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To me this sounds incredible! I'm matching into general surgery but really wish I explored this further before applying... Would it be possible to do a critical care fellowship (1 year from gen surg) and then work exclusively in critical care (1 wk on, 1 off)? I'm not motivated by money, just motivated by missing my family and wanting to take my future kids to Disney.
I think I made a mistake in picking surg (thought it was a good way to get to do procedural and medical things everyday). I did several sub-Is but how can you really know until you're the one actually doing it.
I think it is pretty common to find jobs like you are describing. i'm starting to look for jobs and talk to people and 1 week on, 1 week off is a pretty common arrangement for community jobs. The on week can be covering the SICU, trauma, or emergency general surgery.
Also, I think its kind of a waste to do a 5 year surgery residency only to not operate anymore, but thats just me