I'll be starting residency in July, and was wondering: what does the job market look like outside of the typical full-time, ~135 hr/month position at a conventional hospital/busy ED? For example, what options are available in the world of urgent care/rural medicine/international medicine?
On the interview trail, I heard several PGY-3's and 4's talking about pretty unconventional positions they had landed. One resident spoke about working 7 12's in a row in a remote location and taking the rest of the month off. Another was leaving to practice in the UAE for ridiculous amounts of money. A third told me he was going to be working 20 hours a week somewhere. Can one finish residency and work full-time, days-only at urgent care clinics and earn a livable wage? This is all word-of-mouth, but I was wondering how realistic these options would be.
I suspect I'll be looking for a pretty traditional position in a community setting, but some of these positions seem interesting. Obviously there would be huge pros and cons to each situation I described, but the temptation to live wherever I wanted and fly out somewhere one week per month is strong (while obviously terrifying to be doing single coverage 7 days in a row). Would love to hear what you guys think of these jobs.
On the interview trail, I heard several PGY-3's and 4's talking about pretty unconventional positions they had landed. One resident spoke about working 7 12's in a row in a remote location and taking the rest of the month off. Another was leaving to practice in the UAE for ridiculous amounts of money. A third told me he was going to be working 20 hours a week somewhere. Can one finish residency and work full-time, days-only at urgent care clinics and earn a livable wage? This is all word-of-mouth, but I was wondering how realistic these options would be.
I suspect I'll be looking for a pretty traditional position in a community setting, but some of these positions seem interesting. Obviously there would be huge pros and cons to each situation I described, but the temptation to live wherever I wanted and fly out somewhere one week per month is strong (while obviously terrifying to be doing single coverage 7 days in a row). Would love to hear what you guys think of these jobs.
