Should I volunteer for chief fellow?

[knockoutMice]

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Does anyone here have any thoughts on this?

How will it benefit me in the future?

Thank you

 

[gutonc]

Does anyone here have any thoughts on this?

How will it benefit me in the future?

Thank you

It won't help you in any way. I say this as a former Chief fellow.

 

[HOIV]

It won't help you in any way. I say this as a former Chief fellow.

I echo this as a current one

 

[gutonc]

I echo this as a current one

Actually, I'll amend this slightly. Since I made the call schedule, I got the best one. That's pretty much the only benefit I found.

 

[HOIV]

Actually, I'll amend this slightly. Since I made the call schedule, I got the best one. That's pretty much the only benefit I found.

Touché. Would have been a better time as a first year with the front loaded call. Now I’m just looked into the problems with fellows and problems with attendings. I’m certainly not getting paid enough for that.

 

[gutonc]

Touché. Would have been a better time as a first year with the front loaded call. Now I’m just looked into the problems with fellows and problems with attendings. I’m certainly not getting paid enough for that.

Exactly. We had a pyramidal call system as well. The chiefs only had 2 weekend calls while our co-senior fellows had 3 (and the first years had 6). The chief supplement was $5k.

 

[CatFactorial]

Does it improve prospects for getting hired at your institution? Based on the tenor of the above responses my assumption is no.

 

[HOIV]

Does it improve prospects for getting hired at your institution? Based on the tenor of the above responses my assumption is no.

Not at mine

 

[gutonc]

Does it improve prospects for getting hired at your institution? Based on the tenor of the above responses my assumption is no.

Nope. The only thing that got me hired at my institution was a letter from the (on his way out at the time) Division Chief, offering me a position. The look on the a**hole who took his place in the interim's face when he saw it was priceless.

FWIW, I love my job.

 

[stillevolving]

If there's really no benefit, why do people continue to do it?

 

[gutonc]

If there's really no benefit, why do people continue to do it?

I did it to keep the job from going to someone who would have been an utter disaster. That part was worth it to me.

 

[HOIV]

I get paid for it and it seemed like a good idea at the time I signed up.