Psychiatry call

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In the real world (ie post residency), what is Psychiatry call generally like? Is there a lot of ER evaluation for suicide? Do most practices have an associated inpatient practice, either C&L, or inpatient psychiatric patients, or does most psychiatry inpatient work reside not with private practice, but more with a separate hospital contracted service? I would so like to have an outpatient only practice. How is the call in an outpatient only practice?

 

[digitlnoize]

In the real world (ie post residency), what is Psychiatry call generally like? Is there a lot of ER evaluation for suicide? Do most practices have an associated inpatient practice, either C&L, or inpatient psychiatric patients, or does most psychiatry inpatient work reside not with private practice, but more with a separate hospital contracted service? I would so like to have an outpatient only practice. How is the call in an outpatient only practice?

Although I have some questions about your legitimacy (note the "attending" and "sleep doc" tags and 4 posts to your name), but I'll try and answer anyways...

Answer: It varies. Depending on your practice setup, etc you can have anything from no call to lots of call. Fortunately, if it's your place, you can set it up however you want. Most places I've seen have had a very light call once every couple of weeks. I know a number of outpatient docs who work solo, and are "on call" constantly, but rarely field calls. When they do, it's either, "I'll schedule you" or "go to the ER."

 

[belle54321]

My friend, who is in a private practice with his wife and another psychiatrist, says he got maybe 2 calls at night in 6 years. And the calls were about setting up appointments. But that's his setup only. As Dig said, I think each practice will be different.

 

[nitemagi]

Yep it varies. By region and type of practice. Pure private practice exists, where you're on call 24/7 by phone. Others get an answering service and just answer emergencies. Others have a group practice or shared call amongst a variety of private practice docs, rotating a week at a time or q7 by phone. If hospital privileges are involved, there might be ED evals.