Service: Physicians use medical science to provide a meaningful service for others. Many aspiring doctors are drawn to the profession because they want to help people in a direct and intellectually stimulating way.
Job security: We will always need doctors. In fact, in the next decade, doctors will be in especially high demand, due to the aging of the Baby Boomer generation, general population growth, and looming retirement of older physicians.
Continuing education: Physicians of any stripe will have the opportunity to learn throughout the entire course of their career. Every day brings unique and unexpected challenges, not to mention medical science and technology are constantly progressing.
Money and prestige: