Sarcoid_Sorcerer
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Hello,
I’m a current PGY-2 resident in internal medicine at a mid-tier academic program in the Midwest. I’m originally from Southern California and my family all lives there, but I went to med school and residency in the Midwest.
For the last 3-4 years I was certain that I’d pursue fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care which I absolutely love, but recently I’ve had a change of heart and think I may instead rather be a hospitalist. Basically I’m tire of putting my life on hold while I do all of this training and I don’t love the idea of still living outside of California while I pursue three more years of fellowship after I graduate IM residency in 2024.
With this in mind, I’ve been exploring the possibility of returning to LA and being a hospitalist. Can someone who is familiar with the job market there speak a little bit about what it’s like right now for hospitalists searching for work in Southern California? How saturated is the market, how are the compensations (by California standards, I know everyone is gonna comment on the high cost of living there, but it’s home to me).
I’m still undecided as to whether I would prefer to be in a community hospital or at an academic center. There are obviously pros and cons for each. I like teaching and think I would enjoy working with trainees, but I also don’t love how academic centers pay smaller salaries and how hospitalists do less in academic centers because there are so many specialty primary services (my institution for instance has a hep service, a heme service and a cards service, so none of these patient get on the general medicine service and are never manage by the hospitalists, but at a community hospital the would be). Then again, my understanding of community hospitalists is that many of them have a tendency to just consult on every little issue that they can totally handle because it generates more money for the hospital, which is also something I’m not thrilled about.
Basically, I have no clue what type of hospitalist I want to be yet, and would appreciate input from others more experienced than myself.
I’m a current PGY-2 resident in internal medicine at a mid-tier academic program in the Midwest. I’m originally from Southern California and my family all lives there, but I went to med school and residency in the Midwest.
For the last 3-4 years I was certain that I’d pursue fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care which I absolutely love, but recently I’ve had a change of heart and think I may instead rather be a hospitalist. Basically I’m tire of putting my life on hold while I do all of this training and I don’t love the idea of still living outside of California while I pursue three more years of fellowship after I graduate IM residency in 2024.
With this in mind, I’ve been exploring the possibility of returning to LA and being a hospitalist. Can someone who is familiar with the job market there speak a little bit about what it’s like right now for hospitalists searching for work in Southern California? How saturated is the market, how are the compensations (by California standards, I know everyone is gonna comment on the high cost of living there, but it’s home to me).
I’m still undecided as to whether I would prefer to be in a community hospital or at an academic center. There are obviously pros and cons for each. I like teaching and think I would enjoy working with trainees, but I also don’t love how academic centers pay smaller salaries and how hospitalists do less in academic centers because there are so many specialty primary services (my institution for instance has a hep service, a heme service and a cards service, so none of these patient get on the general medicine service and are never manage by the hospitalists, but at a community hospital the would be). Then again, my understanding of community hospitalists is that many of them have a tendency to just consult on every little issue that they can totally handle because it generates more money for the hospital, which is also something I’m not thrilled about.
Basically, I have no clue what type of hospitalist I want to be yet, and would appreciate input from others more experienced than myself.
