Doctors flung medical career for an alternative career in management

With work-life balance going for a toss due to long work hours along with post-pandemic stress, most young medical graduates, residents and PG doctors are facing a critical problem of job burnout, which is leading to emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and inability to upskill or perform their duties besides low pay. Several doctors have opted out of the medical profession and are enrolling in management courses at several prominent B-schools.
According to management schools, there has been a significant rise in the number of doctors getting into management courses post-Covid. In 2023-24, IIM Lucknow had over 20 doctors in health and general management courses, IIM Kashipur had 8 students enrolled in MBA, while several prominent private B-schools have doctors opting to study management courses instead of taking up MD, MS or other medical specialisation.