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I've read recently on this sub that things in Lithuania have improved a lot. What about the other Baltic States? How is life as a doctor there? Specifically at each stage of training? How is access to training there and are they too facing increasing competition, how are doctors remunerated (salary or fee for service) etc? Salaried or self employed?Are all specialists paid the same? I find It interesting reading about different realities of medicine in different countries

It's so demoralizing having to study so many hours a day and hearing all the negative discussion about being a doctor and the workforce situation, especially what is happening right now in Italy. Also looking into other countries, It seems like most are or are becoming saturated . I'm almost at the end, but things like hiring freezes, the crazy medical school expansion and the future training bottleneck as well as the almost certain unemployement is scary. The future outlook here in Italy is terrible: either being stuck in training bottlenecks or even if you managed to get into training the crazy hours, the unpaid overtime and the possibility of not even getting a job at the end because the NHS isn't hiring. Sorry for the rant.

Even more spots, It gets worse every year and next year the university minister wants to get to 30k spots (she will). This number feels so out of scale, Italy already has among the highest doctor density compared to other countries and residency positions are limited (15k at the moment and bound to decrease to 12k in the next years, unless they manage to finance more).

I've read a study where 10% tranexamic acid was effettive in reducing telangectasia and rosacea. I want to try It, but It seems there are no products with this percentage available.

I'm curious. Does anyone have an idea of how much pathologists are compensated in Portugal? Obv in the public systems there are salary grids, but do they also get something from reporting surgical specimes from SIGICs (basically fee for service waiting list initiatives). And how does It work in private labs? (I've read that there is hgh demand and most pathologist also work in private). Are you paid per slide, percentage or hourly rate? Thank you.

Does anybody have an idea of how much an histopathologist can expect in Poland working as a contractor (B2B) in NFZ public clinics or private labs? How is the compensation system like (hourly rate or percentage)? And as an employee?

24k spots in 2025 (with plans to increase them to 30k this year), it's honestly crazy how much students they are letting in each year and how medschool spots keep expanding with no real workforce planning... I fear that in a few years the situation will be dire in regards to job prospects.