Question about private practice

[ms13675]

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hello, I am interested to know which specialties would allow for future private practice opportunities? thx -

 

[MattD]

hello, I am interested to know which specialties would allow for future private practice opportunities? thx -

um, all of them?

Does anyone know of a specialty that you HAVE to remain in academics to practice?

 

[Rafa]

So if you work at a hospital as an emergency doctor (in EM), or as a pediatric neurosurgeon, that's considered private practice?

 

[aamartin81]

So if you work at a hospital as an emergency doctor (in EM), or as a pediatric neurosurgeon, that's considered private practice?

Private practice can mean different things to different people. To some, it is the ability to influence business decisions regarding things like staffing, billing, etc... To others, it means working in any non-institutional environment. There is no universally defined "private practice." Many universities employ physicians in a clinical setting that is very similar to that of a traditional private practice environement, though they are subject to budgeting decisions made by the university (analogous to the partners of a private practice environment).

 

[SoCuteMD]

So if you work at a hospital as an emergency doctor (in EM), or as a pediatric neurosurgeon, that's considered private practice?

For EM, at some hospitals you are on staff but for many hospitals you are a member of a group with which the hospital has a contract. This gives a little more collective bargaining power (but has it's pitfalls as well). It is, however, considered private practice. Many anesthesiologists have a similar set-up.

 

[Arctic Char]

hospital bases physicians frequently are clients of hospitals, even emergency (at some hospitals).

 

[ms13675]

I wanted to clear up that by “private practice”, I meant more like a private office that is free-standing and independent from any institution, where you manage operating hours, income, and establish your own clients. I can imagine having a family private practice under these terms would be easier than surgical specialties, such as orthopedics or cardiothoracic. What about others, like ophthalmology or radiology?

Thanks again.

 

[8744]

I wanted to clear up that by “private practice”, I meant more like a private office that is free-standing and independent from any institution, where you manage operating hours, income, and establish your own clients. I can imagine having a family private practice under these terms would be easier than surgical specialties, such as orthopedics or cardiothoracic. What about others, like ophthalmology or radiology?

Thanks again.

The Specialty That Dare Not Speak Its name.

Enough said.

 

[omgwtfbbq?]

panda... give a hint as to what specialty in the world you're referring to?
or is saying it akin to saying ... the scottish play .. in a theatre?

The Specialty That Dare Not Speak Its name.

Enough said.

 

[8744]

panda... give a hint as to what specialty in the world you're referring to?
or is saying it akin to saying ... the scottish play .. in a theatre?

I can't. I've been chased off of the Forum In Which the Scared Fire Burns and I dare not speak its true name lest I be discovered, set upon, and banished to the outer darkness of SDN.

They are everywhere. Watching. Waiting.

 

[synapse lapse]

I wanted to clear up that by “private practice”, I meant more like a private office that is free-standing and independent from any institution, where you manage operating hours, income, and establish your own clients. I can imagine having a family private practice under these terms would be easier than surgical specialties, such as orthopedics or cardiothoracic. What about others, like ophthalmology or radiology?

Thanks again.

Rads is like epitome of private practice man. All of those specialties you listed here have practices that fit what you call private practice. I really don't think any specialty exists that does not, unless your definition precludes one from working in a hospital that they don't own. You can have a practice in the hospital where you establish clients, control hours, and and income but only lease the space/OR from the hospital/healtchare facility.