I'm a 4th yr student who just matched into EM at one of the newer 3yr community programs with no reputation as of yet since it has had no graduates. I know it's early but I have some questions about how much my residency affects my chances at getting the type of job I want. I would really appreciate any information, thanks!
1. What are my chances of landing an academic position based on the fact that my residency isn't at a big name 4yr academic institution? I'm not necessarily interested in working at one of these uber academic places or even doing research, but I think that I would like to teach and be in an environment with sufficient pressure to keep up my skills and knowledge. Would I have to do a fellowship or be chief to be considered? I think my ideal job would be clinical faculty(no research) at a community program.
2. I have been told that if you go into community/private practice, the longer that you are in that setting(and away from academics), the academic places will consider you to be "out of touch" and would not want to hire you. Is this true in EM? Is experience in the community considered a negative rather than an asset if one were to try to transition to an academic job after a few years in the community?
3. An Optho attending told me that some private docs out there are really terrible and do the exact same thing they did when they finished training 20yrs ago. She said that this often happens outside of an academic setting as it is hard to motivate yourself to keep current, and without other docs around to discuss new developments in medicine. How much does this apply in EM community practice? Are community EM docs able to keep up their knowledge and skills or do they gradually fall behind their academic colleagues? If this is the case, what can the community docs do to stay current and sharp?
1. What are my chances of landing an academic position based on the fact that my residency isn't at a big name 4yr academic institution? I'm not necessarily interested in working at one of these uber academic places or even doing research, but I think that I would like to teach and be in an environment with sufficient pressure to keep up my skills and knowledge. Would I have to do a fellowship or be chief to be considered? I think my ideal job would be clinical faculty(no research) at a community program.
2. I have been told that if you go into community/private practice, the longer that you are in that setting(and away from academics), the academic places will consider you to be "out of touch" and would not want to hire you. Is this true in EM? Is experience in the community considered a negative rather than an asset if one were to try to transition to an academic job after a few years in the community?
3. An Optho attending told me that some private docs out there are really terrible and do the exact same thing they did when they finished training 20yrs ago. She said that this often happens outside of an academic setting as it is hard to motivate yourself to keep current, and without other docs around to discuss new developments in medicine. How much does this apply in EM community practice? Are community EM docs able to keep up their knowledge and skills or do they gradually fall behind their academic colleagues? If this is the case, what can the community docs do to stay current and sharp?
