Endo residency life

[vbdds]

Hello doctors,

I am considering to apply for endo but was wondering how the typical life would be. I heard you can burn out from high patient loads and materials.
1)What is typical hours in endo specialty?
2)Is moonlighting also doable while you are in residency?
3)can you get finanacial aid in specialty program?
4)stipends in hospital based program seemed not enough to make a living. How do you handle?

Thank you fellow doctors!

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[PerioDont]

Hello doctors,

I am considering to apply for endo but was wondering how the typical life would be. I heard you can burn out from high patient loads and materials.
1)What is typical hours in endo specialty?
2)Is moonlighting also doable while you are in residency?
3)can you get finanacial aid in specialty program?
4)stipends in hospital based program seemed not enough to make a living. How do you handle?

Thank you fellow doctors!

Just my two cents from the endo residents in my program who I am pretty good friends with.

1. 8-5 M-F, with call on weekends/nights. One half day is dedicated to literature review. Usually do not go in for call though, just manage over the phone.
2. Yes, but out of our 6 residents, only 1 does. A lot of it seems to be your own motivation and hustle, family situation, how much extra free time you really want vs how much you want to make. 3 are on GI bill and have working spouses, and 2 are taking out loans for everything.
3. Yes.
4. See 3. Many endo residencies do not pay a stipend like my programs, and you have to pay tuition. You may have to lower your standard of living for two-three years if you are accustomed to living a 'doctor' lifestyle as a resident.

 

[allDAT]

Look beyond the 2 year commitment. The point of a residency is to be there, be working, and be learning. You should want 10-12 hour days as a resident to get really really good at what you do.

endodntists have an absolutely fantastic work life balance after residency, arguably the best one among all the specialists.

 

[PerioDont]

Look beyond the 2 year commitment. The point of a residency is to be there, be working, and be learning. You should want 10-12 hour days as a resident to get really really good at what you do.

endodntists have an absolutely fantastic work life balance after residency, arguably the best one among all the specialists.

seriously. Low overhead, and pts mostly accept tx as they are in pain.

If I weren't doing perio, I would definitely do endo.

 

[yappy]

Look beyond the 2 year commitment. The point of a residency is to be there, be working, and be learning. You should want 10-12 hour days as a resident to get really really good at what you do.

endodntists have an absolutely fantastic work life balance after residency, arguably the best one among all the specialists.

I hear endo residents are hard working. I send our dsos endo hard cases and they turn out well

 

[FutureDent020]

Every program is different. But they all have basic guidelines you have to cater to. Your curriculum has to have a minimum number of hours a week for “classic literature review” and “current literature review”. Some will spend a full 4 hours on each a week, totaling 8 hours. Some will only spend half the time even though their curriculum says otherwise. Some programs require residents to teach pre clinic labs and work the pre-doc clinic floors 1x a week. Some have designated time for research.

We’re 8 hours a week literature review, half a day a week teaching pre doc labs and then clinic the rest of the time. 30-40 articles a week to read and present during lit review and then preparing cases for review every week. Have to make your own time to get research done. I have no clue how people moonlight. It would have to be Saturday and/ or Sunday though. Monday - Friday is basically 730- 6 at school then come home and have to do work preparing for the rest of the week, research, or finishing up notes.

It’s not bad because we all love Endo and enjoy getting better at it, but it’s fast paced and days of easy procedures are over. You’re most basic procedure in residency is a 1st molar endo with no assistant. Enjoy!

 

[AONLINE]

Kudos to the endo residents for routinely doing molar endo without an assistant.

 

[gunner4ever]

What is all this bunny stuff

 

[cmjacks5]

What is all this bunny stuff

Same!!! I don’t get it!!!! Just say the damn speciality lol

 

[cryingintheclub]

Same!!! I don’t get it!!!! Just say the damn speciality lol

lolzzzz after much pain I figured it out, it's an "A'pril fo'ols day" thing by sdn

 

[cmjacks5]

lolzzzz after much pain I figured it out, it's an "A'pril fo'ols day" thing by sdn

Lmaoo ohhh!!! I was getting sooo annoyed!!!

 

[BlueFirez]

lolzzzz after much pain I figured it out, it's an "A'pril fo'ols day" thing by sdn

omg I thought I was losing my mind!!! I was like how did I miss this bunny thing for so long!!