Neurology Lifestyle

[rotty1021]

Hey, I was wondering if nayone could help me out. Is Neuro a family friendly, predicatable speciality? Or is it full of lots of active call and time away from home. I am referring to after residency. Any help is appreciated.

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[dcw135]

It depends on what you want. You can go into private practice and literally set your own hours and not see ANY inpatients because you'll make enough money as a specialist (for the time being) to make enough per hour. Outside big centers, strokes go to IM hospitalists, so no need to be woken up every night. Or, you can go into private practice and kill yourself with call all the time, do botox, TCD, EMGs, EEGs. Or, just sit around and do EMGs all day. Or, become a neuro-intensivist and deal with neurosurg scut. Or, go into academics, not make as much money, work a bit harder in a more intellectually rewarding environment. All up to you, but most neurologists have it pretty good as attendings, by choice.

 

[panch]

completely agree w/ dcw135

also, most academicians work less hours than successful private practice counterparts.

you can choose different subspecialities that are more or less time and stress intensive. (one of the reasons behavioral neurology looks so nice).

you can always work out an arrangment with a group to fit your needs (esp if you're good at what you do. one example is headache, as a subspec it's a nice life as it's mainly outpatient, and in demand)

most importantly, find a residency program that stresses outpatient (i think that U Mich Ann Arbor is groundbreaking in this regard. they've created _the_ structure to train the next generation of clinicians. there isn't much sense in having a heavily inpat weighted residency if you're going into private practice to be a consultant.)