You love working with your hands and enjoy complexity, challenge and nuance.

你喜歡用你的雙手工作，享受複雜、挑戰和細微差別。

To become a surgeon, you must complete four years of medical school followed by 5 years

要成為一名外科醫生，你必須完成4年的醫學院學習，然後是5年。

of general surgery residency.

擔任普通外科住院醫師。

For those wanting to specialize further, there are numerous one- to three-year fellowship

對於那些希望進一步專業化的人來說，有許多為期一年到三年的獎學金。

programs including colorectal surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, and oncologic surgery, to name a

包括結直腸外科、心胸外科和腫瘤外科等項目。

few.

寥寥無幾。

Some surgical subspecialties, such as plastics, neurosurgery, and orthopedic surgery have

一些外科亞專業，如塑膠、神經外科和骨科手術有

integrated residency programs where you complete 5 to 7 years of specialized surgery training

綜合住院醫師項目，你要完成5到7年的專業外科培訓

after medical school.

醫學院畢業後。

Surgical specialties tend to be at the higher end of compensation with neurosurgery, plastics,

外科專業的報酬往往處於較高的水準，神經外科、整形外科。

and orthopedic surgery consistently in the top 3 highest paid doctor specialties.

和骨科手術一直是收入最高的前三個醫生專業。

There are few specialties outside of surgery where you can have as profound and immediate

在外科以外的其他專業中，很少有能讓你有如此深刻和直接的感受的。

of an impact on your patients.

對你的病人產生的影響。

That being said, the training to become a surgeon is longer than most specialties with

也就是說，成為一名外科醫生的培訓比大多數專業的培訓時間要長。

a minimum of 5 years of training after medical school and upwards of 8 years depending on

醫學院畢業後，至少需要5年的培訓，根據不同的情況，需要8年以上的時間。

the subspecialty.

該亞專業。

The lifestyle of surgeons also tends to be much more challenging and demanding than most

外科醫生的生活方式也傾向於比大多數人更具挑戰性和要求。

other specialties.

其他專業。

But if you’re willing to endure the long hours and difficult schedule, there is nothing

但是，如果你願意忍受漫長的工作時間和艱難的日程安排，就沒有什麼比這更重要了。

quite like the operating room.

很像手術室。