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Hey guys,
So I am really enjoying my fellowship. I'm at a great program that really treats us well. I am starting to think about options after fellowship, and am really trying to hone in on the right practice setting. I don't really like doing research that much, and I worry that staying in academics with a mostly clinical focus is probably a recipe for being extremely financially undervalued. That said, I am not looking to make 50th percentile MGMA (which as per that excel file floating around SDN is ~440K; I realize that this is total compensation and the take-home number is probably a bit less). I think a good balance would be a job with four days in clinic per week, using the fifth day to get paperwork, etc., done (realizing that I might have to see my hospitalized patients that day), and hopefully allow me to clock in right around 50-55 hours/week. I would be willing to compromise on location -- I am ok with living an hour or two from a big city where I could head into town on weekends. I did speak with at least one recruiter, who told me that such jobs were available and actually pay reasonably well by virtue of being in a less saturated area.
Does the above sound reasonable? Is the above situation (4 days of clinic/week with the fifth day off) common or negotiable? I know GutOnc sees patients three days/week, so I suppose that is at least one example.
Thanks in advance.
So I am really enjoying my fellowship. I'm at a great program that really treats us well. I am starting to think about options after fellowship, and am really trying to hone in on the right practice setting. I don't really like doing research that much, and I worry that staying in academics with a mostly clinical focus is probably a recipe for being extremely financially undervalued. That said, I am not looking to make 50th percentile MGMA (which as per that excel file floating around SDN is ~440K; I realize that this is total compensation and the take-home number is probably a bit less). I think a good balance would be a job with four days in clinic per week, using the fifth day to get paperwork, etc., done (realizing that I might have to see my hospitalized patients that day), and hopefully allow me to clock in right around 50-55 hours/week. I would be willing to compromise on location -- I am ok with living an hour or two from a big city where I could head into town on weekends. I did speak with at least one recruiter, who told me that such jobs were available and actually pay reasonably well by virtue of being in a less saturated area.
Does the above sound reasonable? Is the above situation (4 days of clinic/week with the fifth day off) common or negotiable? I know GutOnc sees patients three days/week, so I suppose that is at least one example.
Thanks in advance.