http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/06/28/andrew-brunskill-the-strike-zone-nothing-to-do-with-pensions-in-the-usa/ Just another blogs.bmj.com weblog Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/06/28/andrew-brunskill-the-strike-zone-nothing-to-do-with-pensions-in-the-usa/#comment-15939 Jjentel Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:10:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=18275#comment-15939 I am curious to know what the debt burden of current british doctors is or will be.  Current average post training debt in the US is in excess of $200,000.00.  In the US it is a bimodal distribution however with about 20% of graduating physicians having no debt or nominal debt and the other 80% having well over $200,000.00 debt.  The average primary care physician makes about $150,000.00 per year.  I would be very curious to know if average educational debt for Europeen physicians approaches that level as my understanding is that educational debt in europe is at a much lower level.

]]> http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/06/28/andrew-brunskill-the-strike-zone-nothing-to-do-with-pensions-in-the-usa/#comment-15902 BritishDoctor Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:32:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=18275#comment-15902 I believe your salaries are far higher than those in the UK (especially in secondary care). The new generation of British doctors will also have a similar debt burden to their US colleagues with the introduction of higher tuition fees. I think you guys are probably better off overall..

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