Do you follow the recommendations you give to your patients? 

• As often as possible!

What do you think is the most difficult medical practice? The easiest ? 

• Each specialty has its challenges: impossible, even unfair, to judge the work of others

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Would you be friends with your colleagues if you had met them outside of work? 

• For some, yes.

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What do you think is the most important factor for a successful residency in your specialty?  A career in your specialty? 

• You have to like challenges, technology and adapt quickly: everything changes quickly!

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What is the best advice you have received? 

• We are lucky to do this job and privileged in our society: never forget it when the context is difficult and you want to complain...

Is it true that ophthalmologists have a very good quality of life (this is something I hear often)? 

• Our work rhythm is different from that of other specialties: we have a high volume of patients during the day: very little (or no?) time for a coffee :) On the other hand, on call, we can postpone several cases at next day, so we probably travel less often than other colleagues. This is, I think, the reason why we always talk about a good quality of life in ophthalmology...

Ophthalmology is recognized as being very competitive to enter the residency program. Do you have any advice ? 

• Work well in pre-doc and externship :)

How many hours of work per week on average? 

• 50.

What do you dislike most about your practice? 

• The sometimes unrealistic expectations of patients.

Why did you choose that? 

• Because it is the most beautiful specialty! :) We don't save lives but we have a real impact on the quality of life of our patients. We help keep them self-sufficient and most are very grateful for that.

What is the most common criticism you receive? 

• Visits are often long when patients come to see us since we do most of our tests ourselves: we use little biochemistry, sometimes radiology. All our tests are done on site by our technicians, which lengthens the visits.

How would your colleagues describe you? 

• Patient

If you had to specialize in something else, what would it be and why? 

• Plastic surgery

Does your specialty take jokes well at work? 

• Certainly!

Do students/residents sometimes make you feel overwhelmed? 

• No, not arrived yet! :)

If your specialty had to have a romantic relationship with another which one would it choose? 

• The plastic...