Anesthesia in Real World

[Al Pacino]

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I was talking to a friend who is out in the real world having graduated residency from anesthesia two years ago. He says he is ina group and has to take q5 call. During call days, he often stays in house in the hospital doing various things (epidurals for OB, etc.) Sometimes he takes call from home, and if he's lucky he won't be awakened, but if it's a bad night, hell have to go into the hospital and stay.

He's a young guy so he's not bothered too much by the night call but he told me to consider carefully how anesthesia call in the real world might affect one's quality of life. He also mentioned how he doesn't like the fact that he had to buy his house near the hospital.

What do the rest of you think about this?

 

[Galaxian]

Beats the hell out of being a surgeon or an internist, that's for sure! The job market being the way it is, he should have no trouble finding a job with a better call schedule.

 

[VentdependenT]

Buddy of mine is getting 8 weeks of paid vacation...pff I'll take a q5 call schedule for that alone man.

 

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Originally posted by Al Pacino
I was talking to a friend who is out in the real world having graduated residency from anesthesia two years ago. He says he is ina group and has to take q5 call. During call days, he often stays in house in the hospital doing various things (epidurals for OB, etc.) Sometimes he takes call from home, and if he's lucky he won't be awakened, but if it's a bad night, hell have to go into the hospital and stay.

He's a young guy so he's not bothered too much by the night call but he told me to consider carefully how anesthesia call in the real world might affect one's quality of life. He also mentioned how he doesn't like the fact that he had to buy his house near the hospital.

What do the rest of you think about this?

I bet he gets paid up the a$$ for it! I'm sure he could find a practice were he worked less but also made less.

 

[supahfresh]

do locum tenens. you still get paid well.

if time is your thing, you need to shop around. I know 2 docs here in Denver working 3 days a week and still making bank.

 

[Al Pacino]

I saw this browsing the physician ads:
"10,000 population community in Northern Indiana. One anesthesiologist is needed to work with one CRNA as the medical director. $225,000-$300,000 salary as an employee, plus full benefits. 1:2 weekday call, 1:3 weekend call. Excellent schools and great housing on a large lake. "

Q2 call?🙄 Someone explain to me why anybody would take such a job?

Also, let's say you find a group that does q7 call? But would you also have to take some form of backup call at night?

 

[VentdependenT]

Originally posted by Ether Screen
Probably due to the pop. 10,000 community. You are q2 but probably come in to the hospital q20. The q2 is why you are getting paid so much with such a small patient base.

I have often seen pay relating to call frequency as well as case volume. If you want to make money in the 350-400 range, you are going to have to work long hours. If you want to make 200-250 you can find a job with no call, or very infrequent, and short hours. You can also go academic if you want infrequent call, residents to do your cases, but with the tradeoff of lower pay and having to produce some b.s. papers.

I think that the specialty isn't the paradise some students believe, but it's still has some good opportunities to either work hard and make money or get fairly paid and have a great lifestyle.

If someone goes into medicine under the impression that any facet of it is paradise then they are extremely deluded. Its all about picking the lesser of evils my friend.