Why be a chief resident?

[kas23]

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Can someone tell me why someone would want to become a Chief Resident? I thought that people want to finish their residency ASAP so they can go out and make real money. So why would someone become one? Are their some perks that I don't know about?

 

[Brass_Monkey]

Can someone tell me why someone would want to become a Chief Resident? I thought that people want to finish their residency ASAP so they can go out and make real money. So why would someone become one? Are their some perks that I don't know about?

Just something to put on your CV when you graduate.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Extra money or vacation, academic status/CV enhancement or in the case of Surgery (and perhaps in other fields), all final year residents are Chiefs (we have an Administrative Chief who does the call schedule, resolves squabbles, etc.)

 

[shellfish]

Can someone tell me why someone would want to become a Chief Resident? I thought that people want to finish their residency ASAP so they can go out and make real money. So why would someone become one? Are their some perks that I don't know about?

i've always wondered the same thing. i'm glad someone brought this up. why would anyone want extra administrative duties and have to worry about setting up the slide projector at morning report and making sure the donuts are there?

 

[Lara]

At my hospital, one of the Chief Residents is a (competitive) fellowship reapplicant. I guess it's a pretty good way to fill a lag year in and increase your credentials.

 

[Freeeedom!]

For me it has been VERY stressful. I make the schedule, i hear the complaints, then I hear more complaints, then I do a lecture, then I hear complaints, then I have a meeting, then I revise the schedule, then I have a meeting.

 

[Apollyon]

Our chiefs get 2 fewer shifts in the ED per month, and a cell phone.

Not worth it. No way. Hell, for $1000/year more, the $20/week just is NOT worth it.

It's got to be an ego thing, then, at the places like Duke, where the chiefs come back after the first year of fellowship, or Brigham and Women's, where the chiefs come back after completing fellowship. I mean, you've been a Harvard resident, so you're strong, and you were a fellow there, so you have all the cred you need - if you're already on your way to being a board-certified subspecialist, what is the advantage to listening to an intern bitch about his/her schedule, or all the he said/she said going on?

 

[edmadison]

The "correct" answer is that it gives you a good foot in the door for an academic appointment.

Ed

 

[GopherBrain]

You are all wrong. It is for the groupies...

 

[Ergo]

I asked this question of a pedi chief resident and she told me that some choose to be chief because they are waiting for their spouse who finishes a year later.

 

[moo]

Actually I was under the impression that Chiefs make the salary of an attending. At least at Northwestern Internal Med, the Chiefs serve as attendings, in addition to doing the administrative stuff.

 

[Mediculous]

Actually I was under the impression that Chiefs make the salary of an attending.

ROFLMAO

 

[fourthyearmed]

I asked this question of a pedi chief resident and she told me that some choose to be chief because they are waiting for their spouse who finishes a year later.

That's what I've always heard too. Either they're waiting on a spouse to finish or trying to make their application more competitive for fellowship.

 

[InGasWeTrust]

That's what I've always heard too. Either they're waiting on a spouse to finish or trying to make their application more competitive for fellowship.

And all this time I thought it was to get more *****!

 

[prominence]

And all this time I thought it was to get more *****!

👍 👍

 

[Mirror Form]

And all this time I thought it was to get more *****!

Chief residents get lots of play? Hmm, maybe I'll have to start thinking about it afterall. Although, think about how much money you lose by not being an attending, and then divide that number by how much a lap dance costs . . .

 

[prominence]

what does the "chief" medical student get? 🙄

 

[ears]

what does the "chief" medical student get? 🙄

Made fun of.