OMFS residents that can’t moonlight - job ideas?

[LegendaryPanda]

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Hey all,

Currently 2 months into medical school now and it has been, for a lack of better words, chill af. Unfortunately I go to a program that can’t moonlight as a clinician even in med school but I have tons of free time and I’d like to make some money.

What are some non clinical jobs that anyone in a similar position has done or any ideas? What was the pay and workload like?

 

[somefuturedoc]

Moonlighting without telling anyone

 

[unsatisfiedomfs]

People have gotten fired over moonlighting and their program finding out, be careful. The money isn’t always worth it lol

 

[LegendaryPanda]

People have gotten fired over moonlighting and their program finding out, be careful. The money isn’t always worth it lol

What I mean is that moonlighting as a clinician is not allowed, but I can do other things as long as I’m not treating patients.

 

[unsatisfiedomfs]

[QUOTE="LegendaryPanda, post:[What I mean is that moonlighting as a clinician is not allowed, but I can do other things as long as I’m not treating patients.[/QUOTE]

I’d look for an online job, Amazon/Apple customer support used to have stuff for students

 

[toothnumber32]

What I mean is that moonlighting as a clinician is not allowed, but I can do other things as long as I’m not treating patients.

My close friend moonlighted so much he even continued to do it into chief year. He even gave up cutting a good amount of cases in his chief year so he could continue moonlighting lol. If I’m not mistaken he even did it on weekdays.

I’ve even heard of residents paying other residents (from other services) to cover for them while on off service rotations just so they could moonlight. They would give them cut from their pay and it still was financially worth it for them.

If these guys are doing it, I just don’t see why you couldn’t do it on the weekends on your designated time off. It’s no one else’s business.

I myself have never moonlighted as I went to a four year program. So this is all info from what I’ve been told.

I wouldn’t do any other type of work besides Chuck teeth. I wouldn’t bother with anything else. If I couldn’t moonlight I’d just go back on service as assist and try to cut cases etc.

 

[rangs0208]

look into tutoring for the sciences. The standard pay is like 30 an hour which isn't bad, most of the time they're remote jobs too.

 

[Beckwith Wiedemann]

Transfer to a program that allows moonlighting 😉

 

[Torshammer]

look into tutoring for the sciences. The standard pay is like 30 an hour which isn't bad, most of the time they're remote jobs too.

I apologize if I come across as patronizing, but this is very cute 🙂

 

[OMSDoc]

I would suggest talking to the program director and express your concerns and financial needs. It is okay to ask why their is such a rule and would he/she/they would consider making a waiver.

Otherwise, I think you can make decent coin as a server at a restaurant, or maybe road construction.

I would discourage moonlighting on the down-low. The only thing you really have in this life is your good name, and you don't want to sully that.

 

[toothnumber32]

If the program director and chair don’t want you moonlighting they probably just don’t want you having a second job period.

I can understand why they don’t want their residents moonlighting.

1) they want their residents to come in at any given notice. When another resident calls out sick etc, they want another resident to be able to fill in and cover for them. Sometimes when there are multiple or cases going and things are just really busy - they need residents staying late and being available.

2) doing exodontia will have it’s post op issues. They don’t want you returning post op calls and dealing with the headache of post op issues. They want you focused entirely on your training.

3) they want you spending time helping them with things like research (barf).

There is merit to what they are saying.