Would I recommend ophthalmology as a career for a student in college or medical school?

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This video is primarily for college students who are premed or medical students. The opinions in the video are mine alone based on my own life experience.

So, this is a question that has both a simple and a very complicated answer…the simple answer is yes. If you have the ability, the time and the will to excel in college academically and then continue to get-after-it in medical school and you then are faced with the choice of what career path to pursue – ophthalmology is great. But as in all things in life, there are pros and cons.

3:00 Prerequisites for a career in ophthalmology?
5:48 Why is it “great?”
11:35 What are the downsides?
27:00 My path.
28:35 Conclusions.