Specialties with part-time potential?

[unumsolum]

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I was listening to a talk from a family practitioner the other day and he mentioned that some of his colleagues work part time. This is very appealing to me, as I care a lot about work life balance and have a serious-hobby-slash-career in the arts that is a priority. Maximizing salary is also not important to me.

I was wondering what specialties allow for part-time work. Primary care and cosmetic specialties come to mind?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Uh... how old are these colleagues who work part-time? What are the circumstances (family health/issues?)?

There are many full-time physicians who are in academic medicine (talk about juggling responsibilities) who also have a side hobby.

 

[HuskyMD Emeritus]

You can work part time in all specialties. The question is whether the group you are in will let you work part time.

 

[polymerization]

The specialties you can work online: family medicine, radiology, psychiatry, (and curiously, ophthalmology) come to mind. Tech companies are paying doctors pennies to write endless GLP-1 scripts to anyone that wants them. I took an online vision exam recently to renew my contact lens prescription and it was signed off by an ophthalmologist pretty much immediately. Physicians of all stripes licensed to prescribe medical cannabis in medical states also have a very lax gig of 1-minute phone call "visits."

I wouldn't call any of these "good" jobs, though. I could not imagine going through the slog of medical school and residency just to have a contingent salary like some kind of telemarketer (and I would know, I was a telemarketer once).

 

[olofmeister]

You can work part time in all specialties. The question is whether the group you are in will let you work part time.

just curious, how common is it for your group to let you work part time?

 

[nobadwaves]

All specialties have the capability to work part time. Also, look up locums.

 

[HuskyMD Emeritus]

just curious, how common is it for your group to let you work part time?

Common.

 

[unumsolum]

All specialties have the capability to work part time. Also, look up locums.

Locums sounds like a great option for me. Thanks!