HELP!! Who assigns your shifts?

[elperro]

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Can EM docs work the same days (possibly a different shift on the same day) every week, or is it pretty random from week to week which shift is assigned to a doc? Does the schedule change every month?
My question is basically is it possible to have somewhat of a constant schedule? I want to know because my wife is also a med student who wants to do peds part time when she has kids. I want to work my shifts and then she works hers when I'm off and I can watch the kids. Knowing when we were working for sure would make it easier to plan for things. Is this scenario possible, or am I way off base thinking this would work?

 

[southerndoc]

I hope you don't think that all emergency departments in the world operate in the same way with their scheduling.

This is highly variable between ED's.

 

[leviathan]

Can EM docs work the same days (possibly a different shift on the same day) every week, or is it pretty random from week to week which shift is assigned to a doc? Does the schedule change every month?

Why did you want to know?

 

[elperro]

I understand that there is variability between different emergency department's scheduling. My question is basically is it possible to have somewhat of a constant schedule? I want to know because my wife is also a med student who wants to do peds part time when she has kids. I want to work my shifts and then she works hers when I'm off and I can watch the kids. Knowing when we were working for sure would make it easier to plan for things. Is this scenario possible, or am I way off base thinking this would work?

 

[ERMudPhud]

Some places use template based systems. My wife works a schedule which repeats every 28 days. Most places have a fair amount of flexibillity in scheduling and could probably accomodate you especially if you aren't trying to avoid nights and weekends

 

[southerndoc]

elperro, why don't you contact the place where you want to work and ask them how they do their scheduling?

As mentioned before, EVERY department does its scheduling different: some have rotating shifts, some have constant shifts, some have part-timers, some use only full-timers, etc.

 

[sweetfynesse]

Obviously, all EDs are different. I know an EM doc that has a set Sun-Wed schedule, and I know docs whose schedule vary with the wind...there's something for everybody...