what gives...

[lipstick]

a former md/phd classmate completed a residency in neurology at MGH this june where was awarded a K08. person is a show-room new(ly) appointed instructor at the major academic medical institue in Chicago (southside) with research (mostly), teaching (med students), and clinical (4 hr/week) responsibilites. salaray less than $76K. our PA's make more...whats the point....

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[LADoc00]

a former md/phd classmate completed a residency in neurology at MGH this june where was awarded a K08. person is a show-room new(ly) appointed instructor at the major academic medical institue in Chicago (southside) with research (mostly), teaching (med students), and clinical (4 hr/week) responsibilites. salaray less than $76K. our PA's make more...whats the point....

And you just now figured this out? Grats.

There is no point.

 

[CameronFrye]

a former md/phd classmate completed a residency in neurology at MGH this june where was awarded a K08. person is a show-room new(ly) appointed instructor at the major academic medical institue in Chicago (southside) with research (mostly), teaching (med students), and clinical (4 hr/week) responsibilites. salaray less than $76K. our PA's make more...whats the point....

Were they made just an "Instructor"? At UVA, an Instructor is a non-tenure track person who is considered above a fellow but below a real attending, so they are paid accordingly. At least here, people who take these positions seem to be positioning for a real faculty spot or are killing a year waiting for a significant other to finish up.

 

[pathstudent]

Let's face it. If you are going to do academics, you have to do because you love it.

 

[PathOne]

Never do research only, if you're in it for the money, unless you feel confident that you're a few years away from a Nobel. An Assistant Prof (w/o clinical responsibilities) would clear less than half of an attending.

 

[lipstick]

And you just now figured this out? Grats.

There is no point.

...whatever...

 

[DarksideAllstar]

whats the point....

Maybe your friend should have went to PA school?

 

[SaltySqueegee]

Maybe your friend should have went to PA school?

Maybe being a professor is more fun than being a PA at the same salary?