Hospitalist job in canada

[nsd1983]

Hello everybody,
I first thank everyone here for taking time to read my post and trying to help me with their suggestions and helpful advise.

I do have a few important questions for fellow members.
I am 30 year old hospitalist physician working in USA. I am board certified in Family Medicine but have only been doing adult hospitalist job for last 2 years. I do not want to do regular FP job. I also want to see only adult patients with medical problems.

I earn around 300 000/yr here in texas but I want to move to canada. I did some basic research and found that there are quite a few hospitalist opportunities in canada.

1. How easy would my move to this beautiful country be?My job here in USA is quite stressful. I make money but it comes with lot of headache.

2. I want to settle inA big city in canada but still make great money with 14 days of work in a month. Is this possible?

3. Would I be treated in par with canadian graduates?

4. I do have to get credentialed by canadain family medicine board though. Do I have to take too many exams?

5. Lastly, Would you recommend the move?It will only be me as I have no family either in canada or in USA.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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[nsd1983]

please somebody help.

Thanks

 

[Medstart108]

I think you would probably get a better response on premed101.com. That is where most of the Canadians are. Your questions would probably require a Canadian doctor or medical student interested in hospitalist and there just aren't that many of those perusing this forum.

Just read a forum post on premed101. A canadian doctor said vancouver hospitalists make around "$120-140 per hour (needs confirmation)".

 

[Germanada]

Take everything I say with a grain of salt, seeing as how I am just a student in Canada. But I do have a semi decent idea of the immigration process (did it myself) and the job situation here (due to friends who are finishing residency)


1. How easy would my move to this beautiful country be?My job here in USA is quite stressful. I make money but it comes with lot of headache.
-> What do you mean with "how easy would my move be?". If you mean logistically, it's like any move. Or do you mean in terms of immigration?


2. I want to settle inA big city in canada but still make great money with 14 days of work in a month. Is this possible?
- you will most likely make less than $300,000. How much you make and how easy it is to get a job will depend on the city as well. When you are talking big cities like Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, the big hospitals there tend to be university affiliated. It's difficult to get a job at these hospitals, even for people who train at them. Especially in the really desirable cities. E.g., let's say you decide "I want a job at Vancouver General Hospital"... it's along the lines of saying "I want a job at Stanford University Hospital". If you are willing to go a bit more rurally, or if you were willing to do primary care as opposed to being a hospitalist, things would be a bit easier. If you want to go to Montreal (Quebec), there is a whole bunch of other problems associated with it (the PREM system, needing to be able to speak French, etc.).

3. Would I be treated in par with canadian graduates?
- I don't know, I wouldn't see why not as long as you're licensed.

4. I do have to get credentialed by canadain family medicine board though. Do I have to take too many exams?
You probably need to take the Royal College Exam. Not sure whether you also need to take the MCCQE step 1 and 2 exams, that's something you need to figure out.

5. Lastly, Would you recommend the move?It will only be me as I have no family either in canada or in USA.
- Depends. The Canadian medical system is pretty different from the U.S. medical system in quite a few ways. It would be wise of you to do a bit of research and figure out those differences and whether that's a practice environment that would suit you. Good example: I was recently at an ENT conference, and they were talking about PTH surgery. The panelists said "Well, if I want to operate I will just order an ultrasound, a mibi scan, a SPECT CT, etc etc etc for each of my patients. Being an almost entirely publicly funded health system, you can't quite do that stuff for all of your patients. Similarly, some provinces limit which drugs you can prescribe (healthcare is entirely the business of the provinces as opposed to the State).
Lastly, Texas and the various Canadian provinces are also very different in culture as well as climate. That's something to consider.

 

[nsd1983]

Thank you so much for the reply. I am grateful to you to have answered my questions which i think are very deep and needs bit of research.

When you say I would probably be making less than 300 000, would my work involve less stress?Do you know if hospitalists take night calls in canada?How many patients do they see on average?Are they paid by hour or salary?Is it 7 on and 7 off?Are there small hospitals in major cities that I can still work?