House Physician-anesthesiology

[Fluorinator]

Is there anyone who is a house physician in anesthesiology and give me an idea of what this entails. How does one find a house physician position in the state of new york, preferably in NYC?

 

[gaslady]

Do you mean house staff, also called a resident? or an attending who has already gone through with their training?

 

[NaeBlis]

Is there anyone who is a house physician in anesthesiology and give me an idea of what this entails. How does one find a house physician position in the state of new york, preferably in NYC?

You have to find 5 silver scrolls and 1 gold scroll.

 

[Fluorinator]

A house physician is a licensed physician who works in various departments in a capacity similar to that of an attending physician. I believe the pay scale is probably more similar to a residents. I believe this is fairly common in NYC>

 

[UTSouthwestern]

OK, I'll ask the question that begs to be asked: Why do you want to be a house officer if you are going to be paid like a resident?

 

[Skip Intro]

House physicians (HP) are fairly common in New York City. You get paid as a resident, but work somewhat fewer hours. You are treated like a resident, and most programs that hire HP's don't treat residents all that well. All of the HP's that I have met are foreign docs hoping to get into the residency program at the institution where they work. This does not usually happen. I have seen a few get into residency after 2-3 years of servitude, but many competent HP's get passed over. In short, it's a resident job that you never graduate from. Don't do it. Try a different specialty, but get yourself into a real residency. OK, if I didn't dissuade you, try places like Methodist in Brooklyn.

Okay, maybe this holds for a TRUE house physician (and I worked with FP night physicians who were only there to pad night call for a very small residency program), but I know a lot of physicians just starting out who get "house physician" jobs just to start out while they are building their practice. Technically, they are considered "hospitalists" and can be pretty much in any area of practice or specialty. For example, I worked with a peds "house physician" (a.k.a., hospitalist) who was in her first year out from CHOP and trying to establish herself in the area where I did my rotation. She was awesome.

I realize that this may be an issue of semantics. I suppose it depends on whether or not the OP has his/her full license to practice anesthesia and is just trying to get established somewhere.

-Skip

 

[PGY2]

i worked as a house officer in my last year of anesthesia residency. Basically it was a way to make extra cash. I did call at a community hospital doing a 5minute H&P on certain patients for attendings who requested it. I didnt have to write any orders. I was basically there to put out small fires in the hospital (intubations, pain med orders, etc...). The only reason they only hire anesthesia people is that we had to cover L&D and put in the occasional epidural. Please note you need your permanent license and DEA number to do these jobs. I more than doubled my yearly income by doing a couple of shifts per month. Its a great way to make extra cash!