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As I work in the ED and we never close for any reason, mandatory fun days mean that all of the patients who should be in clinic show up to the ED.
Low pay, low morale, low respect, and given a lot of work beyond the 40 hours they pay you for.well i hear the VA is just completely ****ed up lol aka worse
Meh, you can't talk very intelligently about working at THE VA. Some VAs are research center and training facilities that rival a lot of non-VA facilities. Some are dumps. But talking about THE VA as if there is a unified experienced is like taking about working at academic hospitals or community hospitals. Tough to generalize.well i hear the VA is just completely ****ed up lol aka worse
Oh. Heh. Well when you're done with your shift I'll give you first dibs on the bouncy castle. Least I can do.As I work in the ED and we never close for any reason, mandatory fun days mean that all of the patients who should be in clinic show up to the ED.
Low pay, low morale, low respect, and given a lot of work beyond the 40 hours they pay you for.
Meh, you can't talk very intelligently about working at THE VA. Some VAs are research center and training facilities that rival a lot of non-VA facilities. Some are dumps. But talking about THE VA as if there is a unified experienced is like taking about working at academic hospitals or community hospitals. Tough to generalize.
This is true. If you've seen one VA you've seen one VA.
The problem is as the media picks up any little story that a veteran gives, takes it as the gospel, and due to privacy laws the VA cannot respond, it's going to fast become the same at very VA facility.
Every little story is awfully dismissive of a huge government bureaucracy that is failing to meet its mission. And the argument that exposing these bureaucrats failures is going to make things worse is infuriating.
So...Sorry, no. I experienced the VA at a place I was told over and over again is one of the good ones (strong University affiliation, etc). The best care was delivered by the housestaff while they avoided getting the attendings involved. Its a little deeper than a Privacy Act problem. I then experienced the VA as a veteran in one of the bad ones. So I've seen two VAs that were supposed to be at either end of the spectrum. The only thing that made the first one better were the young doctors who never intended to set foot in another VA.
nothing gets done fast in the government. Dont hold your breath.Any word on if the VA will truly accept applications for the HPSP scholarship next month? The deadline has been extended repeatedly for the past three years. I am wondering if the VA HPSP is going to come to fruition before I graduate.
I'd assume it would go the exact same way as the NHSC scholarships go now. Limit specialty and fellowship choice and have massive breech of contract penalties for anyone that doesn't fulfill their obligation.This is from the same website. I read this as it is still in developmental stage:
VA will announce the open period for accepting applications here on http://www.vacareers.va.gov after VA regulations, policy, and procedures are developed.
Also, it seems like it hasn't been completely thought out. How do they keep track of those in the program after they graduate medical school through their internship and residency to bring them back to pay the obligation? What happens when someone wants to sub-specialize or do a Fellowship? What mechanism do they have for those who don't complete internship and/or can't pass Part 3? It seems that they have a long way to go with this.
Thanks man, maybe I should just take loans out like everyone else haha!I'd assume it would go the exact same way as the NHSC scholarships go now. Limit specialty and fellowship choice and have massive breech of contract penalties for anyone that doesn't fulfill their obligation.
I am the VA Program Manager and we are working on launching this program This year we offered scholarships for PAs, PTs, and Nurses. More to followI am very interested in working with the VA after medical school, and the VA website even talks about how they offer a HPSP scholarship like the military branches Education Support - VA Careers . There is no contact person phone or number listed, and I just called the VA education department, where a rep said he had never heard of such a program. Do es anyone know anything about this?
Low pay, low morale, low respect, and given a lot of work beyond the 40 hours they pay you for.
They ever start this for docs it will make the military recruiting much harderPA VA HPSP is apparently coming to life: Health Professionals Scholarship Program (HPSP) - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
--your friendly neighborhood intrigued caveman
How pervasive in this among VAs? One of the common things that I have heard as pros for working as a docin the VA are Lessing working hrs and a slower, relaxing pace.
Very. Nurses and NPs/PAs are paid OT beyond 40 hours. Physicians, no way. All of the crap funnels to you and you're expected to pick up the slack when someone else screws up.
So how can they force you as a doc to work beyond 40 hrs w/o OT hours? Can't you just give them the middle finger? That kind of stuff is in the military. I don't expect that kind of culture to also be in the VA.