DR resident - current IR employment trend ?

[Medstudent2023?]

I'm a DR resident interested in IR. What's the current IR trend, are most IRs still partnering up with DR PPs to provide IR coverage to keep the rads contract with hospital? I'd prefer that to a hospital employed job and/or going off on my own. True, pure VIR sounds cool but very challenging to build up a practice

The jobs often described as unfulfilling (lines, drains, biopsies, etc with occasional higher end stuff and a close to 50:50 DR/IR split) are something I'd be fine with although I'd also be fine with doing more or higher end IR if needed. I'd be much less interested in the field if the direction really is splitting entirely from DR as I think that's foolish. It's hard to get a realistic idea of the market when you're training in an academic setting

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[irwarrior]

Would consider just doing some IR electives during your pgy5 and not go for the IR "residency" or fellowship. You can also do procedural radiology such as MSK, body, mammography etc. The VIR job is getting tougher and tougher to do in DR practice. You are being subsidized by the DR group and are often scuttled as the boots on the ground to do all the lp, myelograms, fluoro studies, and the after hour procedures and biopsies. You are seen by the DR group as a money loser and so have to read a stack of films on top of your IR responsibilities including call.

 

[Medstudent2023?]

Would consider just doing some IR electives during your pgy5 and not go for the IR "residency" or fellowship. You can also do procedural radiology such as MSK, body, mammography etc. The VIR job is getting tougher and tougher to do in DR practice. You are being subsidized by the DR group and are often scuttled as the boots on the ground to do all the lp, myelograms, fluoro studies, and the after hour procedures and biopsies. You are seen by the DR group as a money loser and so have to read a stack of films on top of your IR responsibilities including call.

Dang. Brutal. Thanks for the honest response

 

[Hamburglar69]

A lot of IR docs aren’t signing with a practice for this reason. Many are doing evening or overnight diagnostic from home. One week on one or two off and supplementing with Locums IR. You can find Locums or permanent IR jobs with no responsibility for any diagnostic if you look. No need to sell your soul to a greedy PP group run by diagnostic guys. Even in academics there are many 100% IR jobs. Also many 100% IR jobs that are exclusively outpatient with no call no weekend.