Hospitalists

[drboris]

I know hospitalists have shift work, but do hospitalists work nights, weekends, and holidays like EM docs, or do hospitalists have more regular schedules, like just mon-fri?

Also, do hospitalists burn out or is it becoming a viable long term career option?

Thanks

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[InternalWhizzzz]

I've heard that hospitalists have the highest burn out rate...apparently, after 4 years ,they go into private practice, or something less strenous...

that's what I've been told...

 

[Mumpu]

Hospitalists work shifts like ER docs (any time and any day are fair game) but with a better schedule. According to my advisor, a lot of people work 3 weeks on 1 week off plus vacation.

Burnout used to be severe, getting better now. If you do a PubMed search, this is something hospitalists are very aware of and are working very hard to sort out. It also depends on where you work -- academic medicine is much better than the private practice in many respects because residents do a lot of your work (of course, many private practices use NP's for the same purpose).