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Hi all, long time reader, first time poster.
My wife is wrapping up her 3rd year of family medicine at one of the top programs in the nation.
AOA honor society
Honors undergrad
271 step 1
272 step 2
She has all her certificates as well. ATLS, PALS, etc
After doing family medicine outpatient for 3 years she has come to find out how much she HATES it. Hates going in early and leaving late, hates answering inboxes on her days off, hates the slow environment etc.. she wants to do EM, especially after Moonlighting at several locations she loves it.
We also came to find out EM docs make $200~/hr....
What should we do? She wants to do EM. We have contacted several recruiters and found out she is able to work in rural environments, which have awful schools for our kids.
I see that there is an EM Fellowship that is accredited at the University of Tennessee Jackson, which after completion of one year and working one year full time you will be able to sit for the BCEM.
See here for confirmation:
Option #3:
http://www.abpsus.org/emergency-medicine-eligibility
we were to go that route, would she still be *shunned* out by EM hospital directors? Or would she still be able to work in a 100k patient annual facility?
I researched The Residency route and found out that it is nearly impossible to get into since the program would not be paid as much (since she completed family medicine).
It seems to me like the 1yr accredited EM fellowship @UT followed by 1 year practicing =BCEM would be her ticket?
Any suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated, my wife is currently doing 30 hour rotations in the hospital right now and we are both really stressed out and I actually arguing about what we should do. It is so difficult to find Clarity and all this and we both just feel like breaking down.. please help
My wife is wrapping up her 3rd year of family medicine at one of the top programs in the nation.
AOA honor society
Honors undergrad
271 step 1
272 step 2
She has all her certificates as well. ATLS, PALS, etc
After doing family medicine outpatient for 3 years she has come to find out how much she HATES it. Hates going in early and leaving late, hates answering inboxes on her days off, hates the slow environment etc.. she wants to do EM, especially after Moonlighting at several locations she loves it.
We also came to find out EM docs make $200~/hr....
What should we do? She wants to do EM. We have contacted several recruiters and found out she is able to work in rural environments, which have awful schools for our kids.
I see that there is an EM Fellowship that is accredited at the University of Tennessee Jackson, which after completion of one year and working one year full time you will be able to sit for the BCEM.
See here for confirmation:
Option #3:
http://www.abpsus.org/emergency-medicine-eligibility
we were to go that route, would she still be *shunned* out by EM hospital directors? Or would she still be able to work in a 100k patient annual facility?
I researched The Residency route and found out that it is nearly impossible to get into since the program would not be paid as much (since she completed family medicine).
It seems to me like the 1yr accredited EM fellowship @UT followed by 1 year practicing =BCEM would be her ticket?
Any suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated, my wife is currently doing 30 hour rotations in the hospital right now and we are both really stressed out and I actually arguing about what we should do. It is so difficult to find Clarity and all this and we both just feel like breaking down.. please help
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