trying to get an idea of how much EPs are working nowadays
trying to get an idea of how much EPs are working nowadays
Is this your personal happy place? Or are you paying down debt aggressively / realized you really like shiny things?160-180/mo
Is this your personal happy place? Or are you paying down debt aggressively / realized you really like shiny things?
wow a lot of you guys work with awesome hours. and you make enough to pay the bills and loans with those hours? amazing
I paid off the loans long ago. I also keep my required bills very low. For example, I'm basically done with my 15 year mortgage 6 years into it. We don't do "payments." But yea, we can travel the world, save tons for retirement, and live in a mansion with those hours. It helps if you're not dumb with money. You don't even have to be smart with it. Just not dumb.
What do you say to those that say your money is better used invested than paying down a low interest mortgage?
I say, "I invested $400K this year, how much did you invest?" Paying down the mortgage is in addition to that. Same thing I tell people who are just starting out. Live like a resident so you can pay off your student loans and max out your retirement accounts.
Seriously though, the math is correct. If you borrow at 2% and invest at 8%, you'll come out ahead. The problem is most people borrow at 2% and spend, not invest.
Nice savings. I hope to someday get there (and assume you are counting dividends and other revenue streams etc because that would be pretty damn hard on a clinical income alone no matter how well you are doing and frugal you are).
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I do academics so my numbers will be a little bit different than some of the above posters.
Clinical shifts at home institution: 20 hours/week
Non-clinical (education, administration, research, scholarly activities, etc.) duties: 20-30 hours/week
Moonlighting clinical shifts in the community: 8-10 hours/week
7-8 24 hour shifts per month
"I can afford the luxury of paying off my mortgage. Haven't you heard? The paid-off home mortgage has replaced the BMW as the status symbol of choice."
I thought you hated Dave?
Both. I have most of my debt paid down but have other expenses and am trying to save for retirement, etc... Honestly, I'm just fine with 160-180h/mo. I used to work 140 and I felt like I always had too much free time and got bored. I optimize my schedule quite a bit and don't work more than 3-4d in row, make time for exercise and personal life, etc.. It doesn't feel too bad. Who knows, maybe I don't know what I'm missing.
Last quarter we averaged 27 pts/24 hrs. It's a little over 10k a year. Sleep varies but it's really rare not to get any. Probably can count on 3-4 hrs most nights.How many patients per 24 hour shift? How many hours of sleep do you manage to get?
What's the ERs patients per year?
I ask out of curiosity since I've done 24s in the recent past but I felt the patient volume was too high to sustain it.
Are you DO or ACGME? ACGME is limited to 60 clinical and 72 total for the week. That is, on EM months, you shouldn't be over 260, including 5 hrs per week of conference.270 or so as a PGY1. This is a very inspiring thread.
What do you mean by optimizing schedule? Like you work less nights/weekends? Bunch together your shifts?
270 or so as a PGY1. This is a very inspiring thread.
Dude...
I'm so sorry man. These are inhumane hours for the ed
trying to get an idea of how much EPs are working nowadays
270 is off service. ED months are ok, 18x12, but with conference we end up being at the hospital 6 days a week.
And that one dick attending who makes me order CT PE on every patient with dyspnea that has ever existed. "I've seen 6 negative dimer PE patients". STFU!That's what makes residency brutal...Conference, didactics, QI projects, and all the other nitty gritty.
220 hrs/mo
...I'm a resident though. My contract that I signed for next year has me at 130 hrs/mo. Not sure what I'm supposed to do with all the free time and money. Hookers and cocaine I guess.