practice options in inner city

[Nosa]

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hi there,
does anybody know anything about the ease of finding a job within an inner-city practice after residency? i'm a 3rd yr med student currently rotating in a federally-funded inner city clinic and i love it. but i'm wondering about availability of jobs in this setting and the pay scale. any info is appreciated...
thanks!

 

[DropkickMurphy]

You shouldn't have a problem at all I wouldn't think, since not many people want to work in such crappy places. It's reassuring that some people enjoy such work because most of us avoid it like the plague.

 

[ramonaquimby]

does anybody know anything about the ease of finding a job within an inner-city practice after residency?.

NO PROBLEM AT ALL! 🙂 - there are A LOT of positions out there for inner-city FPs...i swear. congrats! 😉

 

[Nosa]

You shouldn't have a problem at all I wouldn't think, since not many people want to work in such crappy places. It's reassuring that some people enjoy such work because most of us avoid it like the plague.

what's the main reason that people avoid this type of practice? is it low pay/reimbursement?

 

[lateness]

what's the main reason that people avoid this type of practice? is it low pay/reimbursement?

i wonder. probably b/c of the environment mainly atmosphere of place,type of people. maybe? but i respect the doctors who work in the inner city more than doctors who work in the burbs...

 

[DropkickMurphy]

I don't respect them anymore than I do their suburban or rural colleagues, but I do appreciate their choice to fill a spot I wouldn't do for the kind of money that an NBA star pulls in.

And yes, they avoid it because of crappy living conditions (inner city to most people means ghetto or barrio); low pay; high rates of diseases you should try your best to avoid; lots of alcoholics and drug users; a much higher risk of getting mugged; far more ungrateful patients than you get in nicer areas; etc, etc, etc ad nauseum.