i'm planning on doing my residency in another state but hope to return to my home state (or another one entirely) right afterwards or in several years. i had been thinking of going to a program that isn't really well-known outside of its city/state. is this a bad idea? in the city i need to do my residency, i found the programs that are affiliated with big well known universities arent so great.

Honestly, it shouldn't make any difference. Most of the time, the people who are hiring you aren't going to have any in-depth knowledge of the residency program you trained at unless it's local or somebody else in the practice went there. I wouldn't worry about it.

That's one of the great things about FM, I think. There are so many residencies out there, and very few have a lot of name recognition, so it's more about what kind of a doc you are and how well you fit in with the rest of the group.

Maybe if the reputation is very very very good.... they might accept an FM for this job.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=335846

Maybe if the reputation is very very very good.... they might accept an FM for this job.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=335846

Thanks, but no thanks. ;)

Jobs like that usually pay more because they have to.

It's a locums job, for starters. Forget about putting down roots.

It's also in the middle of BFE. Underserved area in the southwest...think "Indian reservation."

9-day workweeks? Yeesh. So what if you get long stretches of time off? You'll probably be ready to kill someone by the end of every week.

If you only work one week per month (they say 9 days on, and 12-20 days off...so you might not be guaranteed two weeks every month), you won't be earning $168,000/year. If you can only work two weeks every other month, for instance, you'll only earn $126,000.

Plus, if it's like most locums jobs, this salary probably doesn't include any benefits, so you'll have to pay for your own health insurance, disability, malpractice, retirement, etc. out of that. After taxes, of course.

thanks, that's reassuring!