That is needed also. | 0.07% | 1 |
| as a researcher it would not be a question | 0.07% | 1 |
| I would like to concentrate on research and not see patients | 0.07% | 1 |
| Native americans w/limited health care. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Research | 0.07% | 1 |
| small town | 0.07% | 1 |
| However I could fulfill the Hippocratic Oath? | 0.07% | 1 |
| Help people in clinical trials and do research. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Pediatric | 0.07% | 1 |
| Just people in need of care. I wouldn't discriminate. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Other Democratic TDS sufferers | 0.07% | 1 |
| I'm not sure. | 0.07% | 1 |
| I'd be a pediatrician. | 0.07% | 1 |
| People who are addicted to drugs & people in pain | 0.07% | 1 |
5.
5.
What age group would you have the most compassion for in your role?
Babies
5%
•
84 votes
Children
14%
•
252 votes
Adults of career age
9%
•
164 votes
The elderly
12%
•
217 votes
The terminally ill of any age. (comment)
7%
•
129 votes
Animals of any age or type (comment)
10%
•
183 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
42 votes
Not Applicable
41%
•
729 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.93% | 10 | |
| all of the above | 0.47% | 5 |
| All | 0.47% | 5 |
| You need to be compassionate to all ages | 0.09% | 1 |
| Age will not matter, it's the manner of death to do with a crime | 0.09% | 1 |
| All of them | 0.09% | 1 |
| All of them above | 0.09% | 1 |
| Women | 0.09% | 1 |
| the meek | 0.09% | 1 |
| All ages, all income levels. | 0.09% | 1 |
| addicts, domestic violence survivors, rape victims | 0.09% | 1 |
| all the above | 0.09% | 1 |
| All ages | 0.09% | 1 |
| All of them. | 0.09% | 1 |
| I'd have compassion for people of all ages | 0.09% | 1 |
| All that needs me. | 0.09% | 1 |
| Everyone. | 0.09% | 1 |
| All of the above. | 0.09% | 1 |
| A few above | 0.09% | 1 |
| I am a nurse and a take care of all people of all ages | 0.09% | 1 |
| Everyone and everything | 0.09% | 1 |
| any age | 0.09% | 1 |
| AOC | 0.09% | 1 |
| does not matter what age, if they needed help and you could you should | 0.09% | 1 |
| I'm not sure. | 0.09% | 1 |
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