question? please help

[stolid]

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I know on average a civilian resident gets paid less than an resident in the military, yet what is the work load difference between the two? Lets say if a fp resident works around 60 hours a week as a civilian, how much would a military resident work?

 

[Homunculus]

I know on average a civilian resident gets paid less than an resident in the military, yet what is the work load difference between the two? Lets say if a fp resident works around 60 hours a week as a civilian, how much would a military resident work?

residency is residency. it varies program to program, but civilian vs. military = same

 

[Heeed!]

But in the military you get the added benefit of ORIs, MOP gear, etc. Fun, fun, fun!

 

[Homunculus]

But in the military you get the added benefit of ORIs, MOP gear, etc. Fun, fun, fun!

you're right.

i should have said civilian vs. military= same *hours*

definitely *not* the same experience 😎

 

[edmadison]

But in the military you get the added benefit of ORIs, MOP gear, etc. Fun, fun, fun!

Don't forget the PT test. Only in the military is your ability to do pushups more important than your ability to generate a differential diagnosis.

Ed

 

[Homunculus]

Don't forget the PT test. Only in the military is your ability to do pushups more important than your ability to generate a differential diagnosis.

Ed

i've got my first one next week. but it's only a diagnostic to give them an idea of how outta shape we are 🙂 push-ups *would* come in useful for ortho though

 

[militarymd]

You get paid more as a resident for which you put up with a variety of stuff that annoys you to no end...

PT test, Pee test, Uniform Inspection test, other annoying little rules that you just don't have to put up with in a civilian hospital.

Some would say its an experience, but I have to say that it is a waste of time. Military rule and discipline exists for a reason.....to maintain a fighting force to do just that .......FIGHT....What do these things have to do with training physicians?

I have experienced both military hospitals and now private practice....and it is clear to me that the military does not know how to run hospitals.

 

[GMO_52]

You get paid more as a resident for which you put up with a variety of stuff that annoys you to no end...

PT test, Pee test, Uniform Inspection test, other annoying little rules that you just don't have to put up with in a civilian hospital.

Some would say its an experience, but I have to say that it is a waste of time. Military rule and discipline exists for a reason.....to maintain a fighting force to do just that .......FIGHT....What do these things have to do with training physicians?

I have experienced both military hospitals and now private practice....and it is clear to me that the military does not know how to run hospitals.

Particularly vitriolic today, getting nervous about IRR call ups 😉 . Seriously, this stuff is a hassle, the only good thing is that the PRT provides a little external motivation to this moderately lazy dude. I just like the premise that residents work 60 hrs a week.

 

[militarymd]

Did 11 years, so I was able to resign my commission....no IRR 😀

 

[UCBShocker]

So if you stay active for the amount of years you are supposed to have IRR then you can just fully resign? Just curious...

 

[Mirror Form]

So if you stay active for the amount of years you are supposed to have IRR then you can just fully resign? Just curious...

the way my rotc recruiters explained it to me was:

you sign up for a minimum of 8 years, but 4 of those 8 years can be IRR years. However, if you do 8 active duty, you don't have to do IRR.

So that's how an rotc (or hpsp) four year committment works, I'm not positive on other types.